City to expand Etihad to 62,000?

[Marvin]

I think the angle of the bottom tier is being altered. I don't know that for sure....just from what I have seen on here. Should help make the ground a bit tighter and more intimidating for the opposition

That is 100% correct...

That is 100% incorrect actually - detail off how they're going to it is in the planning docs - the three new rows will be lower than the existing rows whose rake will not change

[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRows.jpg[/bigimg]

So the pitch will be lowered again?

 

[DiscoSteve]

nope - you'll get a sh*t view in the three new rows

 

[worsleyweb]

Your wrong!

 

[Ducado]

I know it's already been covered, but as many have mentioned the extra revenue for FFP, I was looking at the increase in our match day income after the expansion.

If we got for the smaller 6k increase, based on £30 a ticket and average spend of £5 per head on food / drink that would equate to:
£210,000 extra a game
£5.25m a season based on 25 home games

If we went for 12,000 it would obviously be double, so:
£410,000 a game
£10.5m a season based on 25 home games.

Every little helps towards FFP, but I don't think that will make up the shortfall in our match day income to catch up with the likes of The Shite / Arsenal / Chelsea.

Match day makes up 30% of their income, and only 10% of ours, so we've got a long way to go to catch them up.

Reading between the lines, with giving existing SC holders the opportunity to move to the new seats, I would imagine there are plans to make the middle tier even more high end than it is now.

I appreciate it is more expensive there than other parts of the stadium, but I would think they are looking at the Club Wembley model for the second tier. If they could get £100 a seat for the 10k seats in the middle tier, as well as including the increase in capacity, that would really start to accelerate our match day income.

It will inevitably bring more tourists / prawn sandwich mob, but if that keeps prices affordable for the rest of us, it might be a price worth paying.

One thing is for sure, our average fan will never be able to afford the standard prices that Chelsea / Arsenal charge, so if we have to put up with a few more corporates to progress / comply with FFP, and the standard seats stay affordable, then I'm all for it.

True, but the average fan does not earn London wages, it's all relative to the cost of living in different parts of the country

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

You know we're getting additional seats at the front, well given the front row is already ground level... Where are they going to go?

I think the angle of the bottom tier is being altered. I don't know that for sure....just from what I have seen on here. Should help make the ground a bit tighter and more intimidating for the opposition

That is 100% correct...

I've always been curious about this, are empty seats more noticeable at our place (on the TV) because our first tier is not nearly as steep as other grounds?

 

[CitizenTID]

I think the angle of the bottom tier is being altered. I don't know that for sure....just from what I have seen on here. Should help make the ground a bit tighter and more intimidating for the opposition

That is 100% correct...

I've always been curious about this, are empty seats more noticeable at our place (on the TV) because our first tier is not nearly as steep as other grounds?

Steeper would make it more obvious?

 

[DiscoSteve]

Your wrong!

No I'm not! (smugface)
[bigimg]http://www.stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRowsProfile.jpg[/bigimg]
This is compound image from two planning application documents
e-Documents-10435-dpp-0029 (proposed plans - right hand side)
e-Documents-10435-dep-0014 (current stadium - left hand side - actually a mirror image)

 

[Bluep*ss]

Has any of you been under the stadium - where the away coach drives in , near the regional mini stadium. It probably goes under the Bert Trautmann statue . They were running buses from Maine Road probably 2001, before Commonwealth Games, obviously before City took over and dug out the lower level. Also I don't think they can lower the pitch because that would mean altering the undersoil heating pipes. Just IMO.

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

That is 100% correct...

I've always been curious about this, are empty seats more noticeable at our place (on the TV) because our first tier is not nearly as steep as other grounds?

Steeper would make it more obvious?

You'd think so wouldn't you, but they're always more noticeable at ours and Arsenal games. Neither of us have steep first tiers.

 

[WickyWain]

As well as the plastics over at the Caf having their say, have a look at some of the comments on Sky Sports' site :)

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I notice that my non abusive and non threatening comment didn't make it then

Nor mine! I only called someone clueless.