Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[cptaidan88]

What???? This training ground...

You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.

 

[Spanishbob]

You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.

Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.

 

[brightwelleyes]

You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.

I mean yes, but that mock up isn't even St James' Park - it's on the site of the current Utilita Arena. Newcastle's new owners have ruled out moving, so file this one under "new stadium on Asda car park".

FWIW I'm sure they will build a new training complex in time but it'll probably be at Benton Park View once HMRC vacate.

 

[Corky]

You can tell its a fan mock up because the whole ground is extended and levelled. They aren't able to redevelop the whole ground as there are listed buildings directly behind the stand running along the pitch and those have a "right to light". They may redevelop and extend the gallowgate end at some point but it is supposedly to be cost prohibitive to do so.

Quayside gives it away.... it isn't meant to be the current ground. It does look too flat for the quayside near the town centre though.

 

[HelloCity]

Also the fact that it says ‘concept’ and it’s by a user called nufcfan1999987.

:)

 

[JGL07]

A lot of the land sold was contaminated n’all, don’t forget. It had to be treated and decontaminated to be fit for use. MCC didn’t do this, the Sheikh’s companies did it.

The decontamination was carried out on a Partnership basis.

I think that the much of the land (used for the Stadium) was decontaminated for the Commonwealth Games before City were really involved. That included remediation and capping disused mine shafts.

Subsequent work including the former Clayton Analine Works (now used for the Training Complex) was decontaminated by a partnership between ADUG, The City Council, and the New East Manchester Development Agency. There were considerable grants obtained from the Northwest Regional Development Agency and the Government Housing and Communities Agency.

The original report to the council's executive said the area showed that “high levels of contamination resulting from the area's industrial heritage present significant abnormal development costs which require public sector investment to underpin the viability of any development to be undertaken by the private sector.”

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.

I think Ashley sold some land behind the gallowgate end which is now a hotel so they’re pretty much fucked in regards to expanding.

 

[JGL07]

Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.

I think that was the reason why John Hall wanted to build a new stadium and use St James Park for the Rugby team.

I think that the stadium is a big as it's ever going to be.

 

[chesterbells]

Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.

Lol, that would be some ground-share that would!

 

[Brewster's millions]

Talking with two Geordie mates out here and they said the same has you. The only way they could expand is to flatten the ground and rotate the footprint 90 degs. But that would be a good 2 to 3 year rebuild and a ground share with a team who like black cats and wear red and white stripes.

They could just pretend it’s still the 1980s, and then all of their fans would fit in Gateshead’s ground.