Fully Agree!! The outside looks dull and dreary and very tired.. Never understood why there is so much grey everywhere, surely we can get more colour outside the stadium and bring it too life. The inside is fantastic but outside makes it look a complete mess..
Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
- Thread starter Danamy
- Start date
Fully Agree!! The outside looks dull and dreary and very tired.. Never understood why there is so much grey everywhere, surely we can get more colour outside the stadium and bring it too life. The inside is fantastic but outside makes it look a complete mess..
M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Sorry but we can’t have this unfair stereotyping of scousers on here.
Incidentally, I gave them a rendition of “Get to work you lazy twats” at Anfield the other week
HelloCity
Well-Known Member
Watching Spurs vs Brighton and you could hear a pin drop. Very flat atmosphere and all in their new stadium with the big single tiered end. Not sure stadium designs play as big a part in atmosphere as we sometimes think. Ticket prices, public mood, shyness etc all play the larger part in atmosphere it would seem.
Here is a graph of the monthly change in footfall (compared to the same month last year) sourced from https://cityco.com/report/city-centre-monthly-footfall-trends/
This is a KPI of the general High St and the graph reveals how Manchester compares to the national trend (specifically Manchester is Market St, Exchange Square, St Annes Square, and King St).
Points to note:
1) Nationally the' High Street' has had a bad year,
2) Manchester has underperformed the UK - very significantly.
The graph covers just a 12 month period, but the UK High Street has been struggling for a long time, and it's structural.
There are other areas of course in which Manchester is booming (such as property construction).
This change is despite the impact of growth in the population of Manchester city centre which makes it more significant.
It may reflect changes in Manchester City centre as it is focused solely on 4 sites in the City centre. Is some footfall moving to other City centre locations? It's possible, but I don't think so. I live in Manchester and I have been aware of this change for some time. Are their wider regional trends such as a shift in shopping from Manchester to the Trafford Centre?
What is going on? I am not aware of Manchester facing a new geographical commercial rival, nor do I think that Manchester had a comparatively strong 2018 which could distort the figures.
This is relevant to City in respect of the Etihad's location at the edge of the city centre and in respect of transport which we frequently discuss.
Locally and nationally look out now for retail failures. January is traditonally a month where struggling retailers finally throw in the towel.
This is a KPI of the general High St and the graph reveals how Manchester compares to the national trend (specifically Manchester is Market St, Exchange Square, St Annes Square, and King St).
Points to note:
1) Nationally the' High Street' has had a bad year,
2) Manchester has underperformed the UK - very significantly.
The graph covers just a 12 month period, but the UK High Street has been struggling for a long time, and it's structural.
There are other areas of course in which Manchester is booming (such as property construction).
This change is despite the impact of growth in the population of Manchester city centre which makes it more significant.
It may reflect changes in Manchester City centre as it is focused solely on 4 sites in the City centre. Is some footfall moving to other City centre locations? It's possible, but I don't think so. I live in Manchester and I have been aware of this change for some time. Are their wider regional trends such as a shift in shopping from Manchester to the Trafford Centre?
What is going on? I am not aware of Manchester facing a new geographical commercial rival, nor do I think that Manchester had a comparatively strong 2018 which could distort the figures.
This is relevant to City in respect of the Etihad's location at the edge of the city centre and in respect of transport which we frequently discuss.
Locally and nationally look out now for retail failures. January is traditonally a month where struggling retailers finally throw in the towel.
Does that mean we should put less emphasis on the design of a single-tiered popular end, and just go for a two-tiered North Stand (as per consultation).
I'd say so. Tottenham's atmosphere looks flat (although they have had a disappointing season).
Churchlawtonblue
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 3 Dec 2013
- Messages
- 12,975
I've had similar experiences with scouse developers. But in fairness we're also doing work for a couple of decent ones aswell just outside of Liverpool.
Mike Cledford
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 9 Jun 2019
- Messages
- 5,248
- Team supported
- Man City
Why do grounds generally and us in particular as we have room and money never have public toilets outside the ground?
People do not always want to go into the stadium too early so the options if they are dying to go to the bog seem to be queuing and pushing the way through in Summerbees or the club shop.
People do not always want to go into the stadium too early so the options if they are dying to go to the bog seem to be queuing and pushing the way through in Summerbees or the club shop.
Because they can't be monetised.
We averaged 50k in the Champions league group games (against sides which weren't box office (shaktar, Atalanta and Dinamo Zagreb) and a Cup game against Port Vale is close to selling out a week before kick off.
If City wanted proof of demand before signing off the North Stand extension, they have it.
If City wanted proof of demand before signing off the North Stand extension, they have it.
EricBrooksGhost
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 19 Oct 2010
- Messages
- 2,681
Here is a graph of the monthly change in footfall (compared to the same month last year) sourced from https://cityco.com/report/city-centre-monthly-footfall-trends/
This is a KPI of the general High St and the graph reveals how Manchester compares to the national trend (specifically Manchester is Market St, Exchange Square, St Annes Square, and King St).
Points to note:
1) Nationally the' High Street' has had a bad year,
2) Manchester has underperformed the UK - very significantly.
The graph covers just a 12 month period, but the UK High Street has been struggling for a long time, and it's structural.
There are other areas of course in which Manchester is booming (such as property construction).
This change is despite the impact of growth in the population of Manchester city centre which makes it more significant.
It may reflect changes in Manchester City centre as it is focused solely on 4 sites in the City centre. Is some footfall moving to other City centre locations? It's possible, but I don't think so. I live in Manchester and I have been aware of this change for some time. Are their wider regional trends such as a shift in shopping from Manchester to the Trafford Centre?
What is going on? I am not aware of Manchester facing a new geographical commercial rival, nor do I think that Manchester had a comparatively strong 2018 which could distort the figures.
This is relevant to City in respect of the Etihad's location at the edge of the city centre and in respect of transport which we frequently discuss.
Locally and nationally look out now for retail failures. January is traditonally a month where struggling retailers finally throw in the towel.
But it is booming in areas such as tech; I would argue the jobs market should have a larger impact on transport and infrastructure rather than retail. Of course it's never as simple as that, for example an increase in people living and working on the edge of the centre you would expect less need for radical transport changes but it should also impact retail footfall positively.