Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Jacko1956]

Make it into a Wetherspoons hotel and I might pay the bar the odd visit.

Me to !!

 

[andyhinch]

Make it into a Wetherspoons hotel and I might pay the bar the odd visit.

Wouldn’t you prefer a nice 5* to keep the riffraff out ?

 

[bladdered]

Wouldn’t you prefer a nice 5* to keep the riffraff out ?

No thanks. A few pints of Theakstons Old Peculiar at £2.19 a pint followed by a leisurely walk to the Colin Bell Stand at 14:50 is all I need. Well we can dream...

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Shame we have no Manchester based RL team now Manchester Rangers closed down for a 2nd time

Shit from the RFL that, made no sense.

Rangers had the finances to compete in Super League long term, had links to half a dozen local schools plus Manchester uni and Man Met, in the four years from 2012-2016 Manchester saw player numbers for rugby league quadruple (nearly 50 players turned up for trials one Summer), they were getting 350 fans attending games in the seventh tier…

They had the proposals in place and met all the requirements to play in the third tier and put in their application for Championship 1 to which the RFL refused Manchester’s licence (despite the RFL moving to the site where this team played) in favour of backing Toronto Wolfpack and other North American franchises who are now nowhere to be seen.

If Rangers had been given 25 years to develop from Championship 1, they’d have been a fine and thriving club who could have been a steady Super League club.

 

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[Man_City_Loyal]

Shit from the RFL that, made no sense.

Rangers had the finances to compete in Super League long term, had links to half a dozen local schools plus Manchester uni and Man Met, in the four years from 2012-2016 Manchester saw player numbers for rugby league quadruple (nearly 50 players turned up for trials one Summer), they were getting 350 fans attending games in the seventh tier…

They had the proposals in place and met all the requirements to play in the third tier and put in their application for Championship 1 to which the RFL refused Manchester’s licence (despite the RFL moving to the site where this team played) in favour of backing Toronto Wolfpack and other North American franchises who are now nowhere to be seen.

If Rangers had been given 25 years to develop from Championship 1, they’d have been a fine and thriving club who could have been a steady Super League club.

a shame isn’t it

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

The North stand? Surely we're well past that point?

Yes the North stand like someone else said incorporating an hotel and the possibility of 2 tiers
I guess also if it would be sold out etc

 

[blueparrot]

Yes the North stand like someone else said incorporating an hotel and the possibility of 2 tiers
I guess also if it would be sold out etc

Yes but Soriano said it would be done so we are past the feasibility stage, and must be at the design and make up part of deciding as well as the when to start.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Yes but Soriano said it would be done so we are past the feasibility stage, and must be at the design and make up part of deciding as well as the when to start.

No idea I didn’t push it as we were busy playing tennis
He just mentioned £1 m for a feasibility study 2 tier and hotel
Maybe it’s just re jigging the original plan
I will see what more I can glean this weekend

 

[blueparrot]

No idea I didn’t push it as we were busy playing tennis
He just mentioned £1 m for a feasibility study 2 tier and hotel
Maybe it’s just re jigging the original plan
I will see what more I can glean this weekend

Yes, maybe a look into the make up , if a hotel or any corporate part of it being considered, rather than whether to go ahead with any expansion.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

I like the idea of that, hotel connected to the stadium.

Another fan experience

 

[jrb]

Chelsea have 2 Hotels. Think 1 is part of the stadium, and the other Hotel is next to the stadium? From what I remember the Hotels haven't made a profit. Stand corrected on that. Chelsea were going to demolish the Hotels as part of the proposed new stadium, which never happened.

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[andyhinch]

No thanks. A few pints of Theakstons Old Peculiar at £2.19 a pint followed by a leisurely walk to the Colin Bell Stand at 14:50 is all I need. Well we can dream...

I enjoy a pre match negroni personally, each too their own ;-)

 

[Prophet of Doom]

Chelsea have 2 Hotels. Think 1 is part of the stadium, and the other Hotel is next to the stadium. From what I remember the Hotels haven't made a profit. Stand corrected on thay. Chelsea were going to demolish the Hotels as part of the proposed new stadium, which never happened.

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Big difference is that any hotel built as part of the potential stand development at the Etihad won’t just have a 25-30 home football matches - but also 5 or 6 outdoor gigs and 120 gigs at the Arena to cater for ( not to mention ladies matches and the other sporting facilities within a a few yards ). That’s 150-200 events even before they have any of the usual hotel functions and people using it for Manchester City Centre.

Surely a no brainer to build it.

 

[jrb]

Big difference is that any hotel built as part of the potential stand development at the Etihad won’t just have a 25-30 home football matches - but also 5 or 6 outdoor gigs and 120 gigs at the Arena to cater for ( not to mention ladies matches and the other sporting facilities within a a few yards ). That’s 150-200 events even before they have any of the usual hotel functions and people using it for Manchester City Centre.

Surely a no brainer to build it.

Good point.

Development of the Collar site into a leisure destination, if that is still the preferred option, will require another Hotel/s.

An expanded NS including a hotel will have to have a large footprint, unless it's a highrise Hotel on the back of the NS stand that overlooks the pitch and Etihad stadium. That would look immense. With Sheikh Mansour and ADUG you never know what to expect. Anything is possible given the money available and the ambition.

 

[Manncity]

The best place for a hotel would be behind the east stand with a walkway across to a corporate area on level 2.
can be a 5 star and a 4 star mix, could include a casino also.

 

[Corky]

Villa had a hotel, and of course Bolton.

 

[somapop]

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Ikkle ol Manny looking like a US city.
Definitely in the big league (again) now.

Not sure about building the hotel into the stadium though....doing no good for my OCD.

 

[BrianW]

A hotel would solve the hassle of getting back to town after a night match. Book in for b&b and set off in the morning when the trams are quiet. No need to leave at 80 minutes anymore to get the one bus a fucking hour from Shudehill in our 24-hour city. (Well, it does definitely have 24 hours.)

 

[moggymoz]

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