Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[LEXSTARproject]

Map version of the document above

 

[jrb]

Is the arena still on schedule for completion next year?

Not at the moment from snippets on here. But that may change again.

Was told last week by 1 lad from a mobile crane company currently onsite this the static crane which was supposed to be in place this month to move the massive steel roof trusses into place won’t be in place until January.

 

[LEXSTARproject]

New HQ for RL right next City Square

Plans to open 'world class' sports university next to Man City ground

Council bosses view the university plan as the lynchpin of another regeneration boom around Eastlands

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

No chance of a rail link directly from Piccadilly to The Etihad. It'd need a part of the viaduct re-building to complete the loop otherwise the driver will have to change ends at Ashbury which limits the size of the train being used. This won't be cost effective (IMO).
That whole stretch of track of Piccadilly to Ashbury is just too busy to fit more trains in, even on just a match/concert day.

Yes, this is why it probably won’t happen. A train using a reinstalled viaduct would only be able to leave from one of the low number platforms at Piccadilly, avoiding crossing too many points, which means Piccadilly is the terminus. If you compare this with a train from Newcastle going through Victoria then through the Ordsall Chord into Piccadilly 13/14 it can then go onto the airport or other places so is a more flexible and useful solution. Trains calling at one city centre station then finishing at another just add traffic for little gain.

 

[HelloCity]

New HQ for RL right next City Square View attachment 61020

Plans to open 'world class' sports university next to Man City ground

Council bosses view the university plan as the lynchpin of another regeneration boom around Eastlands

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Didn’t that get cancelled or am I thinking of something else?

 

[jrb]

Didn’t that get cancelled or am I thinking of something else?

Yes. The University pulled out. They didn’t want their students to have to traipse over to East Manchester. Apparently it didn’t go down well with MCC.

It’s now based on Oxford Road.

Institute of Sport

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MMU Institute of Sport, Manchester - Eric Wright Group

Superb, state-of-the-art facility for children and young people with mental health issues

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[bluesmith]

Is the arena still on schedule for completion next year?

4+ months delay. Unlikely to hear that officially until April though.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

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Statues of the future !!!!!!!

Fernandinho deserves a statue before any of those. And as for Sterling, no chance he'll get one, especially as he was willing to run his contract down before Chelsea came calling.

 

[HelloCity]

Yes. The University pulled out. They didn’t want their students to have to traipse over to East Manchester. Apparently it didn’t go down well with MCC.

It’s now based on Oxford Road.

Institute of Sport

Harnessing expertise across the world of sport to push boundaries, improve lives and shape society.

www.mmu.ac.uk

MMU Institute of Sport, Manchester - Eric Wright Group

Superb, state-of-the-art facility for children and young people with mental health issues

www.ericwright.co.uk

Maybe they’ll have regrets when the area becomes more developed and evolves into a ‘place to be’.

 

[jrb]

Maybe they’ll have regrets when the area becomes more developed and evolves into a ‘place to be’.

The idea was to create a bigger sports campus. The building was supposed to go next to the athletics stadium.