Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[radcliffe1309]

And by the time it's finished Jack Grealish maybe will have registered 10 goals and assists ;)

Oooh be careful there keeps ! :)

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Not sure about that but they took the full allocation so they must've been reasonably confident of shifting them. I think if they'd returned the 3rd tier then it would've been on sale by now to City fans

I would be amazed because Fuham usually only fill one to two blocks maximum. Perhaps they all want to see the Viking God.

 

[HelloCity]

Wonder if they’ll ever do a new exterior?

Liverpool are expanding the Anfield Road stand without closing the 1st and 2nd tier.

Slightly off topic. I took the pictures when I went to the game.

Liverpool are adding an extra 6000 seats.

If City go to 60,000, an extra 8000 (safe standing) seats will be added. Ideally City will go bigger. 65,000 would be good, adding 13,000 extra (safe standing) seats.

12 pictures. Taken in order, but haven't uploaded in order.

No chance of 65k. 6-8k at most for a third tier or expanded second tier. Safe standing gives no capacity gains either since it’s 1:1.

If they do an expanded tier then I could see all that large upper section being safe standing but with the bottom tier being the family stand. Is that ideal if we’re creating a proper City end though?

 

[blingy]

From the club....

City are hoping to start the groundwork on the NS expansion this summer.

Work can begin while the arena is still under construction.

It will not be a 1 tier kop. The club want to extend back from level 2 to create a huge atmospheric end, but depending on planning permission and costs would fall back on a SS replica with three tiers.

They will build a hotel into the stand, which would extend right back into City square and also include the club shop.

City are also procuring the old Mercedes garage, but I'm not aware of what the plans are for that site yet.

Great news and this exact info was posted last week on here but There was an other poster on here who said the Mercedes’ had already gone to one of them flip out or similar places and seemed quite knowledgeable about it .
Hope you are correct but the other guy seemed to know his onions about the Merc showroom

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Wonder if they’ll ever do a new exterior?



No chance of 65k. 6-8k at most for a third tier or expanded second tier. Safe standing gives no capacity gains either since it’s 1:1.

If they do an expanded tier then I could see all that large upper section being safe standing but with the bottom tier being the family stand. Is that ideal if we’re creating a proper City end though?

I’d say it is ideal. There’s no where else to create a proper home end. It might be a good thing having kids/ families near some noise as well.

Two ends of the stadium creating noise

 

[radcliffe1309]

Wonder if they’ll ever do a new exterior?



No chance of 65k. 6-8k at most for a third tier or expanded second tier. Safe standing gives no capacity gains either since it’s 1:1.

If they do an expanded tier then I could see all that large upper section being safe standing but with the bottom tier being the family stand. Is that ideal if we’re creating a proper City end though?

Definitely not

 

[supercity88]

Liverpool are expanding the Anfield Road stand without closing the 1st and 2nd tier.

Slightly off topic. I took the pictures when I went to the game.

Liverpool are adding an extra 6000 seats.

If City go to 60,000, an extra 8000 (safe standing) seats will be added. Ideally City will go bigger. 65,000 would be good, adding 13,000 extra (safe standing) seats.

12 pictures. Taken in order, but haven't uploaded in order.

Yeah I'm aware of that mate (great pics though).

I mean logistically whether we can do the same and tie in to create a larger 2nd tier without closing it for a period. With the roof structure it is one hell of a job! Easier if a new tier, connecting the 2 together could take more time and cause an issue potentially but I am sure they would manage and push a contractor to deliver. We shall see! Good to hear an expanded 2nd tier is on the cards still...it is what the forums discussed years ago (2018iirc).

 

[supercity88]

Wonder if they’ll ever do a new exterior?



No chance of 65k. 6-8k at most for a third tier or expanded second tier. Safe standing gives no capacity gains either since it’s 1:1.

If they do an expanded tier then I could see all that large upper section being safe standing but with the bottom tier being the family stand. Is that ideal if we’re creating a proper City end though?

The main driver will be return on investment. They'll need to get planning permission unless they stick to current plans but I would imagine they will want to reconsider in order to maximise hospitality offering as that's the best way to get the money back quickly. The money from hospitality can probably deliver 80% of matchday revenue and offset cheaper tickets. If we do expand the NS 2nd tier (and looking into it in more detail I think it would be possible over the summer without disruption) they'd likely have to provide boxes at the top of the 2nd tier or top of 1st tier with revised proposals.

With the club store/hotel being talked about it could be one hell of a stand!

 

[HelloCity]

The main driver will be return on investment. They'll need to get planning permission unless they stick to current plans but I would imagine they will want to reconsider in order to maximise hospitality offering as that's the best way to get the money back quickly. The money from hospitality can probably deliver 80% of matchday revenue and offset cheaper tickets. If we do expand the NS 2nd tier (and looking into it in more detail I think it would be possible over the summer without disruption) they'd likely have to provide boxes at the top of the 2nd tier or top of 1st tier with revised proposals.

With the club store/hotel being talked about it could be one hell of a stand!

It’s an 18-24 month job.

 

[jrb]

Wonder if they’ll ever do a new exterior?



No chance of 65k. 6-8k at most for a third tier or expanded second tier. Safe standing gives no capacity gains either since it’s 1:1.

If they do an expanded tier then I could see all that large upper section being safe standing but with the bottom tier being the family stand. Is that ideal if we’re creating a proper City end though?

SSL3 holds 6000. NSL2 would have to have a bigger capacity than that otherwise the NS redevelopment would be the same as the SS redevelopment. The whole point of expanding the NS & NSL2 is to create a bigger home end. A minimum capacity for NSL2 should be 10,000.