Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

Gordyola said:
When I walked past on Wednesday pre match there were lots of vehicles including a lot of police maybe it’s used for more than away coaches?
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Correct. That is where the police staff employed in the ground park and where they store any police vehicles on matchday. It's also where the police horses stable vans are based too for the horses to be unloaded and loaded
 
Test event at Coop on Saturday was a shambles. Took ages to get in, security was chaos. Building is not finished inside and there's nowhere near enough concourse space for a venue of that size. Will be avoiding any gigs there.
 
richards30 said:
Win win though mate as it all goes in a sense into the same pot? Between Silver Lake and the CFG (Fuck Harry Styles! ;-)) then as long as both places are getting revenue then happy days? I assume most will go to the arena first but if its slow serving or too busy then they will head over to the stadium for drinks etc.
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I believe there’s a large queue of women in front of you for that mate
 
blueparrot said:
Why would you avoid gigs there because a test event showed up problems?
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Concourse space just isn't big enough for the venue, it was rammed on Saturday and only at around 20% capacity. There are two bars for all the standing section, and you aren't allowed to take drinks through from the concourse into the arena, so have to use these bars. Doesn't seem to be enough toilets for a venue of that size, either.
 
Bozo said:
Concourse space just isn't big enough for the venue, it was rammed on Saturday and only at around 20% capacity. There are two bars for all the standing section, and you aren't allowed to take drinks through from the concourse into the arena, so have to use these bars. Doesn't seem to be enough toilets for a venue of that size, either.
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Isn’t that because it was a test event?
 
There will always be teething problems when a new venue opens.

Remember the dreadful scenes and queues when City brought in digital season and match tickets on mobile phones. It was utter chaos for numerous home matches.
 
Bozo said:
Concourse space just isn't big enough for the venue, it was rammed on Saturday and only at around 20% capacity. There are two bars for all the standing section, and you aren't allowed to take drinks through from the concourse into the arena, so have to use these bars. Doesn't seem to be enough toilets for a venue of that size, either.
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You can’t take your drink into the arena? What the fuck?
 
Bozo said:
Concourse space just isn't big enough for the venue, it was rammed on Saturday and only at around 20% capacity. There are two bars for all the standing section, and you aren't allowed to take drinks through from the concourse into the arena, so have to use these bars. Doesn't seem to be enough toilets for a venue of that size, either.
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Concourse space is over four levels
0,1,2 & 3) though I suspect all of it wasn't used on Saturday, plus some areas were off limits due to ongoing works. There are five bars on the lowest level but again maybe not all open due to it being a test.

Remember everyone there including all the staff were all new to it and picking it up as they went along so always going to be teething problems which is the whole point of a test event.
 
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