Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[MadchesterCity]

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Looks like season starts weekend of the 8th August.
Might be old news but the FA have just released their set of fixtures for next season.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.wembleystadium.com/Press/Press-Releases/2015/5/2016-FA-Cup-Final-date-announced" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.wembleystadium.com/Press/Pre ... -announced</a>

Trying to think back to previous Euro years, has it ever been this early before?

No it hasn't and I'm fucking livid
Booked flights back from Cambodia on 12th August fully thinking I'd be back for the start of the season, c**ts

I almost got caught out also, Im sure a few will have been

 

[remember arthur mann]

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I suppose there'll be three number 53s turning up together any time now !!!

 

[1.618034]

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I suppose there'll be three number 53s turning up together any time now !!!

Ah. The good old banana route.

Do they still run?

 

[remember arthur mann]

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I suppose there'll be three number 53s turning up together any time now !!!

Ah. The good old banana route.

Do they still run?

Apparently so, just cheked GM Travel, Cheetham Hill to Salford via The Etihad and the Swamp.

 

[squirtyflower]

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I suppose there'll be three number 53s turning up together any time now !!!

Ah. The good old banana route.

Do they still run?

Apparently so, just cheked GM Travel, Cheetham Hill to Salford via The Etihad and the Swamp.

Used to get the 53 from Grey Mare Lane to Old Trafford to watch Lancashire when I was a kid, that seemed a hell of a journey aged 11.

 

[Gordyola]

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I'd say they've been painted.

grey would off been undercoat,the black final finish(would guess also it would be fire resistant finish,which is usually done on site)when in position..

Wonder if they're doing the whole stadium in black then? Would be weird to just do one end?

Very dark grey not black last I looked

 

[mikeskitz]

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The crane on the corner of Colin Bell/Southstand came down today

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

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That pic above from 2000 is after they'd done remediation work to allow construction to go ahead for the Commonwealth Games. If you want to see what it was like before that work and after all the industry had gone, then here's a pic from 1997 (thanks to City fan Macca on Twitter, an absolute must follow for all Blues on there - @The_Paris_Angel).

It's like a scene from downtown Detroit.

 

[whp.blue]

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That pic above from 2000 is after they'd done remediation work to allow construction to go ahead for the Commonwealth Games. If you want to see what it was like before that work and after all the industry had gone, then here's a pic from 1997 (thanks to City fan Macca on Twitter, an absolute must follow for all Blues on there - @The_Paris_Angel).

To get your bearings, below is an old map with the modern location of the stadium and athletics arena superimposed. I believe Macca's photo is looking north up Forge Street, which obviously no longer exists:

That 1997 photo looks like a fake to me I'd say that is a modern day photo of the Langworthy estate.

 

[worsleyweb]

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I remember back in 1999 I was a quantity surveyor working for Laing and I had to go and do a site survey of the area. It was grim and depressing and I was gutted we were leaving Maine road. There was a fox in an old factory just walking around. Probably somewhere near where the singing section in the corner is now.

Can't wait to see the progress before the saints game - most of the seats will be fitted by now.