North Stand Construction Discussion

[Bournemouth Blue]

When I was a lad, visiting grandparents in Saddleworth, we often went up to Pots and Pans or Hartshead Pike to admire the chimneys. Now it is skyscrapers and huge cranes

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

When you thought they couldn’t get anymore delusional.

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Remind me, when did the south stand open again? Dippers live in their own universe

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Because they don’t recognise anything outside Liverpool. I worked there for a year, they are the most self-absorbed population in England, even more so than the Tykes.

 

[Coatigan]

Remind me, when did the south stand open again? Dippers live in their own universe

They were the first club ever to extend a stadium. In 2024! Nobody has ever considered it before.

 

[Lord Blue]

Typical City.

Doesn’t City’s Media Department follow this thread?

We’re more up to date on the construction than City are.

are we still expecting it to be finished by August 2025 ?

 

[tailspin747]

I’m quite embarrassed. I can’t believe we had the cheek to extend the south stand in 2015 by blatantly copying Liverpool in 2024.

 

[jrb]

I’m quite embarrassed. I can’t believe we had the cheek to extend the south stand in 2015 by blatantly copying Liverpool in 2024.

That can't be true, we didn't use tarmac inside the expanded South stand for the floor, unlike Liverpool did in the expanded Anfield Road stand.

 

[Coatigan]

That can't be true, we didn't use tarmac inside the expanded South stand for the floor, unlike Liverpool did in the expanded Anfield Road stand.

Yet...

 

[Tim of the Oak]

are we still expecting it to be finished by August 2025 ?

We never were mate.

 

[Lord Blue]

We never were mate.

oh. i thought some accounts said by the start of the 2025/2026 season.

do you know when we expect the new stand to be open?

 

[Coatigan]

oh. i thought some accounts said by the start of the 2025/2026 season.

do you know when we expect the new stand to be open?

11th of May..

 

[Tim of the Oak]

oh. i thought some accounts said by the start of the 2025/2026 season.

do you know when we expect the new stand to be open?

Possibly December 2025. More likely January 2026.

There were some whispers of City getting some fans into the stands from early next season that you might have picked up on. I think that would require a big acceleration on the good progress being made.

 

[jrb]

Hopefully Sisk will give us a construction update including when the stand will be open at the Open Doors event in March?

 

[Coatigan]

Hopefully Sisk will give us a construction update including when the stand will be open at the Open Doors event in March?

Hope you are compiling a list of questions.

But in fairness you might get a standard script and little deviation. It will still be amazing to see though.

 

[marco]

might see the hotel pop up on booking.com soon,no reason they cant take advance bookings

 

[jrb]

Hope you are compiling a list of questions.

But in fairness you might get a standard script and little deviation. It will still be amazing to see though.

I've done quite a few open doors events over the years. They are a bit hit and miss. Some were really good, and others were disappointing.

If people want to PM me some questions I'll write them out and give them to the person doing the Q&A's.

Please only send questions about anything to do with the build, not about season tickets, ticket prices, seating arrangements etc. Those questions won't get answered.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Thanks jrb, there are other threads elsewhere on the forum to moan about other stiuff.

 

[levets]

Have a look at the city centre from Strinesdale in Oldham, it looks almost surreal with all the lights compared to how it looked 20 years ago !

Yes, the view from Brighton Rd, near the Roebuck is breathtaking.

 

[levets]

I’ve been up there to take pictures. I don’t know the area well, so I wasn’t familiar with the name you posted . It’s a great view if anyone wants to see the whole of the Manchester skyline. And there’s a football pitch up there, if you fancy a game of football?

Turf Pit Lane/Whitehall Lane Moorside. Brighton Rd near the Roebuck is also a good viewing spot

 

[Keeper!]

11th of May..