North Stand Construction Discussion

[Jesus H Gabz]

Hopefully the new City Square has a few sit in restaurants inside the new main buildings and not just window service where you have to sit in the square. Would be nice after a game to go inside somewhere warm for a pizza or something. Perhaps even a social club as well.

Think the arena will be that given it’s got 32 bars & restaurants, they won’t all be kiosk types, some will be sit in, we might get a decent bar in the hotel too (but that might end up residents only on match days) be decent if they could have a themed pub in there, maybe a sports bar/cafe in the building with the museum/club shop is a possibility given that operates most days

 

[HelloCity]

Think the arena will be that given it’s got 32 bars & restaurants, they won’t all be kiosk types, some will be sit in, we might get a decent bar in the hotel too (but that might end up residents only on match days) be decent if they could have a themed pub in there, maybe a sports bar/cafe in the building with the museum/club shop is a possibility given that operates most days

Yeah. Themed pub would be good similar to the Ardwick one in the South Stand.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Public transport and additional parking needs to be sorted with any expansion. It's bad enough now, will only get worse with more fans.

Can we claim this infrastructure cost £200m and then pull it, but claim it as part of FFP. Asking for a friend called Jurgen.

I believe the public transport situation is already being looked into and will be better for next season with the Co-op Arena due to open in the autumn

 

[M25blue]

Are tourists so bad, and why with a bigger capacity would they push out local fans ?

of course the club will try again to push out local fans, the tourists buy merch by the truck loads so bring in more money. The way we are going we’ll be like the rags in 10 years, with more Chinese fans at games than mancs. Some seem to forget that the club were more than happy to bin off local ‘legacy’ fans for tourists and other such like fans, who bring in more money, in the summer of 2021

 

[adr2.8i]

anyone else still pinching themselves too check this is all real and isn't a dream??

I've been pinching myself fat self daily since 2008!

 

[Impeccable One]

Loads of city fans will use the hotel, one hotel won't be enough so expect another one popping up soon :)

Visiting from US, I love a night out before or after game (depends on day/time). I think I’d still take a hotel in town, purely for convenience of bars/restaurants.

 

[blue61]

There is a 9k cap, so we in theory would need to do the same in the FACC and 6k for the LC.

Yes agreed for domestic cup games. Another reason why family stand won’t be moved to South Stand

 

[Norman kneejerk]

Loads of city fans will use the hotel, one hotel won't be enough so expect another one popping up soon :)

Maybe on the athletics track ? and the athletics track moved somewhere further away. Not sure the track needs to be on a prime site right next to the CB stand.

 

[blueparrot]

of course the club will try again to push out local fans, the tourists buy merch by the truck loads so bring in more money. The way we are going we’ll be like the rags in 10 years, with more Chinese fans at games than mancs. Some seem to forget that the club were more than happy to bin off local ‘legacy’ fans for tourists and other such like fans, who bring in more money, in the summer of 2021

Why would they not want both. You aren't making any sense. There aren't enough tourists to fill an extra 7000 seats a game. You do understand most of those Chinese fans don't travel from China for games the majority probably live in and around Mancheter. If the extended stand is targeted at a home end with safe standing, it's hardly to push local fans out.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Some absolute beauties on twitter, apparently we can't even fill our 40000 capacity stadium now, its just a ruse by our Saudi owners to get round FFP.

Wonder if that was the same twitter account who reckoned we only took 100 to Bournemouth on Saturday

 

[bluestevei]

Increased capacity will mean a bigger allocation for away fans ????

no, most you can have is 3k

 

[ProofMCFC]

Probably not the right thread, but I remember something being said about a Bell, Lee and Summerbee statue or atleast a mural. Does anyone know anything about that?

 

[pride in battle]

Visiting from US, I love a night out before or after game (depends on day/time). I think I’d still take a hotel in town, purely for convenience of bars/restaurants.

Surely you would want to stay at the hotel at City ? Granted they won't be as many restaurants but you will have the hotel and the arena to eat in...fuck trapsing into town and back to watch City ;)

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Just a thought - if they're implementing a 7k tier with rail seating, basically another singing section, what then happens to the current south stand? Do we think we will find 7k more people from other areas of the ground that want to create an atmosphere and move to this end or do people from the south stand then move to the north stand leaving the south stand flatter than currently?

I don't think that the South Stand will be quite what it is now, however I still think you'll find it's quite rowdy in there. Some people just enjoy being near the away fans and that won't change. I expect the South Stand to maintain a decent atmosphere

 

[Gone for a Burton]

I don't think that the South Stand will be quite what it is now, however I still think you'll find it's quite rowdy in there. Some people just enjoy being near the away fans and that won't change. I expect the South Stand to maintain a decent atmosphere

move the away fans in SS3 down and round the corner of ES1.

Relocate the 'singing section' to SS3 and 2 dedicated City ends are created.

BINGO !!

 

[adr2.8i]

Surely you would want to stay at the hotel at City ? Granted they won't be as many restaurants but you will have the hotel and the arena to eat in...fuck trapsing into town and back to watch City ;)

i consider myself a tourist these days, only get up around 3 times a season but id love too stay in a city hotel!! (provided it wasnt £300 a night mind!) otherwise i'll just keep staying in the travelodge opp the gardens for £80 a night with breakfast! :-)

 

[Gray]

Had a discussion with somebody claiming to be a font of all wisdom on the Metrolink and he recons the town to Ashton link is not classed as a main rout hence the lesser services unlike the Altrincham to town link. Mind you he was a scum fan so probably just bull shite !

We almost always get a single unit tram back to Altrincham after a game from Piccadilly. But go and look at the Altrincham line on weekdays, double units running throughout the day mainly empty other than at peak times. The Metrolink management must be Rag twats.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Hopefully the new City Square has a few sit in restaurants inside the new main buildings and not just window service where you have to sit in the square. Would be nice after a game to go inside somewhere warm for a pizza or something. Perhaps even a social club as well.

Curry Mile & a nice Italian Please

 

[MikeF]

Could they build a separate platform(s) at the metro link station so as they have several trams to go at full time? No matter how many trams are provided it’d still be a problem but if they have this in both directions (to Piccadilly and to Ashton) it may alleviate it somewhat. I think I’ll be doing the park and ride scheme going forward.

City square, they are expecting to take up some of the people killing time whilst it dies down but the capacity for this area is 3,000 so it’d be worse than now given the extra 7,700.

Surely other clubs have this problem???

Either way, when you’re Spunking £300m on a project you’d hope that the powers that be elsewhere (metro link and the city council) would have plans to upgrade their infrastructure accordingly.

 

[SouthStandStander]

Does this look like the emergency access tunnel is moving? If so, it looks like my seat which is literally right next to it now, is going :-(