Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[cptaidan88]

But Spurs demolished the whole thing and rebuilt on the same site.

Spurs played at Wembley for (almost) 2 seasons. What would we do?

 

[Gremlin]

Spurs played at Wembley for (almost) 2 seasons. What would we do?

Play at the swamp?

(joking!)

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

It's not a great stadium. Due to the initial brief and the state City were in it at the time it was built to cost with no expansion envisaged. As an icon shape it is a fantastic design but that limits the expansion and the reason that the southside expansion cost nearly as much as the initial stadium cost. The SS expansion is awkward, look at he the shape of the roof and the corners where it joins the existing roof. The catering facilities are limited which is crucial for monetizing the hospitality. Need a new state of the art stadium to replace the CoMS buildt it on the north car park With respect to the contribution £4M to the council this can't go on forever as the cost of the stadium will surely be close to having been paid off, so any purchase costs, which would go to Sport England, will be minimum anyhow?

I think the shape of the South stand roof is designed to fit smoothly into an expanded higher east and west stand. That's why I think it is higher and is not a cost issue.

 

[blueparrot]

Don't know where all the new stadium talk is coming from, it was apparently looked at before the CFA was done and discounted, plans for the Etihad are in place , just no timescale on it. Been said many time there won't be a new stadium anytime soon, and when you see the what's possible in the images @worsleyweb posted ,no real need for one.

 

[Marvin]

It's not a great stadium. Due to the initial brief and the state City were in it at the time it was built to cost with no expansion envisaged. As an icon shape it is a fantastic design but that limits the expansion and the reason that the southside expansion cost nearly as much as the initial stadium cost. The SS expansion is awkward, look at he the shape of the roof and the corners where it joins the existing roof. The catering facilities are limited which is crucial for monetizing the hospitality. Need a new state of the art stadium to replace the CoMS buildt it on the north car park With respect to the contribution £4M to the council this can't go on forever as the cost of the stadium will surely be close to having been paid off, so any purchase costs, which would go to Sport England, will be minimum anyhow?

It looks very similar on the inside to Spurs stadium. I didn't go to Spurs but how did that cost £1 Billion vis a vis the Etihad. They've got a 60,000 stadium that will be no better than the Etihad when it is 'complete'. I was encouraged to see that Architects are working on a live project i.e. the North Stand expansion is still a live plan. I interpreted the silence after the fan consultation as negative but seems it's still ongoing.

 

[Gordyola]

I think the shape of the South stand roof is designed to fit smoothly into an expanded higher east and west stand. That's why I think it is higher and is not a cost issue.

I keep seeing this expanded east and west side roofs quoted but never an explanation of how it can be done within the constraints of the current roof design and a working football stadium.

The cost was adding a tier to a stadium that was never designed to be extended, working within the design of the roof it was an incredible solution to a very difficult problem

 

[Gordyola]

It looks very similar on the inside to Spurs stadium. I didn't go to Spurs but how did that cost £1 Billion vis a vis the Etihad. They've got a 60,000 stadium that will be no better than the Etihad when it is 'complete'. I was encouraged to see that Architects are working on a live project i.e. the North Stand expansion is still a live plan. I interpreted the silence after the fan consultation as negative but seems it's still ongoing.

Its not the basic structure its the fitting out with high quality materials, tiling the toilets instead of painting breeze block and the sliding pitch being a couple of examples

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

I keep seeing this expanded east and west side roofs quoted but never an explanation of how it can be done within the constraints of the current roof design and a working football stadium.

The cost was adding a tier to a stadium that was never designed to be extended, working within the design of the roof it was an incredible solution to a very difficult problem

As I understand it the roof would have to be taken down and reconstructed similar to the South stand. Not sure how easy it would be to extend the existing third teirs on the east and west stands. As you state this might not be possible. They may have to be rebuilt?

 

[Bluearmy]

It looks very similar on the inside to Spurs stadium. I didn't go to Spurs but how did that cost £1 Billion vis a vis the Etihad. They've got a 60,000 stadium that will be no better than the Etihad when it is 'complete'. I was encouraged to see that Architects are working on a live project i.e. the North Stand expansion is still a live plan. I interpreted the silence after the fan consultation as negative but seems it's still ongoing.

The internals of spurs stadium supersedes the Etihad by some way. Although the 1 Bil figure is ludicrous no doubt

 

[Gordyola]

As I understand it the roof would have to be taken down and reconstructed similar to the South stand. Not sure how easy it would be to extend the existing third teirs on the east and west stands. As you state this might not be possible. They may have to be rebuilt?

Yes a new roof but how would it be supported? Taking the old one down would be a nightmare, I doubt it could be done in a month and half and then suffer a considerable time roofless It would be easier quicker to build new if, a capacity or much more than circa 65K was required