Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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Walked past it on Friday night. Looks mightily impressive from the street. The extra level really gives it the towering presence you get from other big stadiums in Europe . Still looked far from complete, although i suspect the things that make it look far from finished can actually be finished rather quickly
 
thegingerwig said:
The new lights also conform to the new standards set out by UEFA for Champions League competition.
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The previous standard was 1400 lux and the new spec is 1500 lux. In addition you need much higher levels for HD and 3D TV and this was probably not enough for us to get considered for hosting Europa league finals (platini wants > 70K capacity for CL final).

Note for comparison Wembley has > 2600 lux and daylight (a bright, not sunny day) is 10,000 lux
I think the new lighting needs to be easily controllable for whatever function the stadium is being used for.

That's what I've found anyway. Have all the 3D prem games been daylight games and if not how noticeable is the difference under floodlights?
 
Carver said:
The previous standard was 1400 lux and the new spec is 1500 lux. In addition you need much higher levels for HD and 3D TV and this was probably not enough for us to get considered for hosting Europa league finals (platini wants > 70K capacity for CL final).

Note for comparison Wembley has > 2600 lux and daylight (a bright, not sunny day) is 10,000 lux
I think the new lighting needs to be easily controllable for whatever function the stadium is being used for.

That's what I've found anyway. Have all the 3D prem games been daylight games and if not how noticeable is the difference under floodlights?
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Out of curiosity, are you saying City's new lighting will be 1500 lux, or that's the minimum required standard now (which we will exceed) - which begs the second question - what will our new figure be?
I'm guessing this is at pitch level right?
 
Carver said:
The previous standard was 1400 lux and the new spec is 1500 lux. In addition you need much higher levels for HD and 3D TV and this was probably not enough for us to get considered for hosting Europa league finals (platini wants > 70K capacity for CL final).

Note for comparison Wembley has > 2600 lux and daylight (a bright, not sunny day) is 10,000 lux
I think the new lighting needs to be easily controllable for whatever function the stadium is being used for.

That's what I've found anyway. Have all the 3D prem games been daylight games and if not how noticeable is the difference under floodlights?
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We hosted the UEFA cup/Europa League final in 2008.
 
Fanchester... Don't know what new spec is but someone on here will have probably seen it. Yes that's at pitch level.

Carlos.... Yes, that was 2008 and HD TV was only just about available in Italy and nowhere else at the time. I meant we would prob not be considered for future finals without the upgrade.
 
Carver said:
Fanchester... Don't know what new spec is but someone on here will have probably seen it. Yes that's at pitch level.

Carlos.... Yes, that was 2008 and HD TV was only just about available in Italy and nowhere else at the time. I meant we would prob not be considered for future finals without the upgrade.
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Right fair enough mate.
 
I would guess there's plenty of headroom left in the Lux for a new lighting system, we surely won't have gone for a bare minimum standard.
The stuff for HD cameras will almost certainly be because the HD cams won't perform as well in dim light without introducing a load of noise as they up the gain / sensitivity. By the time they get that technology fixed, they'll be doing 4K and need more light again!

Sadly we'll struggle to compete with Anfield's 38K candle power. ;-)
 
Wait, so those big new screens in the plans aren't going in the corners of the new stand?

I thought that's what all the scaffolding was for? To support the weight of the screens?

Going to look pretty shite with an empty void full of steel beams.
 
RichardDunneOwnGoal said:
Wait, so those big new screens in the plans aren't going in the corners of the new stand?

I thought that's what all the scaffolding was for? To support the weight of the screens?

Going to look pretty shite with an empty void full of steel beams.
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That's not how I interpret things.
I'm sure the screens are going in the corners, but there may be some louvres behind the screens for airflow as and when necessary?
 
all that scaffolding is to support the temporary roof corners
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The corners are permanent structures self supporting without dependencies on the stands either side. Therefore IF further expansion of the stadium, after the North Stand is complete, is carried out the corner structures can be removed. The plan has always been to have a screen in each of the 4 corners, I understand that the content being shown maybe be different, guessing diagonal pairs one pair showing live the other replays ? If the NS expansion had been continued on directly after SS then it would have been logical to move the screens from north to South, this may explain the confusion
 
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