North Stand Construction Discussion

I think each block holds roughly 500 fans give or take. I could be wrong on that? Maybe a job for a seat counter? If City moved the away fans to the corner, they would have to give them 109, 110, 111, the away end, 114 and 115. They could move the metal barrier on the concourse past entrance 115 and have it just before entrance 116. It can’t go any further as that’s the access to the new bar area and the exits for City fans. From memory, as I used to stand in 110, moving the barriers past Entrance 109 should be less of an issue?
 
Didsbury Dave said:
That's not true. If you have to take a hit on a couple of thousand season tickets for a year but attract more fans and corporates into the stadum in the longer term it's a loss leader.

There is a chance if City think creatively. Even better if we fans could get a coordinated voice and push them.
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The corporate ticket sales don't depend on the other's being made cheaper. A loss leader is selling something at less than cost as you still make money out of the same customer, but they only need one ticket, and won't spend any more on other things compared to someone who would have paid full price.

Cheaper tickets only benefit the club if there is a lack of demand, and then that is their market value. Loss leader sounds catchy, but is being used falsely.

The way the club is going is putting prices up as much as they can, precluding new season ticket holders from bigger games unless they pay more for them. The creativity the club shows is in increasing prices only.
 
Corky said:
Emirates away section starts half way behind the goal, and is a bigger stand, to give away fans their whole allocation on the lower tier they would have 110 to 115 inclusive, a big advantage for the away side.
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It starts between the goal and corner flag and wraps around but I get the point you're making because it is better to split them to reduce their ability to make noise. We can't tuck them away and split them over two tiers unfortunately.

Either way, even getting a mass of fans in a safe standing NSL1, the atmosphere will not improve by much. As shown by the Chelsea League Cup game where most of the ground heard their fans whilst most of SSL1 thought they made a racket, it's better we've got a few thousand in an expanded 2nd tier under the roof.

It might cause issues of people moving etc, but it will settle down over time and it will make a big improvement to the atmosphere. It would help generate noise all around the ground and lead to "battles" with the SS as per the days of Maine Road.
 
jrb said:
I think each block holds roughly 500 fans give or take. I could be wrong on that? Maybe a job for a seat counter? If City moved the away fans to the corner, they would have to give them 109, 110, 111, the away end, 114 and 115. They could move the metal barrier on the concourse past entrance 115 and have it just before entrance 116. It can’t go any further as that’s the access to the new bar area and the exits for City fans. From memory, as I used to stand in 110, moving the barriers past Entrance 109 should be less of an issue?
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About 650 lower, 350 2nd and 1000 3rd tier for SS.
 
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By the time it's completed, City will be Champions League Winners, so bald fraud will be gone

Haaland will have been signed by Real Madrid to fill huge void as Benzema be retired by then.

KDB retired from club football. Now player coach at Belgium. Gundog, Mahrez, Walker all retired


However, Kompany will have been installed as Manager, overseeing a virtually all English squad,

apart from double balon dor winning Julian Alvarez and captained by the still very young, double

premier title winning Jude Bellingham. The blue lightbulbs will still not have been replaced & BM

will still have a lengthy thread in the transfer forum, for a new left back who can actually defend.
 
Corky said:
The corporate ticket sales don't depend on the other's being made cheaper. A loss leader is selling something at less than cost as you still make money out of the same customer, but they only need one ticket, and won't spend any more on other things compared to someone who would have paid full price.

Cheaper tickets only benefit the club if there is a lack of demand, and then that is their market value. Loss leader sounds catchy, but is being used falsely.

The way the club is going is putting prices up as much as they can, precluding new season ticket holders from bigger games unless they pay more for them. The creativity the club shows is in increasing prices only.
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You’re not with not reading or purposefully ignoring what I’m saying. If the ground has a better atmosphere we sell more tickets to other people in the long term including corporate customers. So if we have to offer a couple of thousand cheap tickets at the start to get the thing off the ground it will pay for itself in the long run. Nit picking on the dictionary definition of “loss leader” is nothing but pedantry and does not address that point which still stands. Just to avoid any further weird pedantry from you, I’m not saying the club WILL do it. I’m saying they SHOULD do it.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I want a big blue wall of 10k City fans as much as the next match going fan, but I think there is a danger of some people here of convincing themselves it's happening and then setting themselves up for disappointment and frustration when it doesn't.
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If we as fans could get ourselves organized and pressing for it it can. We are absolutely shit at that as a fan base. Always have been, going back to the fanzine wars.
 
Have the main section of the second tier which should be at least 2/3rds of it solely for those who want to sing. A formal pledge for anyone that wants to go in there should be made that they will get behind the team before and during the match and That they will stay to the end, sing throughout and not slag the team or management for any reason. Anyone going in there goes on that understanding - end of! And of course Make it affordable for every game.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
If we as fans could get ourselves organized and pressing for it it can. We are absolutely shit at that as a fan base. Always have been, going back to the fanzine wars.
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City want feedback on the North Stand plans. If fans want the vocal section in the top tier and affordable tickets for under 25's etc you need to contact the club on mass.

mancity.com/etihad-stadium-feasibility-studies or via post to Etihad Stadiim Feasibility Studies, FREEPOST, NWW36611A, Etihad Stadium, Manchester M11 3BR.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
200 FREE tickets to 1894 is what I said. The objective has to be to fill this stand with vocal fans but get the most vocal together in the middle. There must be about 2-3000 people in the existing safe standing areas and as many of them as poss or need to be together in the middle, hence offering it to them first and cheap. The rest should then look after itself.
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Have we not already tried this in the South Stand ?? Why should everything revolve around the 1894 group. There are other fans that have been going to games much longer and are fed up of being moved around all the time to suit others. So all them fans that sit in the North stand level 2 don't get a say in this then.
 
mcfcstu said:
Have we not already tried this in the South Stand ?? Why should everything revolve around the 1894 group. There are other fans that have been going to games much longer and are fed up of being moved around all the time to suit others. So all them fans that sit in the North stand level 2 don't get a say in this then.
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1894 group have been the ones pushing to improve the atmosphere for years when a stand is made to improve the atmosphere of course they would be a vital part of that
 
mcfcstu said:
No looks like u just get cast aside to suit the 1894 group again like many fans have already been.
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Who’s been moved for the 1894 group?

If your going to blame anyone for forced relocations blame the club. There the reason thousands have been forced out of their seats all over the ground.
 
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