Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

jrb said:
I wouldn’t think so.

The new arena isn’t large enough to hold the big concert, 50,000 crowds that the Etihad can hold. Plus there are only a few of those concerts, which are shoehorned into the Summer Month’s. I would assume City will get money from OVG and the arena being on the Etihad Campus.
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Am I wrong in assuming with 100/150 gigs a year then some will be clashing with games and will make parking and public transport even more difficult than it is at the moment, and have they made any comment on the issue?
 
Rochdale Blue said:
Am I wrong in assuming with 100/150 gigs a year then some will be clashing with games and will make parking and public transport even more difficult than it is at the moment, and have they made any comment on the issue?
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Forgot to add. Events will (obviously) be held on a Saturday, so I’m assuming OVG and City will want a cross over of people waning to take in a match and an event, where possible.
 
This is the news this thread has been waiting for...just need the Panda 'thingy' to be announced.
Sounds like they've done their homework and this is very exciting for the whole city (if it does indeed go ahead).
 
jrb said:
Forgot to add. Events will (obviously) be held on a Saturday, so I’m assuming OVG and City will want a cross over of people waning to take in a match and an event, where possible.
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Huge spikes in travel overload the transport network, but it might encourage a small number of City fans to travel to the ground a couple of hours before or after.

Loads of time with the anti-social TV times, I'm starving after the football because I'm travelling to the game when normally I'd be eating.
 
Centurions said:
Lol, he(?) has been back since:-





What a bundle of joy he must be.
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Perhaps he preferred it when the site was totally derelict and poisoned with toxic chemicals which took two years to remove. In my mostly misspent youth I once worked on Grey Mare Lane for about 12 months (circa 1980). In terms of crime it was like a war-zone in those days. People always look back on the past with rose-tinted glasses don't they.
 
jrb said:
Forgot to add. Events will (obviously) be held on a Saturday, so I’m assuming OVG and City will want a cross over of people waning to take in a match and an event, where possible.
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Thanks, so we can assume we will be left to like it or lump it as far as transport goes.
 
jrb said:
Forgot to add. Events will (obviously) be held on a Saturday, so I’m assuming OVG and City will want a cross over of people waning to take in a match and an event, where possible.
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Traffic links are a concern, particularly when there is a gig and a match at the same time - evening kick offs are going to be fun for sure. However, if it goes the way of Glasgow and the SE Hydro, it will attract new business to the campus such as Hotels and that can only be a good thing. The Hydro is served by A Premier Inn, a Holiday Inn, a Crowne Plaza, a Campanille, a Village Urban and a Radisson that are all within a few minutes walk. Imagine the difference that would create to footfall on the Campus.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Traffic links are a concern, particularly when there is a gig and a match at the same time - evening kick offs are going to be fun for sure. However, if it goes the way of Glasgow and the SE Hydro, it will attract new business to the campus such as Hotels and that can only be a good thing. The Hydro is served by A Premier Inn, a Holiday Inn, a Crowne Plaza, a Campanille, a Village Urban and a Radisson that are all within a few minutes walk. Imagine the difference that would create to footfall on the Campus.
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I assume they're looking at this facility to kick-start the further development of the collar site. As you say, if an arena brings in the kinds of numbers that 100 plus events a year will attract, it becomes an attractive leisure destination.

They must have some ideas to improve the transport links, mustn't they? On the face of it, might there be a possibility of OVG being asked to make a contribution to the costs of that under a section 106 agreement?
 
petrusha said:
I assume they're looking at this facility to kick-start the further development of the collar site. As you say, if an arena brings in the kinds of numbers that 100 plus events a year will attract, it becomes an attractive leisure destination.

They must have some ideas to improve the transport links, mustn't they? On the face of it, might there be a possibility of OVG being asked to make a contribution to the costs of that under a section 106 agreement?
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Early stage transport plans.

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Forget the transport. It will sort itself out in a few years. See what the students are doing now that cars are off Oxford Rd. Skateboards, segways, motorised scooters. It wont be long until we are travelling back to Manchester or Rochdale on scooters and such like.

 
The last picture. When you consider different match days kick off times, bar a late kick offs, or Weekend games at the Etihad, that pretty much reads correct.
 
Could be a lot to manage if fixture changes clash with an event.

What about national rail connections on that Viaduct line. Would be great something direct to the airport but not sure if possible currently. I guess Man Picc is so close its not really viable.
 
I appreciate soil testing pilling rigs don't make very exciting pictures, but you've go to start somewhere. Lol!

There were testing in 2 separate locations as took the pictures. They had already tested in at least 1 other location from what I could see. 3rd picture. More pictures to follow.

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petrusha said:
I assume they're looking at this facility to kick-start the further development of the collar site. As you say, if an arena brings in the kinds of numbers that 100 plus events a year will attract, it becomes an attractive leisure destination.

They must have some ideas to improve the transport links, mustn't they? On the face of it, might there be a possibility of OVG being asked to make a contribution to the costs of that under a section 106 agreement?
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Id expect hotels / restaurants to follow fairly quickly after its given the go ahead if they are talking of events 150 plus days a year.
 
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