The north London derby was never likely to be the curtain-raiser at Spurs' 62,062-seater new home after the Metropolitan Police warned against opening the ground with such a potentially volatile fixture.
Spurs have turned their attentions to the home game against Crystal Palace on March 17 but the situation is complicated because the fixture will be rearranged if the Eagles beat League One Doncaster to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
To compound the problem, Spurs' next home game, against Brighton on April 6, will also be rearranged if Chris Hughton's side reach the semi-finals with a victory over Derby County, having beaten West Brom 3-1 last night.
In a statement this afternoon, Spurs made no mention of the Palace or Brighton fixtures, nor revealed details of the two necessary test events, but said they had nearly finished checks on the faulty wiring and critical safety systems, which have delayed the £1billion project since August.
"We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems," the statement read.
"The success of this testing is critical to our ability to obtain a safety certificate and open the stadium. We can confirm, therefore, that we shall play our Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday 2 March at 12.30pm at Wembley Stadium."
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy said: "Once again, thank you all for bearing with us and for the great support we have received from so many different quarters. These next few weeks are pivotal."
