Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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MCFCRICH said:
Yes they did the same with Fenway Park, It's a touch decision to make really, Look at what the move to the Etihad did for us, but then on the other hand am sure many City fans would have loved us to still be at Maine Road (obviously re-developed) rather than move.

You could make an argument for each to say which is most cost effective also.
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It is an interesting debate. If you asked any Liverpool fan now, you'd be hard pressed to find one that would want to move from Anfield, which is understandable with their history in that place. Majority of City fans were probably the same with the Maine Road move initially. However football is moving at a fast pace. What is good today might not be in 10 or even 5 years. The increase in attendance at Anfield along with the revenues that go with it are good for them. Maybe an extra 15/18 mil per year in revenue. The guys says in that video it should allow them to compete with the top clubs in the Prem. I'm not so sure. We could feasibly be earning tens of millions per year with the developments around the Etihad in the not to distant future. CFA, Leisure destination, arena, sponsorship, etc etc. None of us know for sure what's coming, but we know it won't be anything other than world class. That will change the dynamic completely and who else can do anything similar. Who else has the space, never mind the money. For anything similar. Certainly not the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Rags, Arsenal..... When the leisure destination is up and running, the sponsorship opportunities alone for the area will be off the scale!
 
KippaxCitizen said:
I think it's going to be really impressive when it's done
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It'll be the biggest stand in the league so they won't have to worry about filling in the corners as it will hold a huge amount of people without that. and then they're doing the Anfield Road end next.
(and it's not like I'm sticking up for them because I like them, I bloody hate Liverpool!)
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Looks to me like the people in the bottom tier are in for an absolute soaking when it rains.
 
Gray said:
Looks to me like the people in the bottom tier are in for an absolute soaking when it rains.
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I am looking for the Etihad Campus thread but seem to have stumbled into the Anfield thread. Has Ric been dicking about with changing thread names again?
 
Nah you can't deny those corners are phenomenally shit I'm afraid. Still looks a proper botch job. Let's hope our development progresses quicker than expected and we add to both the east and colin bell stands to even it out sooner rather than later!
 
The Fat el Hombre said:
Nah you can't deny those corners are phenomenally shit I'm afraid. Still looks a proper botch job. Let's hope our development progresses quicker than expected and we add to both the east and colin bell stands to even it out sooner rather than later!
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It looks great! Much better than pre-expansion! Eastlands will have a much more intimidating look about it now as well as being louder on match days! The stand itself is better than the stands in ESL3 and CBL3 as well, they're much steeper which will make people in SSL3 feel closer to the action as well as getting a significantly better view of the game!
 
Somebody asked how many seats were going into the little third tier side extension blocks.
Well the answer from the Planning Application is only 134 seats in each
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Though I reckon there could be room for about 30 standing behind those seats in each corner ;-)
 
The Fat el Hombre said:
Nah you can't deny those corners are phenomenally shit I'm afraid. Still looks a proper botch job. Let's hope our development progresses quicker than expected and we add to both the east and colin bell stands to even it out sooner rather than later!
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Dont agree with you one bit mate. There was no way to magically merge both roofs and I think it looks fine. It'll look even better if/when the North Stand gets done.
 
MCFCRICH said:
Yes they did the same with Fenway Park, It's a touch decision to make really, Look at what the move to the Etihad did for us, but then on the other hand am sure many City fans would have loved us to still be at Maine Road (obviously re-developed) rather than move.

You could make an argument for each to say which is most cost effective also.
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With City it could have been a different story had Manchester not won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games. We couldn't afford to expand/upgrade Maine Road and arguably our current owners would never have been interested if we had still played at Maine Road. Many people believe that the land around the Etihad and potential development opportunities there were one of the major ticks in the box when it came to deciding to buy the club. Unfortunately the Etihad isn't the easiest ground to re-design or develop because it was never designed with the prospect of being increased. They've done a cracking job considering the technical/engineering constraints and if and when the side stands are developed it will look incredible.

It's so much more imposing and intimidating now and it looks much more like a modern football stadium.
 
The Fat el Hombre said:
Nah you can't deny those corners are phenomenally shit I'm afraid. Still looks a proper botch job. Let's hope our development progresses quicker than expected and we add to both the east and colin bell stands to even it out sooner rather than later!
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There's a few more seats to add in the corner mate and a fucking huge tele screen! The botch job wont be seen.
 
Once the big screens are in in those corners then i think it will look a lot better. Other than that it looks bloody amazing.
 
So I've taken a detailed snapshot out of the planning app of the SE side and corner, extended those dotted building lines around the east stand and then got my super accurate seat counter out

And here's how it pans out - basically 20 extra rows on the third tier, allowing for staircases/stairwells etc - will get another 11,600 seats on top of the capacity when teh north stand is done - I assumed 61,250, so capacity would go to 72,850. But fill in the corners (by moving the screens up out of the way) gets another 4,592 and capacity would get up to 77,442. I think that would probably be enough, don't you?

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