Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

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Interesting ww. That said some of us are getting on, can you have a word and hurry them up?

I heard this a while ago as my brother knows one of the architects. I think may have posted something on the old thread about it, but the plan was to develop a skin all away around the stadium which would increase the concourse spaces/hospitality areas.
 
If the Colin Bell and East stands are being enlarged upwards, they will have to be enlarged outwards as well, which would mean incorporating the spirals into the stand in some way.
 
If the Colin Bell and East stands are being enlarged upwards, they will have to be enlarged outwards as well, which would mean incorporating the spirals into the stand in some way.


It will be interesting on how they plan to do this. The cable supports on top of the spirals will cause a massive problem I think. The two end stands where pretty straight forward due to the supports being quite far back. The spiral roof supports look a lot closer to the two side stands, building upwards could be very limited. Then again, I'm not a structural engineer so I know fuck all.
 
That makes two of us.

Worsleyweb and/or Disco Steve, plus others on here, may know the answer?
 
Find it hard to understand the idea that the Etihad is ugly. It's beautiful!



Totally agree what a great stadium both inside and out. At the swamp and Anfield they can't even put any decent screens In as they cram so many seats in their is no space to hang them without obstructing current views from seats at the back of all the stands. Yet aren't both these stadium classed as iconic ? Looked in the dictionary and must have changed the meaning of iconic as it should mean "old and shite".
 
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I can't make my mind up what this looks like. A giant hairbrush, a scraper for de icing your car window, or a giant robotic cock and balls.

it looks like a furminator.

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I was told that the East Stand, North Stand & Colin Bell roofs are of poor quality and will need to be replaced within 15 years max (judging by the number leaks that are starting to appear that time frame may be optimistic). The ends of these stands also don't really match with the enlarged South Stand (and future North Stand) so I expect the the pronounced curvature at the back of these stands to be reduced with more seats at the back of the stands at either end. This will be probably be done when the roofs are eventually replaced. Hopefully this will also give us extra exits at the top of both stands onto the spirals.
 
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This is probably not the right thread - so mods move it if you require BUT I have just read that the U14's of MCFC beat the Rags U14's by....................9-0 ............. over the weekend.
 
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