Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[blue for life]

Gary Neville praises City’s owners for investing in East Manchester.

Then he goes on criticize the Glazers for not doing something similar around Old Trafford.

Click on the link below for the article.

Speaking at MIPIM, Gary Neville praised the work of Manchester City FC’s owners in redeveloping large areas of East Manchester and said he expected Manchester United’s new owner to take a similar approach.

“They invested in an area that needed it,” he said. “It was an area nobody ever really went before and that takes real courage,” he said.

“If you said to any developer in Manchester in 2007, invest a billion pounds in this area over the next 10 years, they wouldn’t be putting their hand up.”

Since taking over the club, Manchester City’s owner, Abu Dhabi United Group, has developed a new training ground for the club as well as a significant amount of housing in East Manchester through Manchester Life joint venture with the city council.

The Co-op Live arena is currently under construction, while plans were recently unveiled to expand the Etihad Stadium and develop a fan park.
“We need someone to buy the club and do basically what Manchester City have done.”

MIPIM | Neville calls for United’s next owner to ‘do what Man City did’ - Place North West

While the Glazer family assesses bids for Manchester United, the club’s former captain has laid down a challenge to whoever takes over: regenerate the area around Old Trafford.

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

Basically copy us! Who would have think it 20 years ago!

 

[jrb]

Basically copy us! Who would have think it 20 years ago!

The Qataris could do that, but they’d be a decade behind us.

There’s enough land at the back of OT to build a brand new stadium, etc.

There’s a huge civic proposal to create tree lined boulevards in the area, and a Processional route to Old Trafford.

The Qataris could back the proposal financially.

https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/documents/s35460/CQ%20Appendix%201%20-%20Trafford%20Civic%20Quarter%20AAP%20Draft%20Regulation%2018.pdf

 

[jrb]

Digger ripping up the tarmac outside the East stand entrance. Just the top layer of tarmac atm. Not very deep. Don’t think it’s anything to get excited about. Pictures tomorrow.

 

[jrb]

Cream/white exterior cladding has been fixed at ground level on to the full length of the arena on Joe Mercer Way. I hope it weathers well. Cladding shown on this CGI.

 

[bluesmith]

Went on the Open Doors event today. Sadly there was no tour inside the arena. The group of people on the Open Doors event was too big for that. I’ve put my name down for any future tour of the inside of the arena with a smaller group of of people. However, I did get some decent shots of the arena from the viewing platform opposite the arena. Also wrote down a few interesting snippets from the presentation. I’ll post the pictures and snippets tomorrow. Thanks to the Bam staff for hosting the Open Doors event.

Did they give you a practical completion date?

July 24.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Cream/white exterior cladding has been fixed at ground level on to the full length of the arena on Joe Mercer Way. I hope it weathers well. Cladding shown on this CGI.

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It’s gonna look like a liquorice allsort :)

 

[jrb]

Did they give you a practical completion date?

July 24.

No.

As posted earlier, there have been delays due to various reasons.

They’re hoping to complete on schedule, but they may have to open the arena with the main areas completed, and other less important back areas (rooms, etc) unfinished and completed whilst the arena is open. Think it’s pretty fluid atm, so it could go either way. Lot’s of other info. Will post as much as I wrote down tomorrow.

 

[bluesmith]

No.

As posted earlier, there have been delays due to various reasons.

They’re hoping to complete on schedule, but they may have to open the arena with the main areas completed, and other less important back areas (rooms, etc) unfinished and completed whilst the arena is open. Think it’s pretty fluid atm, so it could go either way. Lot’s of other info. Will post as much as I wrote down tomorrow.

I'd take any info with a pinch of salt then. There is no chance whatsoever of achieving PC on schedule. July 24 is far more Likely than December 23. Although I think OVG may have a soft opening ahead of PC with limited capacity and lots of fire stewards.

 

[Asa's left peg]

I can imagine that Qataris putting money in for development but Radcliffe feels like a slippery character like the glazers.

 

[Snape]

Here are some photos from the Open Doors event at the Arena today.
BAM did metion they did not tender for the North Stand development and that it was likely that Laing O’Rouke would construct it.