Yes official photo only and they give you a ticket where you can view your photo in the shop , £10 if you like it .
Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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Just got 4 tickets for Elbow in May at the Coop. £290 on presale
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Arctics at LCCC £90
Pulp at Castlefield £75
Suppose when we're measuring it across the board its on target. But when you say it out loud that 4 tickets for Elbow are almost £300 is pretty nuts. Might be an anniversary tour and or with orchestra but Guy might be able to retire after a few gigs there
Crazy prices but at the end of the day everyone has a choice. Pay up or don't go.
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I was on yesterday too, 11:30 slot.
Same as you, just wanted to update my experience since I’d not done in since 2006/7.
One thing we did ask that the guide couldn’t answer was what happened to the etched name tiles in the old ‘Walk of Pride’ tunnel.
Was given the name of someone who might know and the club are looking into it. We got one for my Dad and he’s since passed so if possible it’d be nice to have it back who I admit is unlikely.
Most recent article I could find about it was this one:
Man City insist they DIDN'T destroy fan plaques to build Tunnel Club
Manchester City have apologises for inaccurate tweets that prompted dismay from supporters
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester takes steps to regenerate Holt Town
The city council is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to draw up a “bold and innovative” vision for a 74-acre post-industrial backwater that sits between the city centre and the Etihad Stadium and could support the delivery of 4,000 homes.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
The city council is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to draw up a “bold and innovative” vision for a 74-acre post-industrial backwater that sits between the city centre and the Etihad Stadium and could support the delivery of 4,000 homes.
Manchester takes steps to regenerate Holt Town - Place North West
The city council is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to draw up a “bold and innovative” vision for a 74-acre post-industrial backwater that sits between the city centre and the Etihad Stadium and could support the delivery of 4,000 homes.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
63 000 does that mean the new development is not the end of it ? Thought that was 1 or 2 thousands less last game I did wonder if they would put more seat in round the pitch seems bit of gap between stand and pitch maybe even lower the pitch to put more in
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Manchester takes steps to regenerate Holt Town
The city council is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to draw up a “bold and innovative” vision for a 74-acre post-industrial backwater that sits between the city centre and the Etihad Stadium and could support the delivery of 4,000 homes.
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Manchester takes steps to regenerate Holt Town - Place North West
The city council is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to draw up a “bold and innovative” vision for a 74-acre post-industrial backwater that sits between the city centre and the Etihad Stadium and could support the delivery of 4,000 homes.
The Holt Town Central area is located between, and connects, the Etihad Campus and the Ancoats and New Islington neighbourhoods. As such, it has long been regarded as the “missing link” in the regeneration of the Ashton Canal Corridor from the City Centre to the Etihad Campus. The Ashton Canal runs through this area and the River Medlock valley is located immediately adjacent - two major assets that can both frame and link together new development. 49 There is huge potential to improve the canal and the surrounding environment to enable greater links from the Etihad Campus into Holt Town and through to Manchester City Centre. Additional canal towpath access for cyclists and pedestrians is required, together with security and lighting improvements. New development has the potential to increase natural surveillance and add activity to the streetscape and towpath. The East Manchester Metrolink extension has made Holt Town a highly accessible location. The Holt Town Metrolink stop provides a public transport gateway into the area and its introduction has already acted as a catalyst for regeneration and enhanced levels of activity and development interest. The Holt Town Central site also benefits from an established road network and connections to important highways. Pollard Street and Merrill Street provide main routes through the wider Holt Town area, connecting the Etihad Campus to the City Centre and the surrounding area and there are ten bus routes within 400m of the site, which provide further sustainable transport options. Density should be concentrated along the canal corridor and surrounding the Holt Town Metrolink stop in order to encourage sustainable transport choices, maximising upgraded connections to the City Centre and the Etihad Campus via the Ashton Canal towpath and the wider green and blue infrastructure network. Density of development should be similar to that in the Ancoats area, allowing the existing mill buildings to be the dominant urban form. New development will not be allowed to exceed the 8 storeys datum without a planning and townscape justification discussed and agreed with the Local Planning Authority. Development should bring natural surveillance and new activity to the streetscape and towpath and should build on the existing gridded network of streets to re-establish Holt Town’s urban grain and support a critical mass of new development around the canal and its listed buildings. The ERF 2017 set out Holt Town as a mixed-use neighbourhood anticipating higher density residential uses including family homes across a range of price points and tenures, employment space for a wide variety of businesses from “makers” to tech entrepreneurs, with local retail and services to support the wider area, making maximum use of the proximity to the Holt Town Metrolink stop. Existing businesses compatible with a mixed-use neighbourhood who wish to invest in their premises and expand their workforce will be encouraged and supported. Consideration will need to be given to the location of facilities such as health-care, schools and retail to support the existing and growing community in the Holt Town neighbourhood. The extraordinary listed former mill buildings offer significant potential for commercial, residential and cultural uses, creating a neighbourhood of character, similar to Ancoats, which is now well established as a residential and commercial neighbourhood of choice. Additional canal and towpath access for cyclists and pedestrians is required, together with security and lighting improvements. Regeneration of the area will be underpinned by the reuse and preservation of historic mill buildings fronting onto the canal. Infill developments on adjoining sites should be of a scale and character to complement these buildings, reinforcing the respective identities of the old and the new. Development should bring natural surveillance and new activity to the streetscape and towpath, and should build on the existing gridded network of streets to re-establish Holt Town’s urban grain and support a critical mass of new development around the canal and its listed buildings. Significant interventions will be needed to create the right context for investment in the creation of sustainable mixed-use neighbourhoods. It will require collaboration between landowners as ownership is fragmented, and there is a risk of inappropriate, piecemeal development. It is critical that comprehensive and coherent approaches are taken to create development opportunities of appropriate scale that will contribute to place-making and provide adequate solutions to issues such as car parking and amenity space. The Council will play a central role in ensuring a coherent approach is brought forward to the development of this part of the Eastlands area. Given the fragmented ownerships within Holt Town area the City Council will consider using its Compulsory Purchase powers should they be required. The use of such powers would be the subject of a separate approval by the City Council.
