Kirkhamblue
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Have they finished putting all the seats in yet? Looking at the pics from earlier posts it still looks like more seats to go in yet.
Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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Yes and no. The scoreboards will go there but they can't easily put seats in that space anyway as I've explained before because of the cablenet stressing cables that reach out of the ground and would block part of the view where they come through the back of the stand and come up to the cablenet corners
BTW - I haven't seen any evidence yet of the two giant funnels we're supposed to be getting to drain rainwater away - anyone else seen anything?
quiet_riot
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City have put 12(I think) more wheelchair bays along the back of level 1 NS, but zero in amongst the new seating. City claim this makes them 100% compliant with disabled access rules.
IF (big if) we have 210, then at least 20 of these are in premium/corporate areas, and IMO shouldn't count towards the total.
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It's not unusual for clubs to put disabled away fans in another area of the ground. I know at Loftus Road for example the disabled section is the the right (as you're in it) of the away fans stand.
It's not like your gonna get a full scale riot if they're sat near to home fans I suppose!
It's not like your gonna get a full scale riot if they're sat near to home fans I suppose!
I wonder if the clubs will ever name the 3 remaining stands after any other of our players.
We have the Colin Bell stand. Surely the North and South Stands should be named after our 2 best keepers i.e. 2 from Swift, Trautmann, Corrigan, maybe even Joe Hart (Swift and Trautmann for me) and the East stand after any from Franny Lee, Mike Summerbee, Mike Doyle, Alan Oakes, Tony Book, Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, David Silva, Roy Clarke, Roy Paul, Eric Brook, Peter Doherty, Sam Barkas, Sam Cowan, Tommy Johnson, Fred Tilson, Frank Roberts , Billy Gillespie, et al . We have though I believe Doyle, Young and Allison paths\streets\ways\drives within the CFA.
The club could name the 3 remaining stands after 3 more players and then let sponsors pay to sponsor each level within each stand i.e. The Frank Swift stand (now the South Stand) with Level 1 within it sponsored and given a sponsor name, Level 2 with a sponsor name and Level 3 with a sponsor name etc and similarity for all other stands. Thus opportunity to mark our history and gain further sponsorship income to help with FFP.
Actually a penalty spot could be named after Franny Lee !
We have the Colin Bell stand. Surely the North and South Stands should be named after our 2 best keepers i.e. 2 from Swift, Trautmann, Corrigan, maybe even Joe Hart (Swift and Trautmann for me) and the East stand after any from Franny Lee, Mike Summerbee, Mike Doyle, Alan Oakes, Tony Book, Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, David Silva, Roy Clarke, Roy Paul, Eric Brook, Peter Doherty, Sam Barkas, Sam Cowan, Tommy Johnson, Fred Tilson, Frank Roberts , Billy Gillespie, et al . We have though I believe Doyle, Young and Allison paths\streets\ways\drives within the CFA.
The club could name the 3 remaining stands after 3 more players and then let sponsors pay to sponsor each level within each stand i.e. The Frank Swift stand (now the South Stand) with Level 1 within it sponsored and given a sponsor name, Level 2 with a sponsor name and Level 3 with a sponsor name etc and similarity for all other stands. Thus opportunity to mark our history and gain further sponsorship income to help with FFP.
Actually a penalty spot could be named after Franny Lee !
swifty
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We did have 199, so if they've recently added 12 that should make us compliant with the regs, though LPF recommend there should be 226.
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JoeMercer'sWay
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really needs all the ends levelling off and tidying up.
Let's get back on Subject guys, if you want to debate stand naming and wheel chair spaces then I suggest creating separate debate topics. Any news or photos of South stand development
swifty
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Its a stadium development thread, not just south stand, those topics are perfectly relevant.
get your point, just think he didn't want it the thread being hijacked with another topic (even if its related) when its just easier to start a fresh thread.
Centurions
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They were all moved before Jacko1956 even posted, he must have had the thread open for awhile before posting.
Christ, that grass has grown quick, must get Lee Jackson to pop down and have a look at my lawn!!!
Centurions
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Will it not be re-tensioned and therefore higher than it is now the old roof has gone?
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Look at the pics. That's where it sits now.
Well, well, well.
What an informative visit that was yesterday.
I was one of the lucky ones to have been on the tour yesterday but I think I was the only one who recognised John Stemp (until the very end when he had all his PPE off) and so I decided to chat with him and the guy from Laing's whilst everyone else was taking on board what Dany Wilson had to say.
There was almost too much to see and to be honest a lot of it is just a case of "Wow, you're gonna be so impressed when you see it" and although we saw images of the look of the internals they are still very much at first fix for the services.
It seems like every trade was on-site and it really is a hive of activity.
They have the option to work until 11pm if the programme starts to slip so they are fully confident that all will be done in time.
The angle of the new stand is exactly the same as the existing 3rd tiers and when you get into the seating area it is a magnificent view, even from the back.
The back of the new stand is higher than the old level 3 heights but there is no sense of that and it would be impossible to say no to siting there at the price they ask.
For those interested in the roof and further expansion this is directly from the site agent in John Stemp's presence and will hopefully clear up a debate that was being had on this thread previously -
The corners are designed to be removed and are considered 'temporary' or best described as 'semi-permanent' the other end of the stadium will of course be done at some point. There are plans for the East and Colin Bell stands to be expanded and although there was no intention from the original stadium design for this to be done it is, as we all know, just a case of if the money is there it can be achieved. If/when the CB and E stands are expanded it will require a completely new roof structure and it is because of those considerations that the new corners are not 'fully permanent'.
Its a simple case of joining the dots there folks.
I will no doubt remember other bits and pieces too but for now that's it ;-)
What an informative visit that was yesterday.
I was one of the lucky ones to have been on the tour yesterday but I think I was the only one who recognised John Stemp (until the very end when he had all his PPE off) and so I decided to chat with him and the guy from Laing's whilst everyone else was taking on board what Dany Wilson had to say.
There was almost too much to see and to be honest a lot of it is just a case of "Wow, you're gonna be so impressed when you see it" and although we saw images of the look of the internals they are still very much at first fix for the services.
It seems like every trade was on-site and it really is a hive of activity.
They have the option to work until 11pm if the programme starts to slip so they are fully confident that all will be done in time.
The angle of the new stand is exactly the same as the existing 3rd tiers and when you get into the seating area it is a magnificent view, even from the back.
The back of the new stand is higher than the old level 3 heights but there is no sense of that and it would be impossible to say no to siting there at the price they ask.
For those interested in the roof and further expansion this is directly from the site agent in John Stemp's presence and will hopefully clear up a debate that was being had on this thread previously -
The corners are designed to be removed and are considered 'temporary' or best described as 'semi-permanent' the other end of the stadium will of course be done at some point. There are plans for the East and Colin Bell stands to be expanded and although there was no intention from the original stadium design for this to be done it is, as we all know, just a case of if the money is there it can be achieved. If/when the CB and E stands are expanded it will require a completely new roof structure and it is because of those considerations that the new corners are not 'fully permanent'.
Its a simple case of joining the dots there folks.
I will no doubt remember other bits and pieces too but for now that's it ;-)
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