Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Bluesince1979]

Have they announced what facilities will be open to the public (matchgoers) at the Coop?

I know it was mentioned generally etc but no mention of which bars/restaurants if it will be outside or inside what the capacity is and opening times?

The whole area at the back of the new stand will be a ‘destination’ , im sure i heard itll be a 7000 people venue with varying bars and restaurants for both etihad and coop arena.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

Co-Op has been granted its licence. Despite everything the AO could do to object.

The MTV awards are the kind of event Manchester would never have got without the new Arena.

Game changer !

 

[eyalluvitt]

I’m not an expert on the trains but have followed the discussions on Skyscrapercity and Railforums about what’s happening around Manchester for a few years. I assume that a lot of those people have studied the issues and some will work or have worked in the industry so know the problems faced. Nothing is 100% impossible but there appear to be issues about…

No spare terminating capacity at either Victoria or Piccadilly. This means trains have to wait outside stations until a platform becomes available or they just leave longer gaps in the schedules. They are planning to add new sidings so trains at Victoria can run through and then come back but that just partly helps fix the current situation, it doesn’t necessarily mean new services can be added.

When a new path is suggested, it needs to run a route that involves as little use of points as possible as it means other trains have to wait until it has crossed over when they switch tracks. A route from Newton Heath would need to switch tracks quite a bit so I doubt it would get signed off.

Changing direction at a station also causes problems as the dwell time blocks the line or platform longer than a train simply calling as it passes through.

This is why reopening Park is the most likely scenario, however no-one has ever mentioned it AFAIK on any of these forums so I am guessing there’s not much of a business case for it. That idea may not even be possible now, I’ve never asked, but if it is it would be a station on an existing service so doesn’t add to the issues above, except it still affects the scheduling of current trains, even that might be a show stopper.

A stadium/Coop station at the soon to be no more old Gas tower looks like a great location, linking into Victoria

 

[jrb]

Less than 6 weeks to go until the arena is open.

 

[Keeper!]

Less than 6 weeks to go until the arena is open.

Still looks like a hell of a lot to be done in 6 weeks and getting in out of there after a gig looks a nightmare.

 

[LEXSTARproject]

 

[chesterbells]

Less than 6 weeks to go until the arena is open.

Probably should have picked up on that before, but didn’t realise this will be the largest indoor arena in the UK. Bigger than the O2 and even the now lost Earls Court arena. How lucky we are.

 

[gouldybob]

Looks a bit like the new City Square as a stadium entrance

New York City FC stadium update: The Cube to create "wow" moment | MLSSoccer.com

For quite some time now, New York City FC supporters have been their city’s sporting equivalent of a lost tribe wandering the desert. The club’s long wait for a permanent ground of their own necessitated playing home matches across the Tri-State region at Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Red Bull Arena

www.mlssoccer.com

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Looks a bit like the new City Square as a stadium entrance

New York City FC stadium update: The Cube to create "wow" moment | MLSSoccer.com

For quite some time now, New York City FC supporters have been their city’s sporting equivalent of a lost tribe wandering the desert. The club’s long wait for a permanent ground of their own necessitated playing home matches across the Tri-State region at Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Red Bull Arena

www.mlssoccer.com

@gouldybob wonder if city could get the roof of City Square to do the same

 

[jrb]

Manchester City Council has appointed the design studio to draw up a 10-year regeneration and investment vision for 74 acres of post-industrial wasteland.

Studio Egret West will lead a multi-disciplinary team for the Holt Town project, including Deloitte, MVRDV



Dubbed as one of the city’s most exciting regeneration opportunities, Holt Town is located between Eastlands and the city centre.

The vision is to transform the area into a sustainable, digitally-driven new town within the city, with capacity for around 4,500 new homes.

The NDF will propose “generous” green public space that will include designs for future living, underpinned by good health and well-being principles, including new active travel routes, according to the city council.

Studio Egret West picked to draft 4,500-home Holt Town vision - Place North West

Manchester City Council has appointed the design studio to draw up a 10-year regeneration and investment vision for 74 acres of post-industrial wasteland.

www.placenorthwest.co.uk