Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

UoM has a big sports centre in Fallowfield and a smaller centre close to town on Oxford Rd, but I've never heard of any UoM students doing sports science or physiotherapy, that's an MMU thing. MMU is the old Poly which does the more vocational training, whilst UoM is more academic. MMU is the natural fit for sport. If MMU have pulled out, it feels unlikely that anyone will step in.
Spot on .
 
UoM has a big sports centre in Fallowfield and a smaller centre close to town on Oxford Rd, but I've never heard of any UoM students doing sports science or physiotherapy, that's an MMU thing. MMU is the old Poly which does the more vocational training, whilst UoM is more academic. MMU is the natural fit for sport. If MMU have pulled out, it feels unlikely that anyone will step in.
I think that’s right. This feels like a significant blow to the clubs expansion plans at the Etihad.
 
I don’t really think it’s a surprise MMU pulled out. Just from a student point- it’s pretty far away and a massive pain especially if you have lectures at all saints as well
 
The options are getting less and less for the Etihad Campus around the stadium, as it's taken so long for MCC and ADUG to come up with sensible and viable options for the land.

The arena proposal, if it is to be located on the Etihad Campus, has hit a shit storm.

Any plans at all for an indoor water park have been gazumped by the Therme proposal at Trafford City.
https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/therme-reveals-plans-for-trafford-wellbeing-resort/

There's already a huge variety of leisure activities and destinations at Trafford City. Chill Factore E, Lego Discovery Land, iFly, Sea Life, etc. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ford_Trafford_Greater_Manchester_England.html

Any original and different leisure options for the Etihad Campus are getting less and less. Jokingly, a GreGgs just isn't good enough or exciting enough anymore.

I appreciate MCC and ADUG are trying to bring something distinctive and different to East Manchester, but the MMU Sports Science Campus was never a good idea in my opinion.

I appreciate that's easy to post now after they pulled out.

MCC and ADUG need to get on with making the Etihad Campus a proper leisure destination in it's own right, compared to the city centre, and Trafford City. How they go about that now is anyone's guess, as those leisure options are dwindling fast.
 
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The Super Casino proposal was thrown out by the House of Lords years ago. MCC and the ADUG won't go back to that again.
whats your best view of how this will pan out. I wonder what kind of blow to future business plan this provides? Does this news risk the stadium expansion I wonder?
 
UoM has a big sports centre in Fallowfield and a smaller centre close to town on Oxford Rd, but I've never heard of any UoM students doing sports science or physiotherapy, that's an MMU thing. MMU is the old Poly which does the more vocational training, whilst UoM is more academic. MMU is the natural fit for sport. If MMU have pulled out, it feels unlikely that anyone will step in.

I’m not a academic but my mrs is a lecturer and in my travels I’ve seen Plenty of universities have campuses away from there city’s. Manchester has campuses in Crewe for example so getting a uni from further afield could be a option. I think It’s about numbers and funding for them not where they are based .
 
I’m not a academic but my mrs is a lecturer and in my travels I’ve seen Plenty of universities have campuses away from there city’s. Manchester has campuses in Crewe for example so getting a uni from further afield could be a option. I think It’s about numbers and funding for them not where they are based .

I think the Crewe Campus closed - and was supposed to move to the Etihad but, obviously going elsewhere.
 

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