Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[GX Blue]

From mancity.com

As part of the ongoing construction work at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City is temporarily relocating the players’ tunnel.

From the home match against Burnley on Monday 2 January until the end of the 2016/17 season, both City and the opposition team will use the service tunnel to access the pitch.

The service tunnel is located to the north of the current tunnel and adjacent to blocks 131 and 132 at the Etihad.

This move comes while the Colin Bell Stand undergoes some building work, in order to provide the construction team with sufficient access to the player areas.

With the aim of enhancing our facilities, this development will provide the team with the best possible match preparation and recovery.

As part of these improvements, the changing rooms forPep Guardiola’s squad, as well as the away team and match officials, become fully UEFA compliant and among the best in world football.

They will also grow in size in order to reflect the increased matchday squads.

We look forward to unveiling the new player areas next year and are proud to provide our team with first-class facilities both at the Etihad Stadium and City Football Academy.

As well as the enhancements to player areas, we are also launching a new hospitality offering in the Colin Bell Stand – The Tunnel Club – which will be one of the most innovative and immersive experiences in global sports hospitality.

 

[Mike N]

Cheers guys!

 

[worsleyweb]

From mancity.com

As part of the ongoing construction work at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City is temporarily relocating the players’ tunnel.

From the home match against Burnley on Monday 2 January until the end of the 2016/17 season, both City and the opposition team will use the service tunnel to access the pitch.

The service tunnel is located to the north of the current tunnel and adjacent to blocks 131 and 132 at the Etihad.

This move comes while the Colin Bell Stand undergoes some building work, in order to provide the construction team with sufficient access to the player areas.

With the aim of enhancing our facilities, this development will provide the team with the best possible match preparation and recovery.

As part of these improvements, the changing rooms forPep Guardiola’s squad, as well as the away team and match officials, become fully UEFA compliant and among the best in world football.

They will also grow in size in order to reflect the increased matchday squads.

We look forward to unveiling the new player areas next year and are proud to provide our team with first-class facilities both at the Etihad Stadium and City Football Academy.

As well as the enhancements to player areas, we are also launching a new hospitality offering in the Colin Bell Stand – The Tunnel Club – which will be one of the most innovative and immersive experiences in global sports hospitality.

The old changing rooms at City were a bit substandard - not luxurious at all. I am told City are spending £8 million on the current reconfiguration of all this.

 

[blueparrot]

The old changing rooms at City were a bit substandard - not luxurious at all. I am told City are spending £8 million on the current reconfiguration of all this.

No news on the North stand ?

 

[worsleyweb]

No news on the North stand ?

Nothing new to add - Laings certainly haven't announced a contract award. A mate I know who is working on it tells me he will be on the stadium for the next 2 years - so whether that means it is following on from these works I don't know. I do know the club have recruited for the wider collar development.

 

[Centurions]

as added


Capacity is now 55100, give or take a few.
When the South Stand 3rd tier was built, an additional row (Row R) of 240 seats was also added to the 2nd tier, and 140 seats added to each of the nearest blocks in the East and West Stand 3rd tier. The South Stand now has seats for 15550 fans. There are 5200 in the 1st tier, 3900 in the second tier and 6450 in the 3rd.
The North Stand currently now has approximately 9550 seats, including the corners between the East and West Stands (5550 in the 1st tier and 3650 in the second), and about 350 corporate seats right at the back.
If safe standing was added to the first tier in the North Stand, making it 8300 ish, plus 6500 additional seats in the new 3rd tier, plus 3650 the second tier (I guess we'd lose the 350 corporate seats...?), we'd have a stand holding around 18700 fans.
Assuming that 280 seats would be added to the East and West Stand end blocks, that would bring overall capacity up to something in the region of 64800, or a tad over 62000 if there was no safe standing added.

I've seen mock ups on here (can't remember how official they were) that show the East & West stands both extended for a few rows added on at the back. I think this was with a completely new roof married into the existing South stand one and the (presumably) matching North stand. There's a limit to how far up they can go due to sight-lines with the back row able to see the far touchline but none of the opposite stand seats. I seem to remember a maximum of something like 72,000 but I may be wildly out with that figure.

 

[worsleyweb]

I've seen mock ups on here (can't remember how official they were) that show the East & West stands both extended for a few rows added on at the back. I think this was with a completely new roof married into the existing South stand one and the (presumably) matching North stand. There's a limit to how far up they can go due to sight-lines with the back row able to see the far touchline but none of the opposite stand seats. I seem to remember a maximum of something like 72,000 but I may be wildly out with that figure.

76,000

 

[somapop]

Nothing new to add - Laings certainly haven't announced a contract award. A mate I know who is working on it tells me he will be on the stadium for the next 2 years - so whether that means it is following on from these works I don't know. I do know the club have recruited for the wider collar development.

