Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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Can't wait to see some of the pictures from tonight! I can just imagine what the stadium will be like on European nights now - especially when the send 'end' is completed!
 
jrb said:
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Going tonight. Will get some pictures.

Originally posted by RMB2007 on SSC.

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Very impressed with the view
 
Very interested to see that the seats in the new tier are not joined together like the rest of the stadium - all the other seats share a connecting post so the space between people in the upper tiers is significantly improved.
 
worsleyweb said:
Very interested to see that the seats in the new tier are not joined together like the rest of the stadium - all the other seats share a connecting post so the space between people in the upper tiers is significantly improved.
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hi mate - did you say earlier the outside had moved along significantly? how so? anyone know if screens will be ready by e.g. watford game?
 
For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.
 
ManCityX said:
For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.
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so there's gonna be a cable hanging down all season>
 
ManCityX said:
For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.
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Does that mean impossible with the current roof, or impossible regardless?
It's already high, but I'm curious if the current 3rd tier could be replaced with a less steep angle, and then a fourth tier added more or less at the same pitch as the current 3rd tier (if that makes sense?) - obviously extending even further back, but as stands go, City isn't ever too far from the pitch.

Alternatively, is that donkey's years down the line, as we still have the CB and East Stands with expansion opportunity?
 
FanchesterCity said:
Does that mean impossible with the current roof, or impossible regardless?
It's already high, but I'm curious if the current 3rd tier could be replaced with a less steep angle, and then a fourth tier added more or less at the same pitch as the current 3rd tier (if that makes sense?) - obviously extending even further back, but as stands go, City isn't ever too far from the pitch.

Alternatively, is that donkey's years down the line, as we still have the CB and East Stands with expansion opportunity?
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Impossible with the original roof and cable net in place.

The build is at the absolute limit the height of the old supports allow. You can see it here in this pic.

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ColinLee said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned previously but doesn't the test event have to be a paid event? Hence why it's only £3 going to CITC.
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They needed a minimum number of attendees, if tickets had been free it would be easy to get them and not attend thus the event would not satisfy the requirements
 
ManCityX said:
Impossible with the original roof and cable net in place.

The build is at the absolute limit the height of the old supports allow. You can see it here in this pic.

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I get ya (I think), it's literally a hoop with it tensioned / held in place by those lower cables disappearing just below the roof?
And I'm guessing it's a very specific angle they pull at in order to tension it laterally, and support it vertically (I think).

It's hard to envisage how it could be extended again without undoing a LOT of what's already done, but then it's hard to image a need for us to extend the SS again. By the time we outgrow the Etihad (if every) it might be time for complete rebuild anyway!
 
FanchesterCity said:
I get ya (I think), it's literally a hoop with it tensioned / held in place by those lower cables disappearing just below the roof?
And I'm guessing it's a very specific angle they pull at in order to tension it laterally, and support it vertically (I think).
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Yep. The supports also come in through the corners from a much lower position which is why they can't be done either.

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BufordUSABlue said:
A chicken ?
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Not sure about a chicken!

I'm also not sure if you're a native American, or exiled Mancunian, but we're discussing a peculiar phenomenon on some English streets, where strange objects would be tossed over lamp posts, or telegraph poles / wires(usually by kids). A pair of shoes, or an old bicycle tyre would be commonplace. It usually happened in the tougher areas, but not exclusively so. People would look up and wonder - how the hell did THAT get there?
 
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