Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Phil1]

There's no reason not to build it seeing as there's no impact on FFP.

 

[richards30]

Good Spot, Steve.

Might have to dust the camera down soon. :-)

Think you'll be banned this time mate after leading the march against ticket prices!! ;-)

 

[richards30]

I love having just one dominant end to the ground

Nah mate we looked at all the mock ups with a Dortmund style kop end Etc but it looked better being symmetrical

 

[worsleyweb]

Nah mate we looked at all the mock ups with a Dortmund style kop end Etc but it looked better being symmetrical

Who's we?

 

[Centurions]

Who's we?

NVM, I think I mis-read it myself.

 

[Ban-jani]

The figures in terms of league crowds are actually for it.

We've filled the away section third tier every time we've got it.

By the time it's completed the current expansion will be two years old and we will have had a full year under Guardiola.

The only real question mark is for cup crowds where we don't get the same level of support for the midweek games.

I think the ground is the perfect size for league games, if people want tickets they can get them but it still near enough sells out every week.

Cup games we do struggle with and people can't afford it, as much as the club thinks everyone can.

We're a few years off an expansion I think. The fan base won't grow over night.

 

[richards30]

Who's we?

Sorry mate there was mock ups done earlier in the thread? Could have actually been disco Steve who done some different variations? Sorry for any confusion

 

[Manc in London]

Saw what might be the possible start of the North Stand development today getting between the far car parks and Academy Stadium

All the trees in the square holes around the North East side of the stadium have been removed and the square holes concreted in (just like the south side)

Good spot.

 

[franksinatra]

Saw what might be the possible start of the North Stand development today getting between the far car parks and Academy Stadium

All the trees in the square holes around the North East side of the stadium have been removed and the square holes concreted in (just like the south side)

What size were they mate? Not sure if there is any plant on site but they look like pad foundations.

 

[DiscoSteve]

What size were they mate? Not sure if there is any plant on site but they look like pad foundations.

about three feet square but they're not pads, they've just filled in the square holes where the trees were - each infilled hole was surrounded by the temporary fencing as in my photo - its exactly the same out round the back of south stand extension - see the line of trees in the foreground on this old photo - they're now all gone!

Interestingly I'm been back and had a look at the Landscaping Plan for the North Stand and that said these trees would be retained....