Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[somapop]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQgL0ZvmnU&feature=share&list=UUkzCjdRMrW2vXLx8mvPVLdQ[/video]

 

[marco]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

this is excellent, shame we cant remove the scoreboards from the corners and relocate middle top roof behind goals, does anyone know if this can be done

 

[toffee balls]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

I will give you a clue
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4[/video]

 

[blueinsa]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

is it still not the case we need the gaps for air flow to ensure the pitch can grow?

 

[Dribble]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

I will give you a clue
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4[/video]

What, we're intending on growing holly tree's in the corners? Well that'll set us apart...... :-)

is it still not the case we need the gaps for air flow to ensure the pitch can grow?

I've seen other stadiums have even seating levels, I always wondered why we never did it as surely other stadiums will suffer from the same issues as we do..

 

[Dribble]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

Perhaps the later phases where the other stands are expanded for an 80K + stadium will sort that out?

In all seriousness I heard this mentioned as far back as before the stadium was built. Didn't the original plans have an 80,000 all seater stadium with a retractable roof, but the government didn't want to use public funds to build such a big stadium outside of London especially as the rebuilding of Wembley was already being planned?

IIRC, the architects revised the plans downwards, but did it in such a way that the stadium could still be reverted back to the original submission with the retractable roof.

 

[HelloCity]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

You absolute miserable sod. We're getting the best expansion money can buy and you're having a winge. Talk about spoilt rotten ;)

Props for your opinion that filling in the corners would give us a bigger capacity though. You should have been a designer! No idea what you're on about regarding the slopes either tbh.

Anyway, according to the design doc, the corners are temporary and are designed to be removed/amended once construction starts on the East and CB stands. Probably in the 2020s...

 

[worsleyweb]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

You absolute miserable sod. We're getting the best expansion money can buy and you're having a winge. Talk about spoilt rotten ;)

Props for your opinion that filling in the corners would give us a bigger capacity though. You should have been a designer! No idea what you're on about regarding the slopes either tbh.

Anyway, according to the design doc, the corners are temporary and are designed to be removed/amended once construction starts on the East and CB stands. Probably in the 2020s...

2018!

 

[Dribble]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

You absolute miserable sod. We're getting the best expansion money can buy and you're having a winge. Talk about spoilt rotten ;)

Props for your opinion that filling in the corners would give us a bigger capacity though. You should have been a designer! No idea what you're on about regarding the slopes either tbh.

Anyway, according to the design doc, the corners are temporary and are designed to be removed/amended once construction starts on the East and CB stands. Probably in the 2020s...

I love playing real world Monopoly (with Sheik Mansour's dough though) :-)

In terms of slopes, the far ends of our 2 main stands taper off whereby I thought it would look nicer and give us a bigger capacity if the highest point was continued right around all the seating.

 

[Gordyola]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

It might be an engineering issue, but I don't get why we didn't just go for a symmetrical joining of the seating which would give us a bigger capacity and look better IMO.

There's still gaps between the stands and the top level of seating still slopes down either side. Surely this expansion would have been the ideal opportunity to do this?

Perhaps the later phases where the other stands are expanded for an 80K + stadium will sort that out?

In all seriousness I heard this mentioned as far back as before the stadium was built. Didn't the original plans have an 80,000 all seater stadium with a retractable roof, but the government didn't want to use public funds to build such a big stadium outside of London especially as the rebuilding of Wembley was already being planned?

IIRC, the architects revised the plans downwards, but did it in such a way that the stadium could still be reverted back to the original submission with the retractable roof.

The 80K stadium was the Olympic one different design although similar To extend the sides would probably require a new roof There might be sme opostunity to extend the some of the upper rows withut too much trouble