Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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sorry it's the Sun

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...SunFootball-_-20160910-_-Football-_-579450766

Sounds like it's 3 tiers as it says we're using the original planning permission.

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MANCHESTER City are set to press ahead with plans to extend the Etihad next summer – making it the second largest club stadium in Britain.

City chiefs want to add an extra 7,000 seats to each end of the ground pushing capacity up to more than 61,000.

The club spent around £60m last year adding a third tier to the South Stand, increasing the Etihad to just under a 55,000 all-seater.

And City have been delighted with attendances so far this season – with Premier League matches 98 per cent full.

A source said: “The club feel the time is right to extend the stadium even further to mark the Pep Guardiola era.

"Planning permission was sought to extend both ends of the stadium when the expansion scheme was first started.

"Talks are now on-going to find the best possible time for contractors to start moving in to begin the work."

Manchester City have 41,000 season ticket holders, with around 10,000 more on the waiting list.

The increase in capacity would make the Etihad the second biggest club stadium in the UK after bitter rivals United's Old Trafford.

City's owners also have plans to eventually extend the East and West, taking it past theRed Devil's76,000 capacity.

The Etihad has become a huge concert venue in recent years, with Take That poised to play a number of gigs there next summer.

City owner Sheikh Mansour has spent around £200m developing the Etihad Campus, which includes the City Football Academy.

A further increase in capacity will mean he has roughly spent £120m on installing 15,000 extra seats.

That is £10m more than it originally cost the council to build the stadium for the Commonwealth Games back in 2002.

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On a different note, there's been a lot of talk on this thread about West Ham and their new stadium. Doesn't seem to be going too well so far, although it's early days and they may succeed in addressing some of their problems. But as for the present, there's piece on the Guardian website discussing how: "From arguments over supporters standing up to the distance between the seats and the pitch, West Ham’s move from Upton Park has so far failed to inspire."

Link here: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...am-london-stadium-upton-park?CMP=share_btn_tw
 
BerkshireBlue said:
sorry it's the Sun

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...SunFootball-_-20160910-_-Football-_-579450766

Sounds like it's 3 tiers as it says we're using the original planning permission.

"
MANCHESTER City are set to press ahead with plans to extend the Etihad next summer – making it the second largest club stadium in Britain.

City chiefs want to add an extra 7,000 seats to each end of the ground pushing capacity up to more than 61,000.

The club spent around £60m last year adding a third tier to the South Stand, increasing the Etihad to just under a 55,000 all-seater.

And City have been delighted with attendances so far this season – with Premier League matches 98 per cent full.

A source said: “The club feel the time is right to extend the stadium even further to mark the Pep Guardiola era.

"Planning permission was sought to extend both ends of the stadium when the expansion scheme was first started.

"Talks are now on-going to find the best possible time for contractors to start moving in to begin the work."

Manchester City have 41,000 season ticket holders, with around 10,000 more on the waiting list.

The increase in capacity would make the Etihad the second biggest club stadium in the UK after bitter rivals United's Old Trafford.

City's owners also have plans to eventually extend the East and West, taking it past theRed Devil's76,000 capacity.

The Etihad has become a huge concert venue in recent years, with Take That poised to play a number of gigs there next summer.

City owner Sheikh Mansour has spent around £200m developing the Etihad Campus, which includes the City Football Academy.

A further increase in capacity will mean he has roughly spent £120m on installing 15,000 extra seats.

That is £10m more than it originally cost the council to build the stadium for the Commonwealth Games back in 2002.

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That article was written by stealing the info from here.
 
arguing with a West Ham fan about how much money we have put back into the stadium
has anyone got rough figures handy ( thread too long to find it )
 
aka blue jambo said:
arguing with a West Ham fan about how much money we have put back into the stadium
has anyone got rough figures handy ( thread too long to find it )
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Tell him we didnt keep our previous stadium before moving we had to give it to the council and refurbishing costs is 25m.
 
aka blue jambo said:
arguing with a West Ham fan about how much money we have put back into the stadium
has anyone got rough figures handy ( thread too long to find it )
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According to the figures above if you include the acadamy is £320million, when the N S is completed and the new glass tunnel and new changing rooms the well over £120 million on the stadium, don't think your West Ham mate has much of an argument compared what they have spent to get that plastic palace. Bear in mind our stadium when converted to football only cost £110 million in total so don't think it will be too long until we buy it off the council unless it suits us to keep the Council happy in the current arrangement with them.
 
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