Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

City haven't announced any expansion plans.

Who is Domanic Hogan.(at the Daily United?)

It's a dreadful article.


Manchester City have announced plans to expand the Etihad Stadium's capacity to hold around 60,000 spectators.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Man City are set to increase the Etihad Stadium's capacity to 60,000

The Premier League champions want to add at least an extra 5000 seats in order to become the division's third biggest stadium, and qualify to host a Champions League final in future.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
Noel O'Brien - Twitter

Don't know the structure of it as we only do the pipes He only told us yesterday he's been asked to look at it.
 
I’m hoping for a merged second and third tier. If it mirrors the south stand it will be a wasted opportunity to finally have a proper home end. We’ll have a ground completely dominated by corporate sections

They need to sort transport out aswell. It’s already not built for this amount of people
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
If we do go with the 3 tier design & incorporate a hotel, I can see level 2 going entirely corporate with a direct pitch view from a substantial amount of the hotel rooms, there’d be no point doing say 20-30, that’s been done by others, there’d probably be a large restaurant/restaurants spanning most of the length of the stand as well with pitch view
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That sounds awful and it would mean the first and third tiers being completely separated and thousands of fans forced out of the second tier.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
That sounds awful and it would mean the first and third tiers being completely separated and thousands of fans forced out of the second tier.
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Doesn’t it just! The gentrification of the stadium is ongoing, every year there is huge growth in this area, and I don’t see that changing when they can add even more with a NS extension, the idea may seem preposterous but they can leverage it with safe standing on L1 & cheap seats on L3
 
grim up north said:
Are you just quessing
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Absolutely….but there’s more chance of that happening than a single tiered stand, who knows? Maybe they go for a large second tier extension then renovate L1 for corporate, either way there’s gonna be a large consideration for corporate areas, the bigger question is will it be the Sergio Aguero Stand or the Vincent Kompany
 
The Mail article is a pile of shit. First of all our capacity is now about 54,000 since it was reduced for those double advertising boards, second, Spurs, Arsenal and West Ham already have stadiums that hold over 60,000 so where is this third biggest crap coming from if we only add 5,000 seats? Third, it mentions West Ham gaining extra income from other events like pop concerts, West Ham are tenants for football games only, they don’t own the stadium hence can’t gain additional income. Anyway I couldn’t give a shit, the club will look to maximise profit, sweat the assets etc btw who the fuck is that dick doing the WWF shouting when we score? It’s fucking embarrassing.
 
cptaidan88 said:
If it is a mirrored design then there is absolutely no space for a hotel. Having had season tickets in both areas, I can vouch that SS2 and SS3 are overcrowded in the relatively tight concourses pre-kickoff, at half time, and at full time.
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Not sure the hotel would be based on the concourse lad.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
That sounds awful and it would mean the first and third tiers being completely separated and thousands of fans forced out of the second tier.
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Have a look at the Rogers Centre Toronto for your worst nightmare. But no options offered in the "consultation" looked at anything other than a South Stand replica or an extended top tier. The I remember seeing a rendering back about 15 years ago which had a hotel on the squash centre, and now Rugby League, site connected with a enclosed bridge directly into level two on the North West corner of the ground. We've all got our wish list but I doubt many of us have a clue about what we'll end up with. I just hope it doesn't end up like Chelsea Village
 
gouldybob said:
Have a look at the Rogers Centre Toronto for your worst nightmare. But no options offered in the "consultation" looked at anything other than a South Stand replica or an extended top tier. The I remember seeing a rendering back about 15 years ago which had a hotel on the squash centre, and now Rugby League, site connected with a enclosed bridge directly into level two on the North West corner of the ground. We've all got our wish list but I doubt many of us have a clue about what we'll end up with. I just hope it doesn't end up like Chelsea Village
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Can you find that ? I thought there was a suggestion of a hotel on the old Casino site but never where you suggest
 
I think a hotel will come but in another part of the site. With a regularly packed stadium and new arena. There is definitely potential for a hotel to service those travelling in.

Has city both the Mercedes’ site or is it still for sale?

I think at most city may built more luxury hospitality into the stand with a few large restaurants. Maybe apply to the messes with a ticket and meal for 199 say. Turning a match day into a 4-5 hr experience rather than 2-3
 
UUJblue said:
I think a hotel will come but in another part of the site. With a regularly packed stadium and new arena. There is definitely potential for a hotel to service those travelling in.

Has city both the Mercedes’ site or is it still for sale?

I think at most city may built more luxury hospitality into the stand with a few large restaurants. Maybe apply to the messes with a ticket and meal for 199 say. Turning a match day into a 4-5 hr experience rather than 2-3
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I would agree. They wont look to incorporate the hotel into the stadium, it limits the number of rooms and even if you could have balcony rooms with views of the football, you'd make far much more from having proper seating.

The north stand expansion will follow the south stand I'm sure. It comes down to costs and feasibility at the end of the day and even if it would be lovely to have a larger tier for more vocal support, that would likely mean moving the family stand because you wouldn't want families sat below vocal supporters chanting rude things! The knock-on impacts would be too substantial. You'd have to move all of the families elsewhere, move others to accommodate them and we know the away fans aren't moving despite the many calls for them to go elsewhere.

It will be just like the south stand, they'll keep one tier as a family stand and the rest will be for new or existing fans to move into.
 
It’s probably mentioned somewhere on this thread but what’s happening to the Asda site. It looks as if the store has closed?
 
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