Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[jrb]

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

I'd like to see the following People en-masse opening the training academy.

Michel Platini
David Gill
GPC.(and a noisy neighbour speech)
Bobby Charlton
Paddy Crerrand
Micky Thomas
Lou Macari
Eamonn Holmes
Dwight Yorke
Michael le Vell
Mick Hucknall
Terry Christian
Rhodri Giggs
Ryan Giggs > Rachel Riley ;-)

Perm the rest.

 

[Manchester1894]

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

Best pics I've found from inside the mini stadium

[bigimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoefWfeCAAAPaj0.jpg:large[/bigimg]

[bigimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoefWGDCcAIjxZp.jpg:large[/bigimg]

[bigimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoefV_QCMAAcV1k.jpg:large[/bigimg]

 

[DiscoSteve]

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

Apologies if this has been answered before

Can someone explain how the extra rows of seating pitchside will work? I'd seen minor references to this before and then again a couple of pages back in this thread

How many rows and how will they deal with banking ? The commonwealth conversion was a great idea, building downwards, with banked seats, which in turn meant there was a smaller surface area for the new football pitch than the previous athletics track, so the seats could be close to the pitch. That involved the pitch dropping from ground level to well below ground

But for the new rows if they do that, they would have to lower the height of the pitch again and for I'm guessing just 2/3/4 rows of seats, it can't be worth it. The only other solution is to not bank these extra seats which also doesn't work

I'm sure someone on here must know ? I'm assuming I'm just missing something blindingly obvious.....

From the planning app - three new rows simply stuck on the front of existing front row
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRows.jpg[/bigimg]

And those three new rows just go lower than the previous front rows - no change in slope/profile of existing rows
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRowsProfile.jpg[/bigimg]

 

[nmc]

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

I'd like to see the following People en-masse opening the training academy.

Michel Platini
David Gill
GPC.(and a noisy neighbour speech)
Bobby Charlton
Paddy Crerrand
Micky Thomas
Lou Macari
Eamonn Holmes
Dwight Yorke
Michael le Vell
Mick Hucknall
Terry Christian
Rhodri Giggs
Ryan Giggs > Rachel Riley ;-)

Perm the rest.

... And a reliable suicide bomber....

 

[nmc]

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

Apologies if this has been answered before

Can someone explain how the extra rows of seating pitchside will work? I'd seen minor references to this before and then again a couple of pages back in this thread

How many rows and how will they deal with banking ? The commonwealth conversion was a great idea, building downwards, with banked seats, which in turn meant there was a smaller surface area for the new football pitch than the previous athletics track, so the seats could be close to the pitch. That involved the pitch dropping from ground level to well below ground

But for the new rows if they do that, they would have to lower the height of the pitch again and for I'm guessing just 2/3/4 rows of seats, it can't be worth it. The only other solution is to not bank these extra seats which also doesn't work

I'm sure someone on here must know ? I'm assuming I'm just missing something blindingly obvious.....

From the planning app - three new rows simply stuck on the front of existing front row
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRows.jpg[/bigimg]

And those three new rows just go lower than the previous front rows - no change in slope/profile of existing rows
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRowsProfile.jpg[/bigimg]

Do you get a free cardboard periscope so you can see?

 

[bainy]

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

Apologies if this has been answered before

Can someone explain how the extra rows of seating pitchside will work? I'd seen minor references to this before and then again a couple of pages back in this thread

How many rows and how will they deal with banking ? The commonwealth conversion was a great idea, building downwards, with banked seats, which in turn meant there was a smaller surface area for the new football pitch than the previous athletics track, so the seats could be close to the pitch. That involved the pitch dropping from ground level to well below ground

But for the new rows if they do that, they would have to lower the height of the pitch again and for I'm guessing just 2/3/4 rows of seats, it can't be worth it. The only other solution is to not bank these extra seats which also doesn't work

I'm sure someone on here must know ? I'm assuming I'm just missing something blindingly obvious.....

From the planning app - three new rows simply stuck on the front of existing front row
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRows.jpg[/bigimg]

And those three new rows just go lower than the previous front rows - no change in slope/profile of existing rows
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRowsProfile.jpg[/bigimg]

Do you get a free cardboard periscope so you can see?[/quote
% rows below pitch level!!
the front rows at anfield are below pitch level and not a bad view - not sure if as many as 5 are though

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

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

Apologies if this has been answered before

Can someone explain how the extra rows of seating pitchside will work? I'd seen minor references to this before and then again a couple of pages back in this thread

How many rows and how will they deal with banking ? The commonwealth conversion was a great idea, building downwards, with banked seats, which in turn meant there was a smaller surface area for the new football pitch than the previous athletics track, so the seats could be close to the pitch. That involved the pitch dropping from ground level to well below ground

But for the new rows if they do that, they would have to lower the height of the pitch again and for I'm guessing just 2/3/4 rows of seats, it can't be worth it. The only other solution is to not bank these extra seats which also doesn't work

I'm sure someone on here must know ? I'm assuming I'm just missing something blindingly obvious.....

From the planning app - three new rows simply stuck on the front of existing front row
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRows.jpg[/bigimg]

And those three new rows just go lower than the previous front rows - no change in slope/profile of existing rows
[bigimg]http://stevenicklin.com/images/city/3NewRowsProfile.jpg[/bigimg]

Do you get a free cardboard periscope so you can see?

Surely these seats will have no cover from the roof. It will be like the days of the Gene Kelly stand!

 

[HelloCity]

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

The academy looks miles off being finished :/

 

[Manchester1894]

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

The academy looks mile off being finished :/

The mini stadium picture I posted above was about a week ago. Noticable straight away that the vehicles such as diggers are still inside the stadia and the pitch has yet to be seeded. They've obviously made a decision to stall works there and concentrate on getting the first team side of the complex done asap and I'd hazard a guess the main focus is inside that central building and not a lot more.

Just had a look at the fly-through video.. interesting to see concept v's current build:

[bigimg]http://i59.tinypic.com/29c1a39.png[/bigimg]

 

[HelloCity]

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

Looking at all the pics over the last week it's looking like it might not be finished until very late 2014/early 2015.