Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
I suspect the issue is with getting trams through Piccadilly as it merges with road traffic. More trams will probably mean slower journeys and additional snarl ups. There's only one track and that's the problem.

The solution is more tracks or combining services with buses to convey passengers without needing to go through the city centre.

From a purely selfish perspective, I would have buses taking passengers to Central Park for the Rochdale line and Queens Road for the Bury line. I'm sure similar could be argued for connecting to routes going south. That requires little infrastructure investment initially. Just need to have a single ticket system. If it proves popular, then they could look at building a track up ATW.
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Had no problem at Maine road. Got the 108 bus down princess parkway to northernmoor. Only problem was the horse and carts and omnibuses.
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
From a purely selfish perspective, I would have buses taking passengers to Central Park for the Rochdale line and Queens Road for the Bury line. I'm sure similar could be argued for connecting to routes going south. That requires little infrastructure investment initially. Just need to have a single ticket system. If it proves popular, then they could look at building a track up ATW.
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That's a great idea. You could extend it to Ashburys Station and connect with the people who get off there. Then on to Belle Vue to connect with Hyde Road buses, and at the other end to Cheetham Hill Road to connect with the Bury and Blackley buses. You could call it something imaginative like "The 53 route". (Yeah, i know it still exists but it's about every half hour at best instead of every 2 minutes as it used to be when buses were run for the public and not for sheer profit.)
 
Was using Google earth to look at a site in Manchester today and noticed the disused viaduct at Ardwick that joins the goods line that runs north to south just West of the Etihad Campus. If this could be rebuilt then Manchester would have a loop line through both main stations which would be ideal to take fans to and from the ground. It would also ease congestion on the tram system in the city centre. Sadly it also looks like HS2 will pop out from it's tunnel and go straight through the viaduct on its way to a new platform near Piccadilly. Seems a sad waste of an opportunity.
 
There seems to have been a glut of concerts at the stadium this past 3 or 4 weeks. Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and now Beyonce and Jay Z. I presume that, with us not owning the stadium, we get the square root of fuck all from these events?
 
jimharri said:
There seems to have been a glut of concerts at the stadium this past 3 or 4 weeks. Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and now Beyonce and Jay Z. I presume that, with us not owning the stadium, we get the square root of fuck all from these events?
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City earn 1 million a concert out of it
 
jimharri said:
There seems to have been a glut of concerts at the stadium this past 3 or 4 weeks. Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and now Beyonce and Jay Z. I presume that, with us not owning the stadium, we get the square root of fuck all from these events?
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We have a finance lease on the ground which is the same as owning it. Income is received from events like these and expenses are incurred for it's maintenance/expansion.
 
Interesting. The concerts at the Etihad over the years.

Wikipedia.

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i was walking up holt town and the back way into the ground and seen a train on the tracks near the athletics stadium and fought why not build a stop just behind the athletics stadium and it got me thinking ?? why not i thinks its the ashton line anyway from piccadilly so just add more trains on match days and it would be easy for all the fans
 
I went to Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift last few week and the mrs was at Beyoncé last night - average 50k at each - great boost for the local economy.

One thing we are desperately missing at the Etihad is a huge indoor fan zone for before and after the game. Could even have retractable roof or doors for nice days.
 
worsleyweb said:
I went to Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift last few week and the mrs was at Beyoncé last night - average 50k at each - great boost for the local economy.

One thing we are desperately missing at the Etihad is a huge indoor fan zone for before and after the game. Could even have retractable roof or doors for nice days.
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I was at Murrayfield Stadium for the Rolling Stones last weekend and mate, it really made me appreciate the Etihad and its facilities. Nowhere to sit outside and drink a beer, toilets a disgrace, particularly the women’s (according to the Mrs). Nothing resembling City Square, the concourse narrow and dirty, seats much smaller with less leg room. An indoor fan zone would be fantastic but what we have is better than most.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I was at Murrayfield Stadium for the Rolling Stones last weekend and mate, it really made me appreciate the Etihad and its facilities. Nowhere to sit outside and drink a beer, toilets a disgrace, particularly the women’s (according to the Mrs). Nothing resembling City Square, the concourse narrow and dirty, seats much smaller with less leg room. An indoor fan zone would be fantastic but what we have is better than most.
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I agree - our stadium is magnificent in many ways. Love it.
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
I suspect the issue is with getting trams through Piccadilly as it merges with road traffic. More trams will probably mean slower journeys and additional snarl ups. There's only one track and that's the problem.

The solution is more tracks or combining services with buses to convey passengers without needing to go through the city centre.

From a purely selfish perspective, I would have buses taking passengers to Central Park for the Rochdale line and Queens Road for the Bury line. I'm sure similar could be argued for connecting to routes going south. That requires little infrastructure investment initially. Just need to have a single ticket system. If it proves popular, then they could look at building a track up ATW.
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More Mets would mean closing the roads that the Met line is on to cars/buses/taxis. Not a bad thing, less cars on the road the better
 
amazing how much booze you can sell when the 'customer' is allowed to take it with them to their seat or (heaven forbid) standing area
 
citizen_maine said:
amazing how much booze you can sell when the 'customer' is allowed to take it with them to their seat or (heaven forbid) standing area
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Exactly, the dumb catering manager might to weigh up the difference between being at a football match for about two hours with one 15 minute window to drink and a concert lasting several hours when food and drink can be consumed throughout, and in the comfort of your seat as you said.
 
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