North Stand Construction Discussion

[Keeper!]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant news and the structure looks stunning, it will transform an already iconic stadium.

 

[waspish]

If planning is passed and we know we will have some who don’t want the stand extension with hotel! They say 3 years to build it! Is this slow I know nothing about how long something should take!

 

[HelloCity]

I was wondering if moving the away fans and their coach park to the NS would be the plan. Is there enough room to satisfy requirements if they're in tier 1 and perhaps up the corners if needed. At least it would keep them below City fans.

Away fans will be where they are now, at the south end. We wouldn't want them near our shiny new city square and enlarged home end tier.

 

[HelloCity]

If planning is passed and we know we will have some who don’t want the stand extension with hotel! They say 3 years to build it! Is this slow I know nothing about how long something should take!

Construction starts late this year (groundworks spring/summer this year) and finishes summer 2025 for the seating and summer 2026 for the overall development. South Stand construction started early 2014 and finished summer 2015.

 

[LeroyChickenSane]

see all the insecure lot are passing comments about empty seats lol

It does make me laugh this. People are so thick. The question they need to ask themselves is 'Do I think City would really spend all this money and invest all the time in building it, if A) they weren't going to see a financial return? and B) Genuinely believe those seats will lie empty all year.

 

[Centurions]

If planning is passed and we know we will have some who don’t want the stand extension with hotel! They say 3 years to build it! Is this slow I know nothing about how long something should take!

They're having to schedule it around multiple football seasons, it's pretty rapid all things considered I'd say.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

If nothing else it'll keep @jrb busy.

Seriously, your picture updates are excellent mate. I look forward to plenty on this project especially while we're in the close season.

 

[Keeper!]

Why are people complaining already? These are just the first basic drawings and images.

FFS, wait until the CGI's are made public.

Jealousy and people don't like change.

I wonder what the miserable bastard Colin Shindler thinks, I bet he's on one already!

 

[blueparrot]

I was wondering if moving the away fans and their coach park to the NS would be the plan. Is there enough room to satisfy requirements if they're in tier 1 and perhaps up the corners if needed. At least it would keep them below City fans.

Can't see it myself, doubt they will move very far if anywhere. Only place I could see is around the corner into East stand.

 

[Keeper!]

Stick some even bigger tv screens there to show how much we are being shafted by VAR.

WE should have a giant screen showing our turnover increasing every second.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Only been 52 minutes a since the release, and on Twitter piss is a boilin’!

 

[ManCitizens.]

Looks amazing, not to be greedy but I hope once this is completed they liven up the outer shell around the ground.

 

[Mickeyhoohaa]

Anyone got any naming ideas yet? I feel as though we need to pay tribute to one of our greatest icons, and I'm sure many would love to see "The Moonchester Stand and Hotel" lighting up the night sky...

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

The fucking council really need to improve the public transport offering.

Definitely this. Our stadium is closer to the town hall than the rags’ monstrosity but they have so much better connectivity. I guess as the city continues its eastwards expansion (lots of plans for places like Collyhurst, Miles Platting etc) the better public transport will follow.

 

[Franny 1234]

If nothing else it'll keep @jrb busy.

Seriously, your picture updates are excellent mate. I look forward to plenty on this project especially while we're in the close season.

I second that
It's appreciated job CTID

 

[Brewster's millions]

The CGIs look great, but they were always going to look great as the club were never going to do something shit given the amount of thought that has clearly gone into it, particularly with the opportunities presented by the Arena being next door.

It makes me wonder what a completely new stadium would look now if we were to design one from the ground up. Probably radically different from how it would have done 10-15 years ago when the takeover occurred.

Hopefully the consultation will have a good response, particularly in relation to transport. It really must be sorted out now and we have to apply maximum pressure on the Council, as without wishing to sound miserable it would be a huge shame if they can’t engineer a significant improvement to match what the club is doing with the stadium.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Looks great.

Surely The EFL will welcome us with open arms now contrary to what some journalists have said

 

[Franny 1234]

I second that
It's appreciated job CTID

#Jrb not job

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Let's hope it's an opportunity for the club to find a more sensible way to accommodate away fans too.

Evacuate them from SS3 (&SS2) and bend em round the lower corner of SS1 &ES1 similar to the Dubai Emirates.

Relocate the 'singing section' in ES1 to SS3 where the views are better.

SS3 becomes exclusively a second home end.

The away fans can still be corralled for their access/egress and coaches.

It can be achieved at relatively low cost and would complete the reorganisation of the ground to the advantage of fans, safety and atmosphere.

Where there's a will there's a way !!

 

[Keeper!]

If planning is passed and we know we will have some who don’t want the stand extension with hotel! They say 3 years to build it! Is this slow I know nothing about how long something should take!

Anyone in our fan base that does not want this is plain weird.