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With recent posts about more places to drink etc , why does no one redevelop the area in Philips park to what is noted here
The approved planning permission allows for the capacity to be increased to 61,968, so wouldn’t take much to increase to 63,000. Put back some of the seats removed 18m ago. That would mean the two biggest club stadia are in Greater Manchester.
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A consistent long term strategic ambition for the Etihad Campus which has been articulated in successive strategies has been the need to diversify the pattern of uses on the Etihad Campus, create a wider profile of activity day by day and all the year round and fully exploit the latent economic capacity of the Etihad Campus as a whole. This would maximise the destination role of the Etihad Campus and drive investment and job creation not only for East Manchester but for the City as a whole. 45 The changing economic and demographic profile of the area has led the Etihad Campus partners to consider the potential for commercial offices to the east of the Etihad Stadium, whilst maintaining vistas to the iconic Etihad Stadium. This is likely to be based upon: Creating a specification of product which is attractive to sports-related occupiers who are drawn to the Etihad Campus by anchors such as City Football Group, the Manchester Institute of Sport and NGBs; An emphasis on the development of a sports eco-system which provides shared services, amenity facilities and an active management approach to develop tenant communities; Attraction of an initial significant occupier to complement the presence of the Institute of Sport and the existing and future sports and entertainment organisations located at the Etihad Campus; Securing an investor with a patient approach to capital investment with rental yields likely to increase over the medium term; and A robust and compelling branding and marketing strategy which establishes the Etihad Campus as a centre of national and international significance for sports and entertainment related businesses and organisations. The ERF should continue to allow for commercial space to come forward in this location and allow for the opportunity for sports-based businesses to locate here particularly when the Manchester Institute of Sport is completed. In addition to providing new commercial development opportunities on the Etihad Campus to provide the opportunity to develop a new Sport Tech cluster for the City there has also been a long term ambition to deliver a destination leisure and recreation offer as part of a diversified pattern of economic uses on the Campus. This ambition, now aligned with the proven resilience of the Etihad Campus’ transport capability, the increasing proliferation of sports based activities and the growing global recognition and success of Manchester City Football Club have become powerful influences on a number of international entertainment operators and investors who have now identified the Etihad Campus as an option for creating new facilities to respond to what they indicate are strong market opportunities to further serve the City and the wider region. One such opportunity is a new large indoor arena (with a capacity in excess of 20,000 spectators). International investors and operators see Manchester as one of the few cities in Europe with the ability to successfully host more than one large arena. It is known that these investors are evaluating locational options and are addressing the detailed business case for such an investment with a view to selecting a site and bringing forward detailed development proposals later this year. This and other facilities including a multi-plex cinema, an expanded food and beverage offer, and hotel development are seen by investors and operators as being potentially viable propositions given the changing and growing market for entertainment activities. The trends show that live entertainment has seen significant growth over the last few years. Most if not all forecasts show continuing and significant growth in live music and entertainment. To put this into perspective, across 69 venues surveyed in Europe, over 32 million people attended arena shows in 2016. The UK and Ireland led this figure, making up over 11m attendances alone.15 Of these, almost 40% were attending music concerts, with sports as the next leading category with 31.7% of tickets. 