Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[cleavers]

Even Highbury's not all that great in real life.

Especially since they left and it was turned into allotments ;o)

 

[bluegirl74]

Love this thread (but recognise that I am very dull to get so excited by construction)

 

[FanchesterCity]

Especially since they left and it was turned into allotments ;o)

haha - can't believe I said Highbury! Old age setting in.

Can't believe I said Highbury ;-)

 

[FanchesterCity]

Love this thread (but recognise that I am very dull to get so excited by construction)

Not often a lady isn't stirred by an erection of some sort.

 

[HelloCity]

Done a quick mock up of the badge on the South Stand. Can't believe it has not been done tbh.

 

[manchester blue]

https://goo.gl/images/nKsHuU

I know it's not much, why can't we have Manchester City in the seats?

Because it's not 1990 :)

 

[gkmcfc]

There's some barmy comments on this thread. West Ham aren't moving anywhere. Have you got any idea how much it would cost to build a brand new stadium that size, or even half that size in London?! Not to mention the infrastructure to go with it. They've left the seats predominantly white because there's almost 70,000 of them to replace. Not sure how much a seat costs but if they're twenty quid each, that's nearly £1.5M just to change the colour!

I don't think they had much choice to be fair. What many don't understand is that it is literally only their stadium for 25 days of the year

 

[gkmcfc]

It"s on the interweb, but it cost in the region of £270mill to convert the stadium from an Olympic stadium to a football stadium. And West Ham are paying £2.5mill each year to rent it.

It's safe to say West Ham haven't been ripped off, unlike the tax payer.

It's only theirs for 25 days of the year. Compare that to us where it's ours 365 they're paying a substantial premium

 

[r.soleofsalford]

It's only theirs for 25 days of the year. Compare that to us where it's ours 365 they're paying a substantial premium

the reports seem to suggest they`ll fill it, i call bullshit, unless of course for the teams fighting for the top 3 bring 15,000 fans with them.

the first home game will probably attract a bigger crowd because of the novelty factor

 

[fallowfield]

the reports seem to suggest they`ll fill it, i call bullshit, unless of course for the teams fighting for the top 3 bring 15,000 fans with them.

the first home game will probably attract a bigger crowd because of the novelty factor

They've sold 50k+ season tickets so they will be filling it.
The bigger London clubs have huge demographics in their favour compared to us.