Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[crazyg]

A mate of a friend who lives near the stadium overheard a conversation that.. we plan to knock down the stadium and build a 95,000 seater stadium complete with retractable pitches and home made pie kiosks.
dont shoot the messager

They''ll still run out of chips.

 

[HelloCity]

Expansion of the stadium could cause disruption. A simple ‘add a third tier to the North Stand’ should cause no problems. Anything beyond that would.

in particular the ideas being bandied about on here for a large single tier for the North Stand would shut the whole end for a sustained period, maybe a full season? That would cause mayhem for existing season ticket holders.

I suspect that the least disruption would be provided by starting work at the end of the upcoming season. A lot of those who are likely to defer this season will probably not renew. That could give the scope to shuffle people around. I will be surprised if anything happens.

That all makes me think that either we will see nothing happen or the North Stand will get a third tier. If the aspirations of the club extend beyond a circa 60,000 capacity, the would entail a new stadium being constructed.

Chelsea have managed expectations without expanding by pushing up prices. Arsenal, Spurs, and West Ham moved to new stadia and seem to be filling them despite very high prices.

City face a harder task to fill 60,000+ seats in Manchester.

Whichever option City go for will

Plan was for an expanded 2nd tier. Would be built in the same way the SS 3rd tier was built. Won’t even be considered until the arena is built id imagine now and also with the club seeing how attendances change due to Covid fears.

 

[gaz76]

Sounds good. But then again, we've not been able to change a few fckin bulbs on the roof for the last 10 years!

Superb sir!! And yet some folk want a big fuckin telly wrapped round the stadium, it would end up like a modern day version of the north stand scoreboard

 

[jrb]

Do people think 1 additional (and larger) advertising board dsplaying the same add as the other advertising board will bring in more revenue than 1000 seats that have been removed, including drinks, food, merchandise, etc, over 19 PL home home games and domestic and CL cup games? I can't see a huge difference in revenue either way. Not enough to justify removing '1000 City fans' from home matches.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Superb sir!! And yet some folk want a big fuckin telly wrapped round the stadium, it would end up like a modern day version of the north stand scoreboard

Haha the Norman Collier microphone has just come into, my head.

 

[nmc]

Superb sir!! And yet some folk want a big fuckin telly wrapped round the stadium, it would end up like a modern day version of the north stand scoreboard

Showing my age… I remember some bloke giving Swales a kicking at the AGM re the North Stand Scoreboard and Swales fobbing him off saying the manufacture had gone bust and it couldn’t be repaired… fast forward 12 months and the same bloke furnished Swales with full details of the manufacturer- which contrary to Swales claims was not bust and was very much still in business… Swales was obviously unmoved by the fact he’d been exposed yet again as a pathological liar and as you’d know the North Stand Scoreboard never worked (although I think Swales did promise to look into a repair) - then again in the latter Swales era who’d want to be reminded of the score.

 

[gaz76]

Showing my age… I remember some bloke giving Swales a kicking at the AGM re the North Stand Scoreboard and Swales fobbing him off saying the manufacture had gone bust and it couldn’t be repaired… fast forward 12 months and the same bloke furnished Swales with full details of the manufacturer- which contrary to Swales claims was not bust and was very much still in business… Swales was obviously unmoved by the fact he’d been exposed yet again as a pathological liar and as you’d know the North Stand Scoreboard never worked (although I think Swales did promise to look into a repair) - then again in the latter Swales era who’d want to be reminded of the score.

Crackin story mate

 

[richards30]

Well Leeds and the dippers are extending again? The etihad just looks strange with only one side extended?

 

[nmc]

Well Leeds and the dippers are extending again? The etihad just looks strange with only one side extended?

Its the spirit of Maine Road… even the seats are all different colours with the Tunnel Club.

 

[Centurions]

Do people think 1 additional (and larger) advertising board dsplaying the same add as the other advertising board will bring in more revenue than 1000 seats that have been removed, including drinks, food, merchandise, etc, over 19 PL home home games and domestic and CL cup games? I can't see a huge difference in revenue either way. Not enough to justify removing '1000 City fans' from home matches.

Our average over the last few full seasons (pre-Covid) has been between 700-1000 below full capacity so surely they've just been relocated rather than removed? This is average so obviously the 'big' games will be around a 1,000 down. Some of those 'empty seats' will also be away fans.