Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[toffee balls]

People forget our stadium is 16 years old.

Compare it to The Swamp , Klanfield or 95% of this country’s stadiums and you will see we should continue to be proud of it.

Do not get this negativity one bit.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

People forget our stadium is 16 years old.

Compare it to The Swamp , Klanfield or 95% of this country’s stadiums and you will see we should continue to be proud of it.

Do not get this negativity one bit.

Klanfield?

 

[quiet_riot]

Outside it’s dull, insignificant due to being partly below ground level and uninspiring..

Have you seen the Camp Nou from the outside?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

People forget our stadium is 16 years old.

Compare it to The Swamp , Klanfield or 95% of this country’s stadiums and you will see we should continue to be proud of it.

Do not get this negativity one bit.

Tell that to the Sheikh & Khaldoon. They think it's not up to the standard they'd expect from a state-of-the-art stadium.

 

[Citizen Green]

He was prepared to pay for one in 2008 plus no club is so self-sufficient that they could pay for a new stadium out of their own pocket. All would require financing of some sort and equity finance is better than debt, if the finance is available.

Interesting, I wonder where the planned stadium would of been located?.

 

[HelloCity]

Have you seen the Camp Nou from the outside?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Interesting, I wonder where the planned stadium would of been located?.

There were 2 options mooted I believe. One on the North Car Park site and the other on what's now the CFA site. If they'd built one on the CFA site it would have been a jaw-dropping, no-expense-spared stadium.

Imagine something like this:
http://www.afl-architects.com/projects/ataturk-stadium
http://www.afl-architects.com/projects/new-camp-nou-competition-fc-barcelona

 

[jonmcity]

People moaning about a new stadium, lets get everyone to turn up for the Champion league games first. We have a stadium that is fit for our current demand. To drive up the demand, we need to win Champions and Premier league titles, We already play the best football in Europe. Trophies are more important than beer pumps, Just!

 

[Henkeman]

New stadiums are always a game of leapfrog. You get a great stadium that is then superceded by what comes after it in pure terms. 'Twas ever thus. As it then gets older it becomes like the proverbial favourite shoe, lived in, comfortable, but perhaps a bit scuffed around the edges and not as impressive as your mates' brand new pair. What Spurs have is of no relevance at all really, when the Emirates opened everyone was blown away by what it offered, now, well it's rather old hat.

 

[The_Caddy]

Thought Spurs were mad spending so much on a new stadium. It does look the business though. Have been to most PL grounds& never seen the level of facilities they seem to be offering. The 60K capacity seems low though. They recently got 80K at Wembley for the Arsenal game.