Went to Madrid for the CL semi-Final.
The area around the Santiago Bernabeu was full of residential apartments and bars underneath the apartments. It was clean, green, and very pleasant. In contrast there is f**** all around the Etihad apart from Mary D’s and Summerbee’s. The Manchester has gone, and the Townley is off the beaten track for most fans. When Mary D’s goes, City will have a monopoly on bars around the ground. Especially when the proposed arena and bars surrounding it are built.
Fern, Danny, City, etc, I’m asking, is there any chance you could get some of Manchester’s Micro Breweries involved and signed up for the future proposals for the Etihad Campus, instead of serving us shit and over priced Amstel at the Etihad? Believe it or not, I would pay a bit more for a decent pint.
Spurs are charging £4 for a pint of Beavertown, Gamma Ray, brewed inside the stadium. It taste f***ing beautiful compared to that Amstel shit! Sorry for being so blunt. Taste test the difference if you don’t believe me.
Contact 7 Brothers, Ancoats. They brew some great beers. Or better, do the Piccadilly arches. You’ll find loads of Independent MCR breweries that could supply City on a matchaday.
Some great ideas. The club needs to get any bars indoors as the weather in Manchester isn't conducive to standing/sitting outside most of the time.