Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

HelloCity said:
Asked about the North Stand expansion the other day. Sounded like it’s not on the agenda in the near future and there just isn’t the demand for 60,000+ tickets week in week out.

Makes you wonder if there ever will be that demand if it isn’t there under Pep. We might have to wait until the younger generation around the country that started supporting City in the last 10 years grow up and start coming to games. Our continued success will mean we’ll have one of the biggest supports in the country, outside of the home city in the coming years.

Kinda feel like we might have dropped a clanger not building the North Stand as a ‘home end’ single or larger double tiered stand first of all and then doing the South Stand later on though.
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South stand faces the concert stand so makes more sense to expand first. North stand always blocked off as behind the stage. Concert stand can't be changed end as needs to be near the service tunnel
 
Marvin said:
Capacity now must be around 53k? I think we could just do it by extending the North Stand.

I would use the Silverlake monies to do this. I can't think of anything more worthwhile than creating 5,000 extra City fans. The only thing that counts on match-day is fans at the stadium, especially on a midweek game in a league Cup tie. You don't get supporters turning up to those games unless they are regulars and have got the bug. And you don't become a regular until you've gone to your first home game against Arsenal, seem City win 5-0 and want to come back for more.

Edit: I checked City's official attendance vs Arsenal - 52,276. Given that there's seats lost to segregation, I think our current capacity must be around 53,000 to 53,500 even if it is impossible to reach. We claimed our capacity was 55k before the front seats were taken out and never reached it so I think we could just reach the 60k by doing one end.

It would cost half a Harry Kane. But it would take 20 years to get your investment back.
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No seats are removed for segregation.
 
InvisibleFan said:
No seats are removed for segregation.
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Aren't some lost due to segregation i.e. unused. For example, before the front rows were taken out City had an official capacity of just over 55k but our highest attendance at the Etihad last season was 54,219 so there is a gap between our stated attendance and record attendances that I assume is explained by segregation losses.

Are you saying that the gap between home and away fans is just an empty aisle? If so, then I get your point but then that means that there is still a significant gap between City's record attendances and the official capacity at the Etihad of over 500 seats.
 
Marvin said:
Aren't some lost due to segregation i.e. unused. For example, before the front rows were taken out City had an official capacity of just over 55k but our highest attendance at the Etihad last season was 54,219 so there is a gap between our stated attendance and record attendances that I assume is explained by segregation losses.

Are you saying that the gap between home and away fans is just an empty aisle? If so, then I get your point but then that means that there is still a significant gap between City's record attendances and the official capacity at the Etihad of over 500 seats
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JimiBlue91 said:
I just park further from the ground, don't leave early, 20 min walk back to my car.
No problem
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Ill be honest. Im spoilt. At maine road we got a resident that lived right opposite the main stand to apply for a pass for us to park.

the latest we left the george and dragon in cheadle was 2.45 and we sat in our seats for ko.
if we left on the whistle we were back in the pub for 5.05
 
asahartford1 said:
I think that if more people walked, as you and i do(age 62) it would make it easier for those who are disabled ,too fat or generally unfit to get to or away from the stadium.
Whatever transport existed there would still be queues and waiting times.
By walking I do not queue or wait, I sometimes get wet, as I do when I work or play golf .
Have a look around at the Southampton game, unhealthy , overweight people everywhere.
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Indeed mate. The state of this nation is a disgrace. We’ve become a nation of fat lazy slobs.
 
asahartford1 said:
At last a progressive idea.
Some matches at Maine rd, I could arrive at 2 55pm, hardly see a soul, stand anywhere I wanted on the kippax, walk.back to.yhe beehive and get served on entry.
Lose 3 -1 to Oldham and not see a queue all day, how did we end up in this situation.
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perfect.
 
Marvin said:
Aren't some lost due to segregation i.e. unused. For example, before the front rows were taken out City had an official capacity of just over 55k but our highest attendance at the Etihad last season was 54,219 so there is a gap between our stated attendance and record attendances that I assume is explained by segregation losses.

Are you saying that the gap between home and away fans is just an empty aisle? If so, then I get your point but then that means that there is still a significant gap between City's record attendances and the official capacity at the Etihad of over 500 seats.
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Just double barrier with no seats yes.
 
I know Transport For Greater Manchester are in the process of big changes at the top with new strategists coming in, my mauds company is doing the recruitment. Burnham has obviously got the hots for bringing the buses back into council control but hopefully there will be some smart thinking over the stadium and the new arena.
 
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