City to expand Etihad to 62,000?

[stadiumcat]

there are loads of people who have been going city home and away for years who have barely any loyalty points. my dad for example went to most home and away games in the 70s,80s,90s ( a lot of which was match tickets) and had to stop going because of work, he only started to go again in the last few years after he retired. the current system benefitted people at the time, but for younger people or people like my dad its near impossible to get tickets legitimately for the vast majority of away games. its a closed shop.

the main argument from people like yourself is ' well you should have gone to swansea away midweek'. most people can't practically go to swansea for a midweek game and even if they did it would be years before they'd have any chance of catching up.' Even though you had the opportunity to collect the same points as others' - young people dont have that opportunity though and are basically stopped from going because they were born later.

id make its so 25 % of tickets went to a ballot. so all city fans can have a chance of going away games.

I could go for the 25% going to ballot after the Club have had their share, but it would have to include the corporate in the 25% as this number seems to be creeping up. The number of tourists in our away section is astonishing, they are obviously on packages through the Club sponsors, which is wrong.

What about this as a suggestion, stay with the points system, but you can only have a maximum of 9 away league games per season? This would give high points holders decisions to make and open up opportunities for lower points holders to attend games and pick up points?

 

[squirtyflower]

We all have time and money problems attending the aways especially with stupid midweek nights in the back of beyond, or Middlesborough away on Newyears eve etc.

Okay, Lets get this straight,so what you are saying for what ever reasons you couldn't attend games to accrue points, but want a level playing field to get away tickets?

That is the equivalent of saying, every season we have a ballot for who can have a season ticket. A level playing field for all, not based on previous purchase history, attendance OR loyalty!

What about this as a suggestion, stay with the points system, but you can only have a maximum of 9 away league games per season? This would give high points holders decisions to make and open up opportunities for lower points holders to attend games and pick up points?

Do you really think they would go to the less glamorous ties?

 

[stadiumcat]

Do you really think they would go to the less glamorous ties?

Depends on who you are talking about and what you deem as a glamorous tie.

If we are talking about the lower points people wanting to go to away games, why not? They want to go away, nothing stopping them. Would the high points holders avoid some 'glamorous' ties, I would. e.g. Chelsea, Arsenal, red scouse. I would probably avoid the swamp as well, IF i had a limited choice.

 

[Mallorca Blue]

Etihad should be expanded to at least 75,000.
61,000 is insufficient. Arsenal already have this capacity. Spurs and Liverpool will have it soon and we'd still be well behind the rags.
We can easily afford it and the capital invested on infrastructures is not even subject to FFP regulations.

The ground would be full for games against rags, dippers, goons, spuds and renties and by the time completed, our fan base will have expanded so much due to several years of dominance in domestic league and Europe, we'd fill it for most other games too.

We need to be very ambitious on and off the field as befits our new status in world football.

 

[mosssideblue]

Etihad should be expanded to at least 75,000.
61,000 is insufficient. Arsenal already have this capacity. Spurs and Liverpool will have it soon and we'd still be well behind the rags.
We can easily afford it and the capital invested on infrastructures is not even subject to FFP regulations.

The ground would be full for games against rags, dippers, goons, spuds and renties and by the time completed, our fan base will have expanded so much due to several years of dominance in domestic league and Europe, we'd fill it for most other games too.

We need to be very ambitious on and off the field as befits our new status in world football.

Like your thinking and lets say we develop the Family stand, where do you propose the additional seating to take it to 70K + would be situated?

 

[worsleyweb]

Like your thinking and lets say we develop the Family stand, where do you propose the additional seating to take it to 70K + would be situated?

With expanded east and west stands. Been modelled and it holds 78,000 from memory - an extra 3000 on each upper tier.

 

[willipp]

With expanded east and west stands. Been modelled and it holds 78,000 from memory - an extra 3000 on each upper tier.

That was expanding all the corners wasn’t it so effectively the stands are all aligned around the top. Thought that was the long term plan.

 

[HelloCity]

Like your thinking and lets say we develop the Family stand, where do you propose the additional seating to take it to 70K + would be situated?

Coming in 10 years!

 

[waspish]

Are we aloud to extend it to 75k? Just because the infrastructure around the ground for that many supporters.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Coming in 10 years!

Dont ever see the day the south stand will have a large screen again :+)