Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[jrb]

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man’s porn….

There's something really exciting about a crane being 'erected' and/or jumped. ;-)

In hindsight I wouldn't have minded being a crane operator.

Saying that, I'd have spent all day taking pictures of the Manchester skyline and construction sites on the QT.

It's definitely a job where you have to be 100% focussed all the time. There can't be any mistakes.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

There are multiple stops for six Met destinations around their ground (Alty, Airport, EDids, Town, TraffCtr and Eccles), a train station, they even have water taxis on the canal…

Most importantly though, they have lots of places around their ground to have a pint after the game. People will nip into one of the many places to have a drink and let the crowds die down too.

We have one Met station for two directions (Town/Ashton) and that’s it.

Always easy to get away from the swamp if you know the best way. I usually park on Chorlton side and never get held up. The trams are much easier because there are so many lines.

 

[Spanishbob]

I think there should be a separate thread for general traffic to and from the ground and just discussions on building work about to take place. Can’t stop fucking yawning.

 

[nmc]

There's something really exciting about a crane being 'erected' and/or jumped. ;-)

In hindsight I wouldn't have minded being a crane operator.

Saying that, I'd have spent all day taking pictures of the Manchester skyline and construction sites on the QT.

It's definitely a job were you have to be 100% focussed all the time. There can't be any mistakes.

Think of those panoramic views….

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Interesting !

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

They do. And a train line.

As you say, we've got 1 Metrolink station at the Etihad. All Metrolink stations after that are a waste of time because the trams are rammed going both ways. We've also got Asbury train station as well.

By the time you walk to Ashbury, you may as well walk to Piccadilly.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Funny isn't. You never hear the Rags complaining about getting away from OT, even though the get 74,000.

Having been to OT. Trafford Park through to the M60 is always gridlocked with cars and coaches. The Metrolink service is like ours, infrequent and rammed. They do have more Metrolink stops away from the ground. Around the ground it's residential parking only. Etc.

Moaning about getting home from the game has been a City fan obsession for as long as I've been going to the match(1973).
Go on the clubs forums and none them have threads about early leavers and shit transport links. It's definitely a City thing

 

[supercity88]

Moaning about getting home from the game has been a City fan obsession for as long as I've been going to the match(1973).
Go on the clubs forums and none them have threads about early leavers and shit transport links. It's definitely a City thing

We love our football nearly as much as we love getting home after it!

 

[Gingers Dad]

The worst part about driving away from the Etihad, is the walking wankers who believe the roads are strictly for their use. This then causes major problems for motorists and hence the gridlock.
Why can`t these selfish twats who make their way into town,just use the footpaths as they are meant for.

I walk back into town down Ashton New Road it's quite funny watching the motorists getting all arsey. Don't know why they can't just chill out and wait 10 mins before it all dies down

 

[Saddleworth2]

I walk back into town down Ashton New Road it's quite funny watching the motorists getting all arsey. Don't know why they can't just chill out and wait 10 mins before it all dies down

10 minutes? Oh if only.

 

[nmc]

The worst part about driving away from the Etihad, is the walking wankers who believe the roads are strictly for their use. This then causes major problems for motorists and hence the gridlock.
Why can`t these selfish twats who make their way into town,just use the footpaths as they are meant for.

Do you drive your mobility scooter on the road or the pavement?

 

[plattlanebenches]

Moaning about getting home from the game has been a City fan obsession for as long as I've been going to the match(1973).
Go on the clubs forums and none them have threads about early leavers and shit transport links. It's definitely a City thing

Getting away from Maine road was never an issue. Tons of buses available

 

[BrianW]

Oddly, Maine Road was better set up for public transport. You just had to walk to Princess Road or Wilmslow Road (neither a route march) and there was a bus every two seconds into town. That's without taking into account the regular specials and the normal services up Lloyd Street.

Albeit, things did go downhill a bit after Thatcher's masterly policy of bus deregulation. But Wilmslow Road was always a sure thing, even then.

The Etihad is chaos by comparison and there is a definite incentive to beat the chaos by leaving at least slightly early.

 

[blueloon]

Part of the solution is for us to adapt our habits. I'm use to walking back to the station after the game, which presents little challenge. There definitely needs to be improvements in the public transport to the stadium, but this will be being discussed at the highest levels. The club need to invest into the pedestrian canal route back into the city, making it safer and light enough to walk during the wet and dark skies that hang over us during the winter months. The club must look at things that will want to make more fans hang around after the game. There will always those who want to leave early, but this needs to flow and one way around this is adapting facilities. Perhaps the arena and a covered fans section may help with this. Leaving Wembley after the game is a nightmare, so I have got used to stopping off at the pubs / eateries to socialise with other blues and fans attending the game. City must see this as an opportunity. The hotels are required for fans travelling further afield. It would be good to have bars and restaurant to draw the fans into the city. Exciting times when you think about it as many fans of other clubs can only dream of such things happening.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Imagine permeable concrete around the stadium.

They need to use this on the floor of the toilets, I'm sick of wading through piss.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Club relaunches healthy Walk to the Match initiative

www.mancity.com

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Getting away from Maine road was never an issue. Tons of buses available

There were loads of buses but the traffic was always log jammed on Princess Parkway

 

[oakiecokie]

Do you drive your mobility scooter on the road or the pavement?

I dont have one and I fail to see the significance of that if I had.

 

[JGL07]

Oddly, Maine Road was better set up for public transport. You just had to walk to Princess Road or Wilmslow Road (neither a route march) and there was a bus every two seconds into town. That's without taking into account the regular specials and the normal services up Lloyd Street.

Albeit, things did go downhill a bit after Thatcher's masterly policy of bus deregulation. But Wilmslow Road was always a sure thing, even then.

The Etihad is chaos by comparison and there is a definite incentive to beat the chaos by leaving at least slightly early.

Bullshit. Since when do early leavers need an excuse.

I remember my first visit to Old Trafford (circa 1963) when people started to move around 25 minutes before the end to ‘beat the traffic’.

Fantasy Football League in the 1990s did a sketch where half the audience would start to shuffle off half way through. Imagine leaving a whodunnit just before the murderer was identified or leaving a courtroom drama before the verdict was delivered?

Vast numbers of City fans have hoofed it well before the end of the Gillingham playoff final and the QPR match. Don’t blame it on the public transport system.

 

[asahartford1]

Getting away from Maine road was never an issue. Tons of buses available

Ha ha. Never a problem because you left early.