As long as you push me up the ramp and carry my oxygen cylinder, no problem.Could you imagine an entire lower tier of safe standing (apart from the CB stand)? £500 season tickets and £30 admission it would be immense! Those still wishing to sit can move to L3 of expanded NS or expanded ES or CB stands. Everybody is catered for and we get our Kippax back!
What happens to those in Level 1 who don’t want to standCould you imagine an entire lower tier of safe standing (apart from the CB stand)? £500 season tickets and £30 admission it would be immense! Those still wishing to sit can move to L3 of expanded NS or expanded ES or CB stands. Everybody is catered for and we get our Kippax back!
What happens to those in Level 1 who don’t want to stand
not sure what your point is as that was through choice there are loads of older fans in East Level 1 where do you suggest they go and why should they move26,000 people used to stand on the Kippax and it wasn’t a problem.(then) Near enough half of Maine Roads 54,000 capacity.
Loads of corporate seats in t1, no chance theyll be moved26,000 people used to stand on the Kippax and it wasn’t a problem.(then) Near enough half of Maine Roads 54,000 capacity.
Only the centre of the CB stand.Anyway doubt there are any plans to make either side standing. At most it will be tier 1 of the North and South.Loads of corporate seats in t1, no chance theyll be moved
I'm sure there some in the east stand aswell on line with the halfway line at the back 6 rows maybeOnly the centre of the CB stand.Anyway doubt there are any plans to make either side standing. At most it will be tier 1 of the North and South.
Yep any negligible difference in cost is more than worth it in terms of maintaining strategic relationshipsYes, it's all part of the relationship with MCC. If we'd insisted on taking ownership and let them lose their annual windfall in favour of a lump sum going to Sport England, that obviously would have had a far less positive effect on relations between the club and the Council, as you say.
It changed in connection with the proposed expansion and the Etihad naming rights deal. Before then, the rent was calculated as a percentage of the net gate receipts above 34,000, so we were in the very fortunate position of paying only with respect to extra spectators we couldn't have fitted in Maine Road. The MEN reported that in the first 8 seasons in the new ground, we paid GBP 14 million on that basis.
David Conn (whom I consider a twat, but think likely to be right on this) reported that it went up to an annual GBP 3 million of rent for the stadium itself, a flat fee (i.e. irrespective of gates and by how much we extended the capacity). Then he claimed there was an additional GBP 1 million to be entitled to sell the naming rights, which the lease in its original form didn't let us do. The new amount became payable from 2012, IIRC.
26,000 people used to stand on the Kippax and it wasn’t a problem.(then) Near enough half of Maine Roads 54,000 capacity.
I'm sure there some in the east stand aswell on line with the halfway line at the back 6 rows maybe
Opposite side too, on the half way line ive sat in em!Only the centre of the CB stand.Anyway doubt there are any plans to make either side standing. At most it will be tier 1 of the North and South.
The club pretty much wants the sides to be premium and the ‘studio audience’ behind the goals. I’m in ES 105 and fully expecting to be fucked off or priced out sooner or later. My seat would be tunnel club if it was other side of the ground and we already get hoofed out for CL group games to make way for UEFA sponsorsLoads of corporate seats in t1, no chance theyll be moved
Indeed. It was the Collar that all the talk was about at first. There was no news of stadium expansion, Metrolink, an indoor arena… all the news was about a casino, Apple World, Ferrari World, a theme park and other daft stuff.And that’s probably one of many reasons why City and MCC get on so well.
I’m still miffed that the Collar Site hasn’t been developed yet nearly 15 years on since MCR (MCC) won the Super Casino bid in 2007, and Sheikh Mansour bought City in 2008. For the Collar site to remain as it is to date is very disappointing.
And yet we were once the Popular Side at Hyde Road and the Kippax at Maine Road.The club pretty much wants the sides to be premium and the ‘studio audience’ behind the goals. I’m in ES 105 and fully expecting to be fucked off or priced out sooner or later. My seat would be tunnel club if it was other side of the ground and we already get hoofed out for CL group games to make way for UEFA sponsors
not sure what your point is as that was through choice there are loads of older fans in East Level 1 where do you suggest they go and why should they move
Tbf it’s very genteel and Werthers Originals in there, I’m considered one of the ‘rowdy young lot’ and I’m fifty fucking twoAnd yet we were once the Popular Side at Hyde Road and the Kippax at Maine Road.
That has been clear from the onset. It hasn’t stopped the ‘usual suspects’ parroting the same argument over and over again for year after year.I assume because to make it a single tier the stand would need to be closed and rebuilt for a season. Seems no point when they could do a large 2nd tier with no closures.
That has been clear from the onset. It hasn’t stopped the ‘usual suspects’ parroting the same argument over and over again for year after year.
There is no way that City will ever agree to lose the North Stand for a year. The likelihood is that the North Stand expansion will essentially mirror that of South Stand.
I do not want to be kicked out of my seat for a year. If it happened I would probably not be back. But hey that doesn’t matter for those who want a ‘Blue Wall’.
That has been clear from the onset. It hasn’t stopped the ‘usual suspects’ parroting the same argument over and over again for year after year.
There is no way that City will ever agree to lose the North Stand for a year. The likelihood is that the North Stand expansion will essentially mirror that of South Stand.
I do not want to be kicked out of my seat for a year. If it happened I would probably not be back. But hey that doesn’t matter for those who want a ‘Blue Wall’.