Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Manchester33]

Can't wait to see some of the pictures from tonight! I can just imagine what the stadium will be like on European nights now - especially when the send 'end' is completed!

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

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Going tonight. Will get some pictures.

Originally posted by RMB2007 on SSC.

https://instagram.com/hepkatzgomad/

Very impressed with the view

 

[FanchesterCity]

I think that cabling system along the roof edge is for the oxygen masks.

 

[worsleyweb]

Very interested to see that the seats in the new tier are not joined together like the rest of the stadium - all the other seats share a connecting post so the space between people in the upper tiers is significantly improved.

 

[bluemoon98]

Very interested to see that the seats in the new tier are not joined together like the rest of the stadium - all the other seats share a connecting post so the space between people in the upper tiers is significantly improved.

hi mate - did you say earlier the outside had moved along significantly? how so? anyone know if screens will be ready by e.g. watford game?

 

[HelloCity]

For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.

 

[bluemoon98]

For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.

so there's gonna be a cable hanging down all season>

 

[Mike N]

so there's gonna be a cable hanging down all season>

It holds the rest of the ground's roof up and it will be well out of eye-line when watching the game.

 

[HelloCity]

so there's gonna be a cable hanging down all season>

Depends where you're sat. You don't see it if you're below half way of the tier. If you're higher up it will just run along your view of the North Stand and not across the pitch.

 

[FanchesterCity]

For anyone unsure (such as @jrb on SSC!), the cable running across the top of the stand is the cable net which supported the old South Stand roof.

This cable is in a loop around the whole ground and needs to be retained to ensure the existing roof on the other stands stays fully supported.

The new stand was designed completely around this 'limitation'. The cables come through the gap between stand & roof from outside, meaning it would be completely impossible to make the stand any taller than it currently is.

Does that mean impossible with the current roof, or impossible regardless?
It's already high, but I'm curious if the current 3rd tier could be replaced with a less steep angle, and then a fourth tier added more or less at the same pitch as the current 3rd tier (if that makes sense?) - obviously extending even further back, but as stands go, City isn't ever too far from the pitch.

Alternatively, is that donkey's years down the line, as we still have the CB and East Stands with expansion opportunity?