North Stand expansion - seating, ticketing etc

[Eccles Blue]

Because the ground safety authority won't allow it. Rail seating in England is strictly one seat with one standing. There is no potential capacity increase.

Which is extremely sensible. Safety is important and overcrowding can have terrible consequences as we have seen in the past.
JMHO

 

[jrb]

The most logical way (that I can think of anyway) is to allow people to express interest in relocating to, or buying tickets in, the safe standing section before the configuration is complete. This would allow them to gauge likely demand prior to settling on final numbers of standing/seating.

This.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Here's a question sort of related to the NS.

How much difference has the introduction of rail seating in SS1 made?

I'd say no difference whatsoever.

Probably not much, considering everyone was already stood up. If we are talking about the north stand I think it will make a massive difference as we will have a standing area in a new section of the ground - a part of the ground that doesn’t have anything similar.

 

[jrb]

Manchester City is announcing that work will begin this summer to install 5,620 rail seats in the lower tier of the Etihad Stadium’s South Stand - including the South East and South West corners.

City to install rail seating at the Etihad Stadium

Manchester City is announcing that work will begin this summer to install 5,620 rail seats in the lower tier of the Etihad Stadium’s South Stand - including the South East and South West corners - to enhance supporter safety, replacing the current seats.

www.mancity.com

 

[Manchester_lalala]

3,000 isn’t what we wanted, but it’s still a large chunk of the expansion.

If we guess at us being the back of NSL2, it would look like this:

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Maybe they’re just being pessimistic and not realising that there could be huge demand.

We get more than 3,000 standing behind the goal at Wembley, so with a big drive from fans, we might get even more than the 3,000 spaces offered.

Imagine if we manage to get 5,000 interested. It would look like this:

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Plus more in front who are in seats could easily join in.

5000 singers in the new north stand, as well as singers in the south stand would drastically improve the atmosphere.

 

[Coatigan]

Manchester City is announcing that work will begin this summer to install 5,620 rail seats in the lower tier of the Etihad Stadium’s South Stand - including the South East and South West corners.

City to install rail seating at the Etihad Stadium

Manchester City is announcing that work will begin this summer to install 5,620 rail seats in the lower tier of the Etihad Stadium’s South Stand - including the South East and South West corners - to enhance supporter safety, replacing the current seats.

www.mancity.com

That is from 2021, am I missing something?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

3,000 isn’t what we wanted, but it’s still a large chunk of the expansion.

If we guess at us being the back of NSL2, it would look like this:

View attachment 133452

Maybe they’re just being pessimistic and not realising that there could be huge demand.

We get more than 3,000 standing behind the goal at Wembley, so with a big drive from fans, we might get even more than the 3,000 spaces offered.

Imagine if we manage to get 5,000 interested. It would look like this:

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Plus more in front who are in seats could easily join in.

3000 is more than the entire away allocation and more than we get at opposition grounds.

Additionally, it could feel and sound like our away following ( which is great), due to everyone going in there,wants to sing.

We took 9000 to spuds on a Friday night and could've sold more, so selling 3/4/5000 sss at home shouldn't be beyond us.

We have to work with the club, and hold it to account, but we don't need to go to war with them or each other.

'You catch more Bees with honey than vinegar'.

 

[supercity88]

That is from 2021, am I missing something?

Possibly making the point that what they say and what they do aren't always the same!

 

[jrb]

That is from 2021, am I missing something?

Nope, you're not missing anything.

Just out of interest I wanted to find out how many safe standing seats there are in the Etihad.

 

[dickie davies]

The club is attempting to create an ATMOSPHERE STAND & increase matchday revenue which remains one of the lowest of the 'Euro' clubs in the league.

It's not an easy square to circle.

The club will certainly increase matchday revenue and not purely because there are 6,000 extra seats in the stadium
I would suggest that maybe the "limited" rail seating is because when the stand is completed, the plan is that they're going to raise the cost of tickets in 102 - 107 in the East Stand and 123 - 128 in the CB to incredible levels (similar to that on L2) and will give all the season card holders from these blocks first dibs on relocation