Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[HelloCity]

Not sure if people have seen the feature on the OS to do with attendances from away fans this season.

Quite interesting.

Bayern brought 2,600 to a nothing game for them in the CL.

Barca meanwhile managed 1,200 (though there were plenty of their supporters sprinkled around the home sections).

Thought that was quite interesting. I know we don't do to well on home attendances but we always travel well.

Looks like while the club know we need a modern, state of the art stadium, they aren't rushing into following the Barca model on this front by just expanding without trying to develop a waiting list and increase interest in the club. They recognise that the English game prefers its stadia to be full even if that means it's smaller.

I'd expect the follow a similar pricing strategy to the South Stand with the North (though I hope they look into providing discounted family season tickets and prioritise cheap concession tickets in there), before possibly increasing the side stands where they will fill from the bottom up and not worry too much about empty seats in the heavens that will occasionally be filled for the biggest games.

Anyway, I'm rambling as per. Interesting to read about that crane - it's been a intense and complex build program and I've said it before, full credit must go to the club and Laing O'Rourke for their excellence in getting it built - those are some complicated engineering drawings they are dealing with on that roof. Good luck to them in meeting the timescales required for completion.

You what, mate? We're one of the best supported clubs at home in the country. We've been consistently in the top 4 for averages home crowds for the best part of a decade. Next season only the Rags and Arsenal will have bigger crowds.

 

[mancity dan]

You what, mate? We're one of the best supported clubs at home in the country. We've been consistently in the top 4 for averages home crowds for the best part of a decade. Next season only the Rags and Arsenal will have bigger crowds.

I was thinking the same. SNIFF SNIFF

 

[BlueNirvana]

Etihad extension reaches key milestone 29 May 2015,

The huge crane helping to create the new south stand at the Etihad Stadium for Manchester City FC is due to be dismantled this weekend as the pressure mounts to complete work in time for the new season. The Italian-built crane was acquired by Laing O’Rourke in 2014 and is said by the contractor to be the biggest crane of its type in Europe and twice the size of the biggest in the UK, capable of lifting 20 tonnes 70 metres from the tower, or 60 tonnes when the end of the jib is only 10 metres from the tower. The crane, and two smaller ones, have been used to lift off the old roof from the south stand and install the new roof, along with support structures outside the ground at the same time as a third tier of seating. The new roof uses harder materials than its predecessor – which softened acoustics as it dated from the Commonwealth Games where hearing the announcers was a priority. The harder material should increase the volume and add to the football crowd’s roar. The £50m contract includes adding three rows of seats around the pitchside, where the ground level has been tapered down to create extra room behind the advertising hoardings. The new capacity including the additional 6,000 seats in the south stand and 1,500 around the pitch will take total capacity to just over 55000. The groundsmen require six weeks and two days to grow the new grass on the pitch ready for the start of the 2015/16 Barclays Premier League season. This leaves Laing O’Rourke five weeks to take the old roof off and dismantle it on the pitch. The contractor employs around 160 people on site and has worked until 11pm on the giant crane on fine evenings. Several weeks were lost in the crane’s schedule due to disruption from high winds in the winter but time was made up elsewhere. The five weeks of work on the pitch will be carried out 24 hours a day. Permission is in place for a similar extension on the north stand but the construction work, expected to also be awarded to Laing O’Rourke, has yet to be formally commissioned. Work began in March 2014. - See more at: http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/etihad-extension-reaches-key-milestone/#sthash.q0gdnP0G.dpuf

I doubt the big crane will come down this weekend, still a lot of work to be done on the west side(colin bell side of the new roof)

 

[Fat Chance]

I notice a lot of land's been flattened, hard-core filled and flattened again in what looks like prep for a car parking area behind the metro stop opposite St.Cross church, probably no great suprise with us expecting 6k's worth of extra fans.

 

[Ding Dong]

Done the tour today and can confirm that 2 mobile cranes were being set up on the pitch.
The pitch has been heavily sanded and protective covers fitted to the whole of the south stand end.With an access road created from the tunnel in the corner to the south stand.

Sorry no pictures due to lack of skill and ability. Rest easy JRB. :-}

 

[Sir peace frog]

Done the tour today and can confirm that 2 mobile cranes were being set up on the pitch.
The pitch has been heavily sanded and protective covers fitted to the whole of the south stand end.With an access road created from the tunnel in the corner to the south stand.

Sorry no pictures due to lack of skill and ability. Rest easy JRB. :-}

surely this poor excuse of a poster should be banned for being picture free ? :)

 

[tailspin747]

No pictures! :o

 

[quiet_riot]

I doubt the big crane will come down this weekend, still a lot of work to be done on the west side(colin bell side of the new roof)

Thought they'd organised to close AT Way and Ashton New Road junction while it came down this weekend?

 

[tailspin747]

I think it's coming down, road closures are officially happening so they'd best not need the cranes after the weekend [emoji1]

 

[jimharri]

surely this poor excuse of a poster should be banned for being picture free ? :)

It just isn't good enough, to be honest. Hopefully some mod will do the necessary.

 

[jrb]

Once the cranes are down that will give us a better view of the stand from Alan Turing Way.

I'm assuming all the other exterior cladding, etc, will be lifted by mobile crane and fitted that way?

 

[Bluep*ss]

surely this poor excuse of a poster should be banned for being picture free ? :)

Careful peaceFrogy.......as he will be ringing your bell

 

[Bluep*ss]

Thought they'd organised to close AT Way and Ashton NEW (Old) Road junction while it came down this weekend?

 

[Mike N]

Done the tour today and can confirm that 2 mobile cranes were being set up on the pitch.
The pitch has been heavily sanded and protective covers fitted to the whole of the south stand end.With an access road created from the tunnel in the corner to the south stand.

Sorry no pictures due to lack of skill and ability. Rest easy JRB. :-}

You are joking?

 

[mancity dan]

Why no pics??

 

[nwhn3]

 

[Centurions]

You can stay but @Ding Dong is history I'm afraid.

 

[tailspin747]

That picture adds real scale. Those are some extremely large mobile cranes and they don't look it compared to the size of the stand.

 

[waspish]

picked this up from Twitter

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

picked this up from Twitter

Looking at that pic they seem to have made considerable inroads into the seating of the third tier..only a couple of blocks seatless