dickie davies
Well-Known Member
Does anyone think there is any possibility the owners could be planning a new stadium on the campus to replace the Etihad? Everything i see from them indicates they want the absolute best and the wow factor, and unless they are planning on spending an absolute fortune on the, then the current etihad just isnt that. If we go on to have the dream season this year then we are soon going to outgrow our current capacity and demand is going to grow and grow at a fast pace. Unless we start the NS extension this summer which isnt exactly looking likely, then we are looking another 3 years potentially before any kind of extension is complete.
Not a chance and it's not because he wouldn't want something mega special, or hasn't the funds
COMS was built with a grant from Sport England. Following the Commonwealth games the stadium was handed over to Manchester City Council (MCC), who then leased the stadium to Manchester City. All lease payments go to MCC and are ring fenced for sport projects in the Manchester area. It's the Commonwealth games legacy
When the takeover happened, ADUG liked the inside of the stadium but were very unimpressed with the outside and also the staffs offices. They originally wanted to build a brand new state of the art facility and knock COMS down (new stadium where the campus is, campus on the stadium and collar site)
To knock COMS down meant that ADUG would have to purchase the stadium. The issue here is that COMS was built using a Sport England grant and any money used to purchase COMS would go to directly to Sport England, not to MCC. As above, the stadium and its income is the Commonwealth games legacy
It would have been far more economical to knock COMS down and build a new stadium than redeveloping. But it meant the money leaving Manchester