Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

nmc said:
He needs the Peter Swales treatment - a boiling hot cup of tea and a pie (preferably still in a microwave) throwing in his direction on a match day.
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Mentioning Swales & pie together takes me back. Used to go in the Blue Room in the Main Stand after games as a kid when Swales was in charge. The tea ladies would always look after me & my pal, feeding us slices of some proper special tasting pie, whilst our dad’s were mingling

Had pretty much every program signed by most of our players from about 1986-89
 
LongsightM13 said:
Yep the blue paint and some of the concrete walkway surrounding the stadium is looking really shabby in places now
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Agreed. Been mentioned loads of times on here. Think it will be repainted and repaired before the arena opens up in December 2023. Maybe next Summer after this season has finished. If nothing is done, hopefully that’s a sign that the NS is getting expanded, and there’s no point in wasting money on the wider area behind the NS as it will eventually be a construction site for a few years. I appreciate the stage at City Square is currently being improved.
 
There's just been an article on BBC Midlands Today discussing the legacy of the Commonwealth Games on East Manchester. Obviously showed the Etihad, Velodrome and Squash Centre as well as the more recent City Academy, Connell College & nearby new flats, as well as the Co-op Arena developments.
All shown as an example of "how it should be done" and hoping for similar results in Perry Barr & Smethwick after this summer.
 
BlueDejong said:


What???? This training ground...
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You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.
 
cptaidan88 said:
You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.
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Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.
 
cptaidan88 said:
You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.
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I mean yes, but that mock up isn't even St James' Park - it's on the site of the current Utilita Arena. Newcastle's new owners have ruled out moving, so file this one under "new stadium on Asda car park".

FWIW I'm sure they will build a new training complex in time but it'll probably be at Benton Park View once HMRC vacate.
 
cptaidan88 said:
You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.
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Quayside gives it away.... it isn't meant to be the current ground. It does look too flat for the quayside near the town centre though.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
A lot of the land sold was contaminated n’all, don’t forget. It had to be treated and decontaminated to be fit for use. MCC didn’t do this, the Sheikh’s companies did it.
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The decontamination was carried out on a Partnership basis.

I think that the much of the land (used for the Stadium) was decontaminated for the Commonwealth Games before City were really involved. That included remediation and capping disused mine shafts.

Subsequent work including the former Clayton Analine Works (now used for the Training Complex) was decontaminated by a partnership between ADUG, The City Council, and the New East Manchester Development Agency. There were considerable grants obtained from the Northwest Regional Development Agency and the Government Housing and Communities Agency.

The original report to the council's executive said the area showed that “high levels of contamination resulting from the area's industrial heritage present significant abnormal development costs which require public sector investment to underpin the viability of any development to be undertaken by the private sector.”
 
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Spanishbob said:
Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.
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I think Ashley sold some land behind the gallowgate end which is now a hotel so they’re pretty much fucked in regards to expanding.
 
Spanishbob said:
Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.
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I think that was the reason why John Hall wanted to build a new stadium and use St James Park for the Rugby team.

I think that the stadium is a big as it's ever going to be.
 
Spanishbob said:
Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.
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Lol, that would be some ground-share that would!
 
Spanishbob said:
Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.
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They could just pretend it’s still the 1980s, and then all of their fans would fit in Gateshead’s ground.
 
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