Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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There’s no way we could generate as much as Spuds from an improved Etihad. The retractable pitch is a deffo game-changer and is why Real Madrid have incorporated one into the new Bernabéu. To make the Etihad a stand-out stadium then a 70000 capacity, retractable roof (we’re up north!) and retractable pitch would be awesome additions.Would piss all over the Swamp and Anfield and be the best stadium outside London.
City have half a share in a 23,500 indoor arena that will be used more times each year than the Spurs Stadium for other events bar football.
Spurs have 2 events next year. There's a lot of competition for events in London with numerous stadia and arenas fighting for those events.
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It's different in Manchester and the North West. The Etihad stadium is the standout stadium for concerts. It will be even more so when the arena and hotel/s are built.
Out of all the PL stadiums the Etihad has hosted the most Summer concerts over the last decade.
3 more planned for next Summer.
I'm not worried about Spurs. Too far away. Doesn't effect City. Let's see what the proposals for the revamped Old Toilet are, that might have more of an effect on City and the Etihad, but I doubt it. City have pretty much cornered the Stadium concert market in the North West with their slick operation, facilities for touring artists and bands, truck parking space, proximity to the city centre, etc.
Let's see the proposals for the expanded Etihad, the Hotel, the Museum, and City Square first.
In the future City can expand the Etihad further along the sides. Spurs are stuck with their capacity.
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Again…. Would a retractable roof and pitch pay for themselves…. It would be a huge outlay and I’m really not sure Manchester would attract things like the NFL. Could be a financial burden? But others probably know better than me, I just think we live in a very London centric Country and that isn’t changing anytime soon…. In an era of levelling up ! The gap is actually widening !
Thanks for all the helicopter comments. LoL! :-)
Won't be going up until the Summer. Want to try and guarantee good weather, which is never easy to do in Manchester, even in the Summer.
It does state in the booklet that pictures and videos can be taken from the Helicopter.
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Won't be going up until the Summer. Want to try and guarantee good weather, which is never easy to do in Manchester, even in the Summer.
It does state in the booklet that pictures and videos can be taken from the Helicopter.
You can enjoy taking to the skies with a 15 mile Helicopter Pleasure Flight. There are 42 locations across the UK where you can take this experience and admire the landscape below you as you soar 1000ft in the air.
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nmc
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Thanks for all the helicopter comments. LoL! :-)
Won't be going up until the Summer. Want to try and guarantee good weather, which is never easy to do in Manchester, even in the Summer.
It does state in the booklet that pictures and videos can be taken from the Helicopter.
You can enjoy taking to the skies with a 15 mile Helicopter Pleasure Flight. There are 42 locations across the UK where you can take this experience and admire the landscape below you as you soar 1000ft in the air.
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Take some duck tape and strap you and your camera to the feet of the helicopter - your legions of fans don’t want glass obscured photos taken from a cosy seat! - you need to step up and deliver !!!
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If it doesn't get above 1,000ft you should be fine in case of a crash, they're pretty resilient modern helicopters.Thanks for all the helicopter comments. LoL! :-)
Won't be going up until the Summer. Want to try and guarantee good weather, which is never easy to do in Manchester, even in the Summer.
It does state in the booklet that pictures and videos can be taken from the Helicopter.
You can enjoy taking to the skies with a 15 mile Helicopter Pleasure Flight. There are 42 locations across the UK where you can take this experience and admire the landscape below you as you soar 1000ft in the air.
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Given they had to dig down when converting the stadium to fit in the bottom tier, the pitch is below ground level, so forget about retractable pitches at least.
Manchester_lalala
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Forgive me, I’m no architect, but why couldn’t they dig down deeper? They dug down to a really deep level for the Madrid retractable pitch.
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Did I read on this thread somewhere that retractable roofs are banned in the premier league?
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Can't go any deeper - That’s where the Sheikh keeps the oil reserves.
Centurions
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I didn't know that Madrid's pitch goes down TBH, but the mine workings would probably negate that for us.
I always thought retractable pitches go outside of the stadium to make full use of the sun.
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There are a couple of clubs that have pitches that slide outside the stadium for better sunlight.
But the Madrid one stacks in levels below. This would never be possible at the Etihad due to level of the pitch already.
Not quite sure why Madrid bothered with a retractable roof. The Amsterdam stadium and Cardiff stadium have them but they both have a virtually no events in them during the winter ( which require an indoor setting ) other than football. So what purpose does the roof serve ? It certainly doesn’t make a big revenue difference.
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Don‘t think they are banned but you can’t play with them closed.