Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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Can we have our Etihad campus stadium and collar site development thread back please and dump the roses in the roses thread please
 
Drove past today and they were doing more work on the cladding. Laing cabins still on site!
 
One thing I've noticed when visiting Barcelona and Seville(still here) are the area's around both stadiums, which are very built up with Housing, Hotels, Bars, Restaurants, etc. Visit the Etihad and there isn't much to see or to do around the stadium. Even for us it's just a few pubs scattered around the area. This is where ADUG and City can make a real (financial) difference (killing) in the future. A leisure destination of national and international significance as planned, along with Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, a Conference Centre, an Indoor Arena, other leisure attractions, and affordable housing(apartment blocks/towers), will bring the whole area around the stadium to life. It will become a must visit and must stay destination in it's own right, situated on the doorstep of the city centre, and within easy reach of it via Metrolink and Public Transport.
 
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^^ With those 55 thousand homes planned it's a 'No B*****r'.
Apollo Leisure were involved at one stage, butvhesrc nothing since.

Wonder if they can drag an NFL game up here (heard earlier they're planning on bringing more games over including games at Tottenham's new ground). Not a huge fan (I had a dodgy looking Redskins jacket as a kid) but good publicity/tourism.
 
jrb said:
One thing I've noticed when visiting Barcelona and Seville(still here) are the area's around both stadiums, which are very built up with Housing, Hotels, Bars, Restaurants, etc. Visit the Etihad and there isn't much to see or to do around the stadium. Even for us it's just a few pubs scattered around the area. This is where ADUG and City can make a real (financial) difference (killing) in the future. A leisure destination of national and international significance as planned, along with Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, a Conference Centre, an Indoor Arena, other leisure attractions, and affordable housing(apartment blocks/towers), will bring the whole area around the stadium to life. It will become a must visit and must stay destination in it's own right, situated on the doorstep of the city centre, and within easy reach of it via Metrolink and Public Transport.
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Same has happened around Wembley. Shops, malls, hotels, restaurants, apartment blocks. Seems to make sense that this is the way the collar site will go too
 
ColinLee said:
I actually live right next door to a Nunnery (true), has the advantage of being very quite during the day. The sounds of sexual frustration at night can be a bit disturbing mind.
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I suppose the ''candles out ladies please'' order is something that you look forward to.
 
I seem to remember a year or so back that City collar site was short on electric power that would be sufficient for a Hotel,etc.Has this problem been resolved.
 
Re the energy problems.. Through a friend of a friend I know about one company that was unsuccessful in the final tender process. Don't know who finally got it, but the fact someone didn't would suggest a deal has been done. So fingers crossed for some news soon.
 
Neville Kneville said:
So does this mean actual work ie knocking stuff down & building, like we saw last season, would start after the Stone Deaf's gigs ?
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Yes - would expect they will be slightly faster this time with the project as they will have learnt significantly on phase 1.
 
I hope it's true, the south stand looks top but if as rumoured the north stand expansion makes it one tier, it would surpass it IMO. It would absolutely dwarf the pitch.

The Etihad would still offer around 14,000 fewer seats than Old Trafford, but the club harbour long-term hopes of expanding both the east and west stands to dramatically increase the former athletics arena’s capacity.
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Say this happened, would our ground be bigger than the swamp? :D
 
M3 Blue said:
I hope it's true, the south stand looks top but if as rumoured the north stand expansion makes it one tier, it would surpass it IMO. It would absolutely dwarf the pitch.



Say this happened, would our ground be bigger than the swamp? :D
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They can make it bigger - once the roof is off the East and West - the catenary system is not in the way so the south stand 3rd tier can actually be expanded so it is wider. Our ground has the potential to hold low 80,000s I am told if fully developed.
 
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They can make it bigger - once the roof is off the East and West - the catenary system is not in the way so the south stand 3rd tier can actually be expanded so it is wider. Our ground has the potential to hold low 80,000s I am told if fully developed.
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Fucking hell, cheers for that info. We aren't so ickle anymore..
 
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