North Stand Construction Discussion

BlueMooner87 said:
I think its just me reading into the "best in class fan experience"

Everyone interperates it differently and I read it thinking it was catering for the elite (very wealthy) fan, it could certainly eat the best fan experience for everyone.
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‘Best in class fan experience’ They could make a start in just sorting the standard catering out… I queued for 20 mins to pay £5 for the most god awful cup of coffee last night… it was so bad I threw it away

I watch semi-professional sides as well as city and the catering at that level is better than what I get served in the north stand
 
richards30 said:
I thought we would have seen the plans now as I fail to believe they aren’t already done
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Do you think the club run these huge projevts to a timeline that suits a few fans on a small forum ?

Plans and renders will be available when every fundamental element is finalised.

I hope you live long enough !!
 
Tottenham, West Ham, both Manchester clubs and Everton will begin their battle to host matches at Euro 2028 in earnest next week, when UEFA confirm it will be a 24-team tournament.

One of Spurs or West Ham will be culled, while only one of United, City and Everton will make the final list, with Newcastle expected to pip Sunderland

Pros for each stadium.

United, capacity, world famous stadium.
Everton, new stadium and setting.(Liverpool Waterfront)
City, new capacity, hotel.
 
jrb said:
Tottenham, West Ham, both Manchester clubs and Everton will begin their battle to host matches at Euro 2028 in earnest next week, when UEFA confirm it will be a 24-team tournament.

One of Spurs or West Ham will be culled, while only one of United, City and Everton will make the final list, with Newcastle expected to pip Sunderland
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Everton it will be then!
 
Bluefen said:
‘Best in class fan experience’ They could make a start in just sorting the standard catering out… I queued for 20 mins to pay £5 for the most god awful cup of coffee last night… it was so bad I threw it away

I watch semi-professional sides as well as city and the catering at that level is better than what I get served in the north stand
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A fiver for a cup of coffee? I thought the standard cost of coffee in the ground was £2. It's fifty bob for a Bovril though.
 
jrb said:
Tottenham, West Ham, both Manchester clubs and Everton will begin their battle to host matches at Euro 2028 in earnest next week, when UEFA confirm it will be a 24-team tournament.

One of Spurs or West Ham will be culled, while only one of United, City and Everton will make the final list, with Newcastle expected to pip Sunderland

Pros for each stadium.

United, capacity, world famous stadium.
Everton, new stadium and setting.(Liverpool Waterfront)
City, new capacity, hotel.
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To be fair having a hotel inside the stadium is hardly a deal breaker.

I would think Everton would be favorites to get the gig because of the location and new build.
 
Keeper! said:
To be fair having a hotel inside the stadium is hardly a deal breaker.

I would think Everton would be favorites to get the gig because of the location and new build.
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Never said it was. Just added that as I couldn’t think of anything else that might tip the balance in our favour. :-(


We don’t know if the hotel is inside or outside the hotel. A big plus for the dignitaries, etc to be able stay inside or next to the stadium.

I’m also minded to go for Everton. What another coup that would be for Liverpool after getting the Eurovision Song Contest as well.

I think capacity will win out in the end. Old Trafford offers ‘20,000’ more seats than Everton’s new ground, and 10,000 more seat than the expanded Etihad.

Not the clearest zoom in screen grab.

You can just make out the new roof trusses. Black metal, sqaure, X shaped internal supports, next to the concrete core.

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FFP & the Taylor report were great excuses for hammering the fans on pricing.

It's too easy these days to put a quid or two on a ticket rather than going out and finding another sponsor.

I luckily get VFM in SS3 but would love to still be down in 117 however, I was priced out of that area as level 3 opened as were many in there. A good 40-50% of fans around me were moving when SS3 opened.

As it is now and I know it's through choice through moving house, my travelling costs have gone from a 10 mile round trip by either car or tram to a 90-100 mins drive adding around £30 to my 'matchday experience'.

If I didn't have a S/C without question I'd be no longer attending @ £100 all-in.

A bit sidetracked there but, City need to look after local fans, SS3 worked for me & others but isn't perfect. We have one last chance to sort the situation out with the NS as I fear otherwise in a few years time there really will be empty seats...it only needs a bit of raggy success, a city fall off when Pep goes along with a pro rag media and any tourist slack will be off to the swamp quicker than you could say 6-1.
 
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This is what is needed at the New North Stand an expanded second tier with no corporate boxes at all, an elevated first tier that is all safe standing, this section should be full of city answer to " Ashburton Army" the second tier should be the cheapest section in the ground as someone said £25.00 a ticket to encourage more fans.

Inside the new North Stand, it has to be a copy of Spurs South Stand with a goalline bar and food markets

Pep has been spot-on about the atmosphere

As someone said Arsenal used to have a crap atmosphere but they now have the Ashburton Army which help creates noise for the rest of the stadium, the new North Stand needs to do the same for City. Yes that does include some banging a drum



 
blue b4 the moon said:
FFP & the Taylor report were great excuses for hammering the fans on pricing.

It's too easy these days to put a quid or two on a ticket rather than going out and finding another sponsor.

I luckily get VFM in SS3 but would love to still be down in 117 however, I was priced out of that area as level 3 opened as were many in there. A good 40-50% of fans around me were moving when SS3 opened.

As it is now and I know it's through choice through moving house, my travelling costs have gone from a 10 mile round trip by either car or tram to a 90-100 mins drive adding around £30 to my 'matchday experience'.

If I didn't have a S/C without question I'd be no longer attending @ £100 all-in.

A bit sidetracked there but, City need to look after local fans, SS3 worked for me & others but isn't perfect. We have one last chance to sort the situation out with the NS as I fear otherwise in a few years time there really will be empty seats...it only needs a bit of raggy success, a city fall off when Pep goes along with a pro rag media and any tourist slack will be off to the swamp quicker than you could say 6-1.
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Exactly.

As a rule, once you get a season ticket you’re hooked. You end up renewing it even if you can’t make all the matches. Buying an over priced match day ticket is another thing all together. You make an instant decision based on the match day ticket price the opposition.

The club should bite the bullet, make all the new seats in the expanded North stand affordable season tickets. If supply outstrips demand, the club should roll that over to SSL1. You’d have 2 ends full season holders. Bar the current season ticket holders, make the CBS and the ES match day ticket sales, where the club can justify a premium seat price.
 
Keeper! said:
To be fair having a hotel inside the stadium is hardly a deal breaker.

I would think Everton would be favorites to get the gig because of the location and new build.
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Thought the grounds had to be over a certain capacity isn’t Everton new ground under 50k
 
Everton have dropped a huge bollock with the capacity. Just build it 75k with the top level shut if needs be. What’s the point in building it too small when demand will be there for the big games?
 
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