Gremlin
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Actually, I quite liked it!that looks fucking awful!!!
Actually, I quite liked it!that looks fucking awful!!!
Have you tried sneaking in via the cut ?Pictures of the Eastlands Arena under construction will be added to the thread starting after the current lockdown ends on the 2nd of December. (can’t get close to the site atm)
Thanks for all that mate - I’m up to date now.
Heard the blade was going ahead (cylinder next?) which is good news.
Don’t recall the greengate one off the top of my head but I suspect it’s one I saw last year.
Any rumblings on Trinity?
thanks jrb.
Will you be getting your step ladders and camera out for the arena build? Used to love your updates on the academy build especially.
City don't have the fan base to sustain large crowds when the team is not performing. We needed to build the fanbase when we were the elite club.It's really important to the ones who can't get in (Covid aside).
And anyone who doesn't understand that our owner only looks long term hasn't been paying attention.
Have you tried sneaking in via the cut ?
When covid restrictions on are over and things get back to normality, I very much doubt we will sell out, including the biggest games. It could be a couple of years before clubs are allowed their full capacity but I think too many will have become more comfortable watching games on TV than being bothered to go back watching live games. I've already decided I wont renew my SC and I might go to a few games. Thing is, I'm not really missing going and I reckon thousands of fans feel the same, not just blues either.City don't have the fan base to sustain large crowds when the team is not performing. We needed to build the fanbase when we were the elite club.
Boat missed.
Need to get it right on the pitch again otherwise a stadium expansion is just not happening.
We got decent crowds with Stuart Pearce in charge and hardly any goals in the 2nd half of one season.City don't have the fan base to sustain large crowds when the team is not performing. We needed to build the fanbase when we were the elite club.
Boat missed.
Need to get it right on the pitch again otherwise a stadium expansion is just not happening.
They should have spend their time improving security and acoustics at their concrete carbuncle by Victoria Station instead of trying to block much-needed investment in Manchester at a time when the city needs it most.ASM have failed in it's final bid to block the new East Manchester Arena. Good!
Let's construction finally begin properly without any further legal interruptions and stunts from ASM.
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ASM Global fails in bid to block £350m Eastlands arena project - Place North West
The AO Arena operator asked that Manchester City Council’s decision to approve Oak View Group's plans for a 23,500-capacity venue at the Etihad Campus be reviewed, but the request has been rebuffed by the secretary of state.www.placenorthwest.co.uk
City have a fan base in Manchester alone to sustain large crowds but the club have concentrated on profits, corporates and worldwide reach, and have missed out on getting a grip of our local fans.City don't have the fan base to sustain large crowds when the team is not performing. We needed to build the fanbase when we were the elite club.
Boat missed.
Need to get it right on the pitch again otherwise a stadium expansion is just not happening.
I think you are specially spot on aboutCity have a fan base in Manchester alone to sustain large crowds but the club have concentrated on profits, corporates and worldwide reach, and have missed out on getting a grip of our local fans.
Also, City have lost long standing match going fans. I know bloody loads who’ve stopped going. Lads who felt their tickets got too expensive; the way the club concentrated on a kids’ theme park matchday experience left a few lads feeling disconnected and not part-of-it anymore; lads who had to move from parts of the stadium to make way for new areas like the Family Stand or corporates (one lad sat on Level 2 and had to make way for corporate areas and was told he couldn’t sit next to his mate as they could find two seats together so he stopped going full stop).
I think City have [wrongly] tried to become a worldwide supported club and they’ve not done things well with people who were already City fans or already matchgoing fans.
Exactly this,keep it simple as it always was,City have a fan base in Manchester alone to sustain large crowds but the club have concentrated on profits, corporates and worldwide reach, and have missed out on getting a grip of our local fans.
Also, City have lost long standing match going fans. I know bloody loads who’ve stopped going. Lads who felt their tickets got too expensive; the way the club concentrated on a kids’ theme park matchday experience left a few lads feeling disconnected and not part-of-it anymore; lads who had to move from parts of the stadium to make way for new areas like the Family Stand or corporates (one lad sat on Level 2 and had to make way for corporate areas and was told he couldn’t sit next to his mate as they could find two seats together so he stopped going full stop).
I think City have [wrongly] tried to become a worldwide supported club and they’ve not done things well with people who were already City fans or already matchgoing fans.
Must need an extra £50m to balance their books..Coach Wreckers reviving plans to expand Anfield again to 61,000.
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Anfield expansion revived - Place North West
Following a delay caused by the pandemic, Liverpool FC is readying plans to expand the capacity of its stadium’s Anfield Road stand by 7,000 people, taking the ground's full capacity to 61,000.www.placenorthwest.co.uk
Looks amazing, just hope it doesn't eat into any potential revenue from gigs we'd make.ASM have failed in it's final bid to block the new East Manchester Arena. Good!
Let's construction finally begin properly without any further legal interruptions and stunts from ASM.
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ASM Global fails in bid to block £350m Eastlands arena project - Place North West
The AO Arena operator asked that Manchester City Council’s decision to approve Oak View Group's plans for a 23,500-capacity venue at the Etihad Campus be reviewed, but the request has been rebuffed by the secretary of state.www.placenorthwest.co.uk
Looks amazing, just hope it doesn't eat into any potential revenue from gigs we'd make.