15 IQ Magazine (2017)46 The live music industry in the UK is also growing. In 2016 the sector was worth £80m in exports and £1bn in total GVA contribution.16 This was up on 2015 when the sector was worth £57m in exports and £904m in GVA contribution.17 Employment figures also grew from 25,150 people in 201518 to 28,538 people in 2016.19 In the UK, major events (those with crowds of over 10,000) generated £2.2bn and supported over 21,000 jobs during the four years after the 2012 Olympics.20Manchester as a music industry centre underlines this potential. There is also very strong international interest in the UK market for sports and entertainment-based activities (including Manchester). Experience elsewhere also suggests that if Manchester is to fully achieve its potential as a world class entertainment venue it will require facilities with the necessary flexibility to be able to embrace different venue configurations for live events including sports music and family shows; as well as facilities which respond to new hospitality demands and a requirement to meet changing visitor and artist expectations. While the provision of an arena could add significantly to the regeneration and local employment potential of the Etihad Campus and to the wider priorities for East Manchester, it is recognised that the Etihad Campus will be judged against the availability and suitability of other sites. It is also recognised that any planning proposals will need to be accompanied by a detailed Business Case explaining the overall benefits and market case. It will be for the promoters of a scheme to bring forward the detailed evidence to demonstrate the realism and sustainability of such an investment as well as the robust case underpinning the location all of which will be at the heart of a detailed and balanced assessment of the planning and development case which would need to be undertaken at the appropriate time by the Local Planning Authority. Similar criteria, in accordance with the requirements of planning policy, will apply to other entertainment facilities coming forward for the Etihad Campus which may become the subject of a planning application. Any such planning applications would have to address detailed transport impacts and would need to be accompanied by detailed proposals for the management of the network (and any necessary modifications) to sustain the demands for different facilities cumulatively and at different times of the day. There would also need to be detailed consideration given to the development of a new operational platform for the Etihad Campus not only to fully maximise efficiencies and functionality but to create an integrated approach to programming. Of paramount concern to the Council and residents will of course be the need to protect and enhance amenity in adjacent neighbourhoods to the Etihad Campus. If proposals for facilities are brought forward which are likely to generate significant increased demands on the transport network it will be essential that detailed proposals are also brought forward for the implementation of a controlled parking scheme with a coverage to be agreed by the Council following consultation with residents and businesses and with the costs of provision and operations underwritten by commercial third parties rather than directly by the Council. Subject to the above it is considered that the opportunity for an indoor arena within Manchester based on the Etihad Campus, along with the provision of other entertainment facilities should be allowed for in the next phase of development opportunities subject to detailed appraisal and analysis. 16 UK Music (2017)17 UK Music (2016)18 Ibid. 19 UK Music (2017) 20 London and Partners (2016) 47 In addition to the above opportunities, this area already benefits from an extant planning permission, granted in February 2014, to extend the Etihad Stadium and increase capacity from 47,670 to 62,170 on matchdays, and up to 63,834 for concerts. To date, the south stand extension has been delivered increasing capacity by 6,250. The introduction of committed and proposed developments could, subject to further analysis, transform the vibrancy of the Etihad Campus on non-match and Stadium event days. This could also bring about the opportunity for Manchester City Football Club to review its requirements for an expanded and improved retail store facility (in line with requirements from a new sponsor partner) combined with an improved visitor attraction ‘City Experience’ sales base and refreshed customer services centre. In terms of open space, the River Medlock Valley runs right through the site and development of the car park area north of the stadium will provide an opportunity for a strong green pedestrian and cycle linkage as well as acknowledge, in landscape terms, the buried river in the culvert below.
