Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

mrtwiceaseason said:
Don't agree about West ham thought it was brilliant last week ,kept us on the move 2 stops at handheld stop signs no problems on the station or platform and seats on the tube
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Got a bleep on my Covid App as well. Transportation and crowd management was appalling. It is only going to get worse.
 
JGL07 said:
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.
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The buses can be used in rush hours by Tgm it’s hell getting in and out of town and only getting worse. Let me explain, say the bus is in use 3.30 till 6pm on a Tuesday ferrying workers students etc in and out of town. the bus driver gets paid overtime to ferry fans to the game 6-7.30 and then 9.30 till 10.30. Weekends might be a bit more tricky.
the bus only need to pay for themselve, from a city perspective they would be there to ensure the new arena isn’t a white elephant and the stadium isn’t part full due to transport issues. Throw in an improved double tram service and Robert is your father’s brother.
 
blueparrot said:
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.
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most of the traffic is caused by people in cars. The people are in cars so much because the public transport to the stadium is shite. Sort the infrastructure and with bit of smart thinking in terms of traffic light and possibly even some road temporarily dedicated to the the bus. Also, who says every bus has to go to the city centre? I live in bury, do I get the tram or bus? No, cos their shite! Sort it and I probably would. Add bury, Bolton, Denton, Stockport etc on and on…… And you know what, if when the arena is finished and we have decent bars and restaurants I’d get here a bit earlier spend a few quid too!
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Are we really back to discussing pie in the sky fantasy ideas about City buying a £100m fleet of electric buses.
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80 vehicles x 800k = £64 million. city Took a 650 million loan for “infrastructure”. We have a 54k stadium and a 23k arena right next to each other that nobody is going to be able to reach if we don’t do something. Joint venture with silverlake , council/TGFM would piss this.
 
Holcombe bloo said:
most of the traffic is caused by people in cars. The people are in cars so much because the public transport to the stadium is shite. Sort the infrastructure and with bit of smart thinking in terms of traffic light and possibly even some road temporarily dedicated to the the bus. Also, who says every bus has to go to the city centre? I live in bury, do I get the tram or bus? No, cos their shite! Sort it and I probably would. Add bury, Bolton, Denton, Stockport etc on and on…… And you know what, if when the arena is finished and we have decent bars and restaurants I’d get here a bit earlier spend a few quid too!
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To me, adding a load of buses around the campus is a step backwards, especially when we have the (so called) more advanced tram system slap bang in the middle of it.
My suggestion would be to add a spur off the existing tram line as it veers off Ashton road just before the campus. Have the line going up past the Etihad rejoining the existing line at Asda.
Therefore given the most frequent trams are every ,6 mins, this would in effect double the tram capacity and have a tram leaving every 3 mins from the site.
 
Holcombe bloo said:
80 vehicles x 800k = £64 million. city Took a 650 million loan for “infrastructure”. We have a 54k stadium and a 23k arena right next to each other that nobody is going to be able to reach if we don’t do something. Joint venture with silverlake , council/TGFM would piss this.
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Nobody buys buses they lease them ;)
 
Holcombe bloo said:
most of the traffic is caused by people in cars. The people are in cars so much because the public transport to the stadium is shite. Sort the infrastructure and with bit of smart thinking in terms of traffic light and possibly even some road temporarily dedicated to the the bus. Also, who says every bus has to go to the city centre? I live in bury, do I get the tram or bus? No, cos their shite! Sort it and I probably would. Add bury, Bolton, Denton, Stockport etc on and on…… And you know what, if when the arena is finished and we have decent bars and restaurants I’d get here a bit earlier spend a few quid too!
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Nobody is sorting out buses from the ground to outer town anytime soon,all those things require big council investment at a time they have more pressing concerns. You make a good point about the arena though but more after the game, decent bars and restaurants would probably make people hang around after the game and thin out the rush to get away from the campus.
 
The perfect fumble said:
Poundland Etihad Campus....

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Looks great, that.

There’s quite a bit of tackiness about the Etihad Campus when it comes to the decor (large wallpaper type posters of players and inspirational quotes on the walls, all a bit late 2000s/early 2010s era that sort of thing). Granted the actual facilities are bloody brilliant.

But that Palace one looks great. Bet it’s better than United’s Carrington facility.
 
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