North Stand Construction Discussion

bluesmith said:
I'm not sure why people keep saying the new north stand tier 2 will hold 8000, its considerably more than that, there are 7900 seats being added on top of the existing seating for NS2 so more like 11000.
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It’s an extra 8000 seats, give or take. ;-)
 
blueyorkie said:
Early leavers are the worst thing about our club, first of all it must damage our players, secondly those who stay miss seeing the game as they pile out, so selfish, third it gives our rivals a stick to beat us with!
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No offence blueyorkie. Not going there on this thread. It’s been done to death on the atmosphere thread and it’s still being discussed.
 
Holcombe bloo said:
I don’t think the congestion will be all that much worse than at present then in That case. City square and stage already blocked a lot of people wandering around the stadium.
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The NS is currently set much further back. As you say, City Square is just a relatively small stage with plenty of access either side of it.

What are the tram queues like now? Have they improved? There used to be a lot of complaints about them.

I stand in SSL1, so I never go back into town from the NS side of the Etihad.
 
bluesmith said:
Its a kits/Joe's type hospitality lounge
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Yes, I know that, but while there will be a charge for access to it,same as 93:20 there is no indication that the seats/ safe standing space attached will be any different to the rest of the stand and at the moment we don’t even know whether they will be seated or standing.
 
bluesmith said:
Correct but you and others have said the north stand 2nd tier will hold 8000 which isn't correct
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I should have added an ‘extra’ 8000. Hence why I incorrectly guessed 12,000 fans leaving the North stand after the match. :-)
 
The club/arena are looking into renaming City Square, or the new area that will hold all the bars/eateries , something thats not City centric as such as it must work for the arena too but could have a ‘hint’ of city. Any thoughts?
 
Bluesince1979 said:
The club/arena are looking into renaming City Square, or the new area that will hold all the bars/eateries , something thats not City centric as such as it must work for the arena too but could have a ‘hint’ of city. Any thoughts?
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The Colin bell Maine square arena
 
blueparrot said:
Yes, I know that, but while there will be a charge for access to it,same as 93:20 there is no indication that the seats/ safe standing space attached will be any different to the rest of the stand and at the moment we don’t even know whether they will be seated or standing.
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They're padded seats currently
 
What part do certain people not understand, once the Fanzone square/hotel are up and running it will also be used more or less every single day as a covered outlet for Co-op Live Arena events, bringing yet more revenue into our coffers ;)
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
A lot of people deserted the Kippax for the North Stand at Maine Road for that season before it was seated. Fans will flock to the new North stand especially because it will have huge eating and drinking areas behind it in the new City Square and the arena. It will be fantastic.
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The sore board end was where all the noise came from in those days before they had to move to the kippax when they put seats in the north stand.
Personally I didn't like the kippax and thought the score board end was better
 
moggymoz said:
What part do certain people not understand, once the Fanzone square/hotel are up and running it will also be used more or less every single day as a covered outlet for Co-op Live Arena events, bringing yet more revenue into our coffers ;)
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Because they don't want to understand
 
Northerndave said:
It's going to be 3 tiers of executive boxes, serving the finest canapes. The Blue Car Park will be reserved specifically for top of the range motors and drivers for the new breed of executive class City Fan. A Helipad is to be built where the Mercedes garage once stood and membership guarantees CL Final tickets.

The East Stand 1st Tier is to be converted in a giant electronic advertising display and the 3rd Tier of the South Stand conveted to the worlds biggest Jumbotron to show exclusive City clips to the Execs in the North.
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Straight from my padded seat to my roller
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jrb said:
I don’t propose anything. The club will decide. Nobody can 2nd guess the club on this. We haven’t been told anything official by the club as regards the final seating plans and arrangements for the new North stand. All we currently know is the club are still looking at all seating arrangements with another 2 years to go until the stand is open.

It’s a brand new stand. With brand new seating arrangements. With a possible/probable 700 hospitality seats at the front of L2. Will the club offer those hospitality seats to the fans who currently reside at the front of NSL2 first, at a reduced rate for the 1st season, or will the club tell the fans currently residing at the front of NSL2 they will have to move to make way for the 700 hospitality seats, unless they want to pay the full price to stay there?

One thing is for sure, there are always winners and losers amongst the fans when a new stand or tier opens.(SSL3) Some fans will be happy. Some fans will be pissed off. Some fans won’t care either way.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to sound condescending or expect a solution from you! Of course, there will be winners and losers whatever the powers that be decide.
 
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