Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

UUJblue said:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/manctopia-billion-pound-property-boom.2280445/

New BBC2 Called Manctopia Property Boom coming soon which should be an interesting watch about all the development taking place in Manchester. I Cant find much online about it yet but seen the ad on TV last night and just said coming soon.
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Looking forward to that programme.

But I’ve always disliked it when the BBC advertise programmes as “Coming Soon”. That doesn’t mean anything, tell us when it’s on!
 
Ban-jani said:
The whole dystopian thing, the way it’s done, everything about it.
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Not just that video but also that video of people singing Blue Moon last week. I put my hand over my eyes when watching it, it was that bad.

That advert the other year with the players and fans celebrating, Christ I nearly melted through cringing so much.

And that Blue Moon Rising documentary n’all. Woeful!
 
Ban-jani said:
The whole dystopian thing, the way it’s done, everything about it.
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The video was created by an advertising agency in London for Xyglem. The company are all about global water conservation.

There was an invitation on the City website earlier this year, (Feb iirc,) for fans to apply for a chance to assist the agency in a discussion group, (and get paid £50.)

I successfully applied and went along. They wanted our opinions on videos they had made and one of them was this. They originally had Sergio all greyhaired, leading the team out as manager. We told them that wasn't a good idea and they obviously have gone with Phil in a now and future scenario.

T'was interesting.
 
Zubrman said:
The video was created by an advertising agency in London for Xyglem. The company are all about global water conservation.

There was an invitation on the City website earlier this year, (Feb iirc,) for fans to apply for a chance to assist the agency in a discussion group, (and get paid £50.)

I successfully applied and went along. They wanted our opinions on videos they had made and one of them was this. They originally had Sergio all greyhaired, leading the team out as manager. We told them that wasn't a good idea and they obviously have gone with Phil in a now and future scenario.

T'was interesting.
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Fair enough.

I doubt their claims but glad you enjoyed it :-)
 
BlueKolarovWorker said:
I believe they're making a programme on his building of a near 100 storey hotel, that resembles the Shard............."Glass of 92" they're calling it!
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If that's the case his involvement will be reduced but he will still remain a part of that programme. Local lad makes good at the theatre of screams and invests in his own city. Glass of 92? My word the creative power behind that is astonishing. ;-)
 
The zab man said:
The Etihads going to look pretty awesome in 2045!

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2min 30 East Stand has been squared off at the top and a FOURTH tier added. Corners filled in and large screen in East/South corner. Looks mint! If we built that then we would have the biggest and best stadium in UK. Would love to see that in my lifetime. We already have the best team/club and to have the best stadium too would simply be awesome.
 
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Plans for a City centre park are in the media again. They originally appeared about 6 months ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-to-build-first-city-centre-park-in-100-years

It is based in the Piccadilly / Mancunian Way sector of the city centre which is the sector most closely connected to Manchester City.

There was also an announcement about 6 weeks ago which might be relevant to Manchester rail network.

Network Rail will now rapidly start the next stage of work to unblock Manchester’s railways after it was given £10 million in design and development funding. The work will examine options to resolve capacity and reliability problems on the network https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regions-across-england-to-benefit-from-transport-funding-boost.

Additionally work on electrification and expanding the Manchester to Leeds line is in the pipeline.
 
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Marvin said:
Plans for a City centre park are in the media again. They originally appeared about 6 months ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-to-build-first-city-centre-park-in-100-years

It is based in the Piccadilly / Mancunian Way sector of the city centre which is the sector most closely connected to Manchester City.

There was also an announcement about 6 weeks ago which might be relevant to Manchester rail network.

Network Rail will now rapidly start the next stage of work to unblock Manchester’s railways after it was given £10 million in design and development funding. The work will examine options to resolve capacity and reliability problems on the network https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regions-across-england-to-benefit-from-transport-funding-boost.

Additionally work on electrification and expanding the Manchester to Leeds line is in the pipeline.
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The Network Rail bit is a farce - they spent a fortune linking Piccadilly and Victoria but Grayling refused to sign off the extension of through platforms at Piccadilly - so the link to Victoria is a white elephant. Grayling asked NR to look at other options which they did - and there were nonE - so Grayling just ignored them and the plans are still with the MoT - and the result is the chaos we saw last year. The only net result of this is that the works will cost considerably more than when first agreed and consulted on.... How not to run a railway....
 
Marvin said:
Plans for a City centre park are in the media again. They originally appeared about 6 months ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-to-build-first-city-centre-park-in-100-years

It is based in the Piccadilly / Mancunian Way sector of the city centre which is the sector most closely connected to Manchester City.

There was also an announcement about 6 weeks ago which might be relevant to Manchester rail network.

Network Rail will now rapidly start the next stage of work to unblock Manchester’s railways after it was given £10 million in design and development funding. The work will examine options to resolve capacity and reliability problems on the network https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regions-across-england-to-benefit-from-transport-funding-boost.

Additionally work on electrification and expanding the Manchester to Leeds line is in the pipeline.
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could all have been done and built whilst we were in lockdown...
 
nmc said:
The Network Rail bit is a farce - they spent a fortune linking Piccadilly and Victoria but Grayling refused to sign off the extension of through platforms at Piccadilly - so the link to Victoria is a white elephant. Grayling asked NR to look at other options which they did - and there were nonE - so Grayling just ignored them and the plans are still with the MoT - and the result is the chaos we saw last year. The only net result of this is that the works will cost considerably more than when first agreed and consulted on.... How not to run a railway....
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Isn't that something Andy Burnham should be taking up with whichever fuckwit is now responsible (Shapps I believe)? According to Wiki, the national rail part is the only bit he (Burnham) doesn't have direct responsibility for.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Isn't that something Andy Burnham should be taking up with whichever fuckwit is now responsible (Shapps I believe)? According to Wiki, the national rail part is the only bit he (Burnham) doesn't have direct responsibility for.
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I don’t think Burnham has the budget for that type of work... The Transport Secretary holds these purse strings and in recent years just about all The major rail infrastructure projects have been centred on London - London Overground, HS1, North London Line, Crossrail.. you just need to look at spending per head on Transport which is colossal in London and a pittance elsewhere.
 
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