Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Bluesince1979]

Seems it's more about the transport and road network than the club, so not sure your point makes sense.

The point still remains though

 

[blueparrot]

The point still remains though

Don’t believe it does. Don’t think they care any more or any less than any of our owners. Don’t believe they get things wrong any more often than our previous owners either. Just these days we have forums to sit and moan on, and we are quicker to moan than we were in the past.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

transport is definitely not an issue the club can solve.

they can make suggestions but its down to our incompetent bus and tram network

 

[asahartford1]

People are coming up with some very good ideas but seem to have missed the point that The Club don't give a shit about us anymore. So I wouldn't waste anymore time with your well intended suggestions.

Sorry but you are wrong.
The club has continually been in negotiations with transport services.
The main issues are costs and the minimal gains to be returned for those costs.
I realise people want instant access to and from the stadium at minimal if any cost.
At 55000 it won't happen. Walking to and from the centre is the best and easiest way, there is a well sign posted route from near the tram queue. If more people did this it would make the alternatives easier for the old , disabled, and genuinely lazy.

 

[grim up north]

I have always found it easy getting away from the West Ham stadium if you keep away from Stratford and use the Hackney Wick overground which is the fastest way back to Euston anyway. Hackney Wick is much closer to the stadium than Stratford. The traffic on the nearby roads seemed very quiet last week immediately after the match, presumably because most people use public transport. Fans have a choice of main line station (Stratford International); Overground at Hackney Wick or Stratford; and Docklands LIght Railway. On the other hand Spurs was a nightmare.

Hackney Wick good for a pint always use that route

 

[gouldybob]

I had a thought the other week as I was walking past it.

There’s a large grassed area along Merrill Street that would make an ideal location for a Etihad stadium and Coop Live Arena transport interchange, where buses, Taxis, and additional Trams could wait for people leaving the Etihad stadium and the Coop Live Arena.

It’s less than 5 minutes down Ashton New Road from the Etihad. It’s distance from the stadium and arena would stagger people arriving, it’s closer to town, and the buses wouldn’t get stuck behind people walking along Ashton New Road after the match. On a matchday the only use for that large grassed area is people parking their cars along the roads and on the grass verges.

On the MCC Local Development plan that site is earmarked for what looks like residential development along Merill St and Chesshyre Ave with a green space behind it. No chance of that being a transport interchange

NYCFC will have a stadium in the Bronx before we get improved public transport links

 

[JGL07]

Sounds great but how many buses would be needed and if they are just stuck in the trafic after the game who'd use them.

Bonkers idea if you ask me. You buy a fleet of electric buses and then use them for a few hours in a maximum of around 30 days a year. They would spend 95% of their time stuck in the garage.

It would be far cheaper to offer a free taxi service for all supporters.

 

[jrb]

People are coming up with some very good ideas but seem to have missed the point that The Club don't give a shit about us anymore. So I wouldn't waste anymore time with your well intended suggestions.

The club will do when Pep leaves, the team stops winning matches and trophies, and the crowds drop off. How do you wand a tumbleweed as it rolls past you? On the plus side, getting on public transport might be easier?

 

[blueparrot]

The club will do when Pep leaves, the team stops winning matches and trophies, and the crowds drop off. How do you wand a tumbleweed as it rolls past you? On the plus side, getting on public transport might be easier?

Why will we stop winning trophies when Pep leaves, I think he’s the best there is but doesn’t mean we won’t win whith whoever comes next. Even if we drop off a bit we won’t get the empty stadium you are predicting

 

[jrb]

Bonkers idea if you ask me. You buy a fleet of electric buses and then use them for a few hours in a maximum of around 30 days a year. They would spend 95% of their time stuck in the garage.

It would be far cheaper to offer a free taxi service for all supporters.

The Arena could use the buses as well. 120 events planned in the 1st year alone and increasing after that. The arena bars and restaurants will remain open after the concerts and events are over. Eventually the Etihad Campus, including the Collar site, when ADUG ever get around to developing it, will become an all year around leisure destination. The day’s of the Etihad Campus being a 19 match a year destination is slowly ending. Eventually people, visitors, and tourists will travel to the Etihad Campus for leisure and events, just like they travel to the city centre, the Trafford Centre, etc.

If you remember, the Collar site was the location of the proposed Super Casino.

I bet Richard didn’t think then the Collar site would still be empty 14 years later.

March 2007.