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The Etihad Campus Sport and Innovation Zone is centred to the north and south of the Ashton Canal to the north west of the Etihad Stadium adjacent and encompasses the existing Regional Athletics Centre, the indoor training centre, the National Squash Centre and the Regional Tennis Centre. The Sport and Innovation Zone spans across the existing railway line into the Edwin Road Industrial Estate, connected via an existing bridge. This part of the Etihad Campus can accommodate new higher education and support facilities, new student accommodation and a diverse range of commercial workspace and office requirements. 42 This area will be home to the Manchester Institute of Sport, a new higher education institution promoting learning, research, development and innovation in the world of sport that will attract the best academic, graduate and post-graduate talent in this field. The Council is working with a range of local, national and international partners and Manchester Metropolitan University, to realise a compelling Academic Vision for the Manchester Institute of Sport, which will include post-graduate and research activities as well as providing a range of undergraduate programmes. The Manchester Institute of Sport will embed students, graduates, apprentices and executive learners amongst world-leading facilities at the Etihad Campus to benefit from the best available practice-led education and research. In order to ensure that innovation and research activities from the Institute of Sport can be translated into opportunities for young people and entrepreneurs to develop their own businesses, products and services, affordable incubator and small-scale workspace should be developed within this campus environment with appropriate access to business-support services to allow viable propositions to develop. Separately, the identified need to accommodate additional office space for NGBs who wish to relocate to the Etihad Campus, has identified land adjacent to the National Squash Centre as a potential location. A number of existing NGBs are located in facilities across the Etihad Campus as a legacy from the success of the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which has built up the City’s elite talent base (including the HSBC National Cycling Centre, National Taekwondo Centre, National Speedway Stadium and Regional Basketball, Squash and Tennis Centres). Recently, following a competitive bidding process, Rugby Football League (RFL) has decided to relocate its HQ to the Etihad Campus. There were several reasons for the RFL’s decision to relocate, including the ability to work closely with existing and future sporting organisations at the Etihad Campus together with proximity to the MIHP and the future Manchester Institute of Sport. The Etihad Campus partners have explored the appetite from other key NGBs and sports organisations from across the country to have a presence on the Etihad Campus. There is a real opportunity to create a flexible office base at the Etihad Campus which may either be used as a hub or on an ad-hoc basis by partner NGBs. This proposal is supported by Sport England which understands the importance of collaboration amongst its organisations and will enhance the vision for the Etihad Campus of being the epicentre of sport in the UK. As part of the development of the Sport and Innovation Zone, there is the opportunity to improve and enhance National Squash Centre and the Regional Athletics Arena. Some key works include the renewal of the running track and improvement to changing and spectator facilities for the Outdoor Arena. In addition, the Sport and Innovation Zone will provide the following: Accommodation which is inspirational for young people and sports professionals. The Institute of Sport and NGBs with shared use of existing sporting facilities, underpinning the viability and use of existing facilities. Shared meeting, workspace and catering facilities to facilitate knowledge-sharing and partnering in a ‘where sports meet’ hub. A draft framework masterplan for the Sport and Innovation Zone sets out a number of options for the future development of the Edwin Road Industrial Estate area to provide up to 1,000 student accommodation bed spaces together with the potential for providing a modest amount of accommodation for athletes, subject to further consultation with existing and future NGBs. The proximity of the student accommodation to the Manchester Institute of Sport will provide a safe and attractive campus environment and the intention is for the area to have priority for pedestrians and cyclists. The options show a variety of traffic calming proposals, all of which include a proposal to stop up New Viaduct Street to create a safe link between the academic and sports facilities around the Etihad Stadium to the student village area. In order to ensure that innovation and research activities from the Manchester Institute of Sport can be translated into opportunities for young people and entrepreneurs to develop their own businesses, products and services, affordable incubator and small-scale workspace should be developed within the 43 Sports and Innovation Zone, with appropriate access to business-support services to support business growth, talent retention and the development of a dynamic eco-system. There is significant scope to deliver an integrated scheme centred on both high quality, affordable accommodation for students and young people along with managed workspace which supports spin-out and start-up businesses. This will underpin the shared ambitions for the Etihad Campus, ensuring that the Manchester Institute of Sport will be globally competitive attracting the best academics and students. Conventional models of live and workspace are changing, and the Sport and Innovation Zone should be at the forefront of new thinking so that innovative live and work developments which remain affordable, especially for young people, can be developed. There is an opportunity here to partner with progressive RSLs to ensure that new provision is made for affordable accommodation which will be attractive to young people from all backgrounds creating new opportunities for business incubation and diversification of the local economy. A Development Framework for the Sport and Innovation Zone will be established, building on the options set out in the framework masterplan. The Development Framework should ensure that new facilities will be accessible to residents and visitors from the wider region and easily accessible from the tram stops at the Etihad Campus and adjacent areas. The development of the Sport and Innovation Zone will deliver an improved environment along this section of the recreational route, enhancing the green and blue links from the Etihad Campus into Holt Town and through to the City Centre. The Development Framework will identify desired traffic calming measures, including proposed road closures, particularly to New Viaduct Street, which will improve the safety and environment of the proposed Sport and Innovation Zone. Development on the north side of the canal should establish a new level of activity to this part of the Ashton Canal and help animate this area throughout the year and on non-match/ event days. This may require the relocation of the gas supply network that traverses the site and remediation is likely to be required to bring this development forward.
Well they put seats in low down then took them away again so god knows!?
Tried reading that but gave up about 6 lines down, you need to go old school and use a fuckin wood Ruler to complete it.
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Same here gave up after the first few lines. Can Lexstar give us hard of seeing a summary
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Sorry I copied and pasted it from a PDF , its the Council plans for the area
Can you change that red shit to a blue colour as well.
Thanks.
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This is from years ago ?
100% and someone is getting paid a 6 figure salery for writing that guff.
I will put it into simple terms, a large plot of land suitable for retail, leisure and accommodation in a thriving area and City, all offers please contact 0161 xxx xxxx.
Starting reading it 10 years ago ;)
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