Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[berryblue]

They won't be going anywhere. They will be staying there. Perfect location for the away fans and the away coach park. No need for the away fans to walk around the stadium and mix with City fans.

Hope you're right.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

could we not just put hem on the 3rd tier of he south stand?

im sure GMP can look after that make one spiral column accessible only for away fans

Er...no thanks. That would mean moving 1500 existing seasoncard holders out of SS3.

 

[heywoodal]

Could the club rename the South Stand Lower the 1894 Stand?

I would love the south stand to be named the Gorton end!

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Er...no thanks. That would mean moving 1500 existing seasoncard holders out of SS3.

for the sake of the ground??

 

[typicalcity...]

for the sake of the ground??

Away fans have to be ‘pitchside’ now on so have to be on level 1 anyway

 

[Shirley]

Away fans have to be ‘pitchside’ now on so have to be on level 1 anyway

Not yet at Newcastle and the swamp.

 

[typicalcity...]

Not yet at Newcastle and the swamp.

Exception for them which is bollocks. Probably wouldn’t allow us to move it now though

 

[Centurions]

Exception for them which is bollocks. Probably wouldn’t allow us to move it now though

The 2 exceptions are merely due to existing layouts and designs, there's no way they'll allow a new build or extension that won't allow the away fans to be pitch side. Presumably if either of them change the stands where the away fans are in a major fashion, then they'll have to include provisions for the regulations.

 

[Marvin]

Putting the away fans at the edge of the South stand and then splitting them into three over the tiers is not ideal. I think at Arsenal they put them altogether in one corner on one level.

Not saying we should move them but's not an ideal away end from their point of view. You can say similar for other grounds e.g. Newcastle.

The extra capacity from an expanded North stand would allow us to reorganise a City end, an away end and create a new FS/enclosure.

 

[blueparrot]

Putting the away fans at the edge of the South stand and then splitting them into three over the tiers is not ideal. I think at Arsenal they put them altogether in one corner on one level.

Not saying we should move them but's not an ideal away end from their point of view. You can say similar for other grounds e.g. Newcastle.

The extra capacity from an expanded North stand would allow us to reorganise a City end, an away end and create a new FS/enclosure.

I've always though the easiest solution would be to move the away fans just around the corner to the east stand. They could come in where they do in the coaches and be directed around he corner. That would leave us free to do whatever we thought was best for the two ends. I 've never thought there is any need for our singing section to be located next to away fans , don't beleive it makes much difference to the atmosphere.