As Tottenham Hotspur fans stream into the gleaming new stadium for the first time next week, few will spare a thought for the suppliers helping to make it a venue envied by the club's Premier League rivals.

Fran Jones, Tottenham's head of partnerships, says: “We have been able to learn from the mistakes of other venue holders to try to deliver something better than what there has been before."

We take a look at some of the businesses Jones says will make the stadium a “truly multipurpose venue”.

SCX

“We never say no,” says Danny Pickard, the lead engineer of SCX, which was picked to design and build Spurs' playing surface.

A retractable pitch is central to Tottenham chief executive Daniel Levy’s £1bn dream to build a ground that can be used for all manner of events. There are a handful of retractable pitches around the world, but this one is the first “dividing, retractable pitch”.

In just 25 minutes it folds into thirds and tucks under the towering south stand, the UK’s largest single-tier structure.

The Sheffield-based firm, which designed the centre court roof at Wimbledon and is completing a similar job for number one court, was given the demanding remit as the Spurs’ south stand has no view-obstructing pillars. This means there are columns underneath, meaning the pitch needed to divide to fit neatly out of sight. It can be stored for up 10 days within seeing any sunlight.