Has that been mentioned already?? Waiting for this thread to go def con 1!!

 

[aguero93:20]

From mancity.com

As part of the ongoing construction work at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City is temporarily relocating the players’ tunnel.

From the home match against Burnley on Monday 2 January until the end of the 2016/17 season, both City and the opposition team will use the service tunnel to access the pitch.

The service tunnel is located to the north of the current tunnel and adjacent to blocks 131 and 132 at the Etihad.

This move comes while the Colin Bell Stand undergoes some building work, in order to provide the construction team with sufficient access to the player areas.

With the aim of enhancing our facilities, this development will provide the team with the best possible match preparation and recovery.

As part of these improvements, the changing rooms forPep Guardiola’s squad, as well as the away team and match officials, become fully UEFA compliant and among the best in world football.

They will also grow in size in order to reflect the increased matchday squads.

We look forward to unveiling the new player areas next year and are proud to provide our team with first-class facilities both at the Etihad Stadium and City Football Academy.

As well as the enhancements to player areas, we are also launching a new hospitality offering in the Colin Bell Stand – The Tunnel Club – which will be one of the most innovative and immersive experiences in global sports hospitality.

I'd rather we put the officials in a leaky broom cupboard.

 

[worsleyweb]

Has that been mentioned already?? Waiting for this thread to go def con 1!!

We all have for many years mate! A close contact of mine left a very good job last year to be part of the wider campus delivery. Will speak to them soon and try and get an update.

 

[jrb]

World’s largest bicycle maker rides into Manchester

Hero Cycles hopes £2m design centre will benefit from Team GB’s Olympic glory

January 27, 2017 by: Andy Bounds in Manchester

The world’s largest bicycle manufacturer by volume has set up in Manchester, opening a £2m design centre in the home of British Cycling.

Hero Cycles, which builds one in 20 of the world’s bicycles and is based in the north Indian city of Ludhiana, chose the northern English city over some of the world’s most bike-friendly cities — Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Berlin.

Hero also plans to open a European factory, with Manchester as the most likely destination. The R&D centre is close to Manchester velodrome, the base of British Cycling, and Hero hopes that the high-end bikes it designs there will be associated with Team GB’s Olympic success.

Pankaj Munjal, chairman and managing director, said Manchester also had a history of innovation, from computers to the graphene molecule, and a large student population. Hero already has a majority stake in Avocet, a Manchester bike designer and distributor that once employed 850 in its factories around the UK.

Mr Munjal said the prospect of the UK leaving the EU did not worry him and he had decided to make the investment in October.

https://www.ft.com/content/a8862f02-e487-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb

I expect he's hoping his future bikes can be made of Graphene.

 

[jrb]

Are Spurs stealing a march on City?

That's exactly what we need for any North stand expansion.

I'm not fussed if the Etihad doesn't end up symmetrical, just give us a North stand similar to that and to the KOP, but better!

 

[domalino]

Are Spurs stealing a march on City?

That's exactly what we need for any North stand expansion.

I'm not fussed if the Etihad doesn't end up symmetrical, just give us a North stand similar to that and to the KOP, but better!

Hardly news! That designs been out so long they've almost built the bloody thing.

They are also doing a glass tunnel thing but ours will be completed first.

 

[jrb]

Hardly news! That designs been out so long they've almost built the bloody thing.

They are also doing a glass tunnel thing but ours will be completed first.

I know it's not news.

But it's good to show and remind our owners, the people running City, and other City fans who may have not seen that CGI, what Spurs are doing.

 

[willipp]

I know it's not news.

But it's good to show and remind our owners, the people running City, and other City fans who may have not seen that CGI, what Spurs are doing.

That spurs stadium is going to leave everyone behind, it looks incredible.

 

[waspish]

That spurs stadium is going to leave everyone behind, it looks incredible.

Yep got every thing you would want in it and they will charge a premium like Arsenal do.

 

[willipp]

Yep got every thing you would want in it and they will charge a premium like Arsenal do.

Yes, will be interesting to see how they price it and see what kind of atmosphere they generate with that huge one tier end.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Are Spurs stealing a march on City?

That's exactly what we need for any North stand expansion.

I'm not fussed if the Etihad doesn't end up symmetrical, just give us a North stand similar to that and to the KOP, but better!

a single tier north stand is the dream. id sacrifice the south stand and move the family stand there if it meant we had it. its exactly what we are missing

 

[lee_wsm]

Any news on expansion seems rather quiet. Need more seats so I can get my season ticket.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Spurs get the advantage that there's is all brand new and they can factor in future development, ours is always patching up and generally looks naff and isn't finished properly.

I wished we'd knocked the thing down but clearly stunning architecture is reserved for Abu Dhabi itself.