Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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Johnny Mars Bar
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Looking forward to this.
Those beer carts were a welcome addition, but not really enough. They often ran out.
Another proper bar will be a godsend.
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That looks mint! Assuming it’s open to all of us in 115 and not some shit quasi-corporate area.South Stand Disco! :-)
It's not really a disco, but it has got a DJ both.
Most of you who stand in South Stand Level 1 will know this area as the large void as you come into the stadium through the turnstiles.
Most of the time it's empty apart from when it's used on match days for a place to have a chat, a drink, to eat some food, and for the kids play football. At full time it's just an exit out of the stadium. It's also been used as a storage place at times. Last season it had a couple of beer carts located there.
Look at it now!
Don't shoot the messenger. This is what I was told during a general conversation about it. Some of it maybe correct. Some of it maybe incorrect.
The area is going to be open to the fans on level 1. I asked if it was corporate. I was told it wasn't. Obviously we'll find out at the first home game. The area will remain open for 2 hours after the game is over. As you can see from the pictures there's a full length bar along the right hand side wall. Seating/terracing in both corners, close to the concourse. Tables and chairs are on the left hand side. The DJ both is also on the left hand side. I don't know if the toilets are still there or not. I didn't go that far in to have a look. I don't know what's happening with the turnstiles.
A couple of slight duplicate pictures.
Yeah made a big difference getting a beer around 115 when they added those in, but like you say was a half hearted attempt at solving that problem. Hopefully this gives that area a real focal point for the fans in 115/116 rather than next to the fence by the away fans singing at a giant metal fence.
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Granted, I’ve only stood in SSL1 half a dozen times, but it somehow looks three times the size of what was there before in those pictures. Amazing use of space, looks like City have done a great job there!
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Hopefully it'll stop the scruffs smoking in those toilets as well...
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Looks ace that. Next stop get all the concourses looking like that.
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And since they put perspex sheeting against the metal fence we can't even throw pints at the away fans that we paid 5 quid and queued up for 30 mins for! Bah humbug.
Trying to.get more fans in the ground earlier and staying after games ! Will have to get prices comparable to Maty D's if that's the plan !
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I didn't the staff were anywhere near fast enough to sell out
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Looks good but are the M2 turnstiles still there?South Stand Disco! :-)
It's not really a disco, but it has got a DJ both.
Most of you who stand in South Stand Level 1 will know this area as the large void as you come into the stadium through the turnstiles.
Most of the time it's empty apart from when it's used on match days for a place to have a chat, a drink, to eat some food, and for the kids play football. At full time it's just an exit out of the stadium. It's also been used as a storage place at times. Last season it had a couple of beer carts located there.
Look at it now!
Don't shoot the messenger. This is what I was told during a general conversation about it. Some of it maybe correct. Some of it maybe incorrect.
The area is going to be open to the fans on level 1. I asked if it was corporate. I was told it wasn't. Obviously we'll find out at the first home game. The area will remain open for 2 hours after the game is over. As you can see from the pictures there's a full length bar along the right hand side wall. Seating/terracing in both corners, close to the concourse. Tables and chairs are on the left hand side. The DJ both is also on the left hand side. I don't know if the toilets are still there or not. I didn't go that far in to have a look. I don't know what's happening with the turnstiles.
A couple of slight duplicate pictures.
Downloaded 2 of the pictures and zoomed in via my iPad. Slightly blurred.
Again, covering myself. Only what I was told during the brief conversation.
Think the booth with the light on is the DJ booth?
No pumps on the bar yet. Just catering equipment installed.
Again, covering myself. Only what I was told during the brief conversation.
Think the booth with the light on is the DJ booth?
No pumps on the bar yet. Just catering equipment installed.
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It’s hard to tell. But it doesn’t look like it from another enlarged picture. Looks like there’s some kind of covering across them. Maybe due to the work?
You can see the exit turnstile on the left for the early leavers. Looks like a black cabinet or fridge has been placed in the turnstile space. Again, hard to tell.
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My ticket for Bournemouth still says M2 so hopefully its still there. Would be a pain in the ass losing that as its always such a breeze getting in compared to everywhere else.It’s hard to tell. But it doesn’t look like it from another enlarged picture. Looks like there’s some kind of covering across them. Maybe due to the work?
You can see the exit turnstile on the left for the early leavers. Looks like a black cabinet or fridge has been placed in the turnstile space. Again, hard to tell.
Click to enlarge.
It is. That's where I go in.
Joe's has laminate flooring, could be a new corporate offer? Saying that the away pen at WBA has laminate too.It’s hard to tell. But it doesn’t look like it from another enlarged picture. Looks like there’s some kind of covering across them. Maybe due to the work?
You can see the exit turnstile on the left for the early leavers. Looks like a black cabinet or fridge has been placed in the turnstile space. Again, hard to tell.
Click to enlarge.
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South Stand Disco! :-)
It's not really a disco, but it has got a DJ both.
Most of you who stand in South Stand Level 1 will know this area as the large void as you come into the stadium through the turnstiles.
Most of the time it's empty apart from when it's used on match days for a place to have a chat, a drink, to eat some food, and for the kids play football. At full time it's just an exit out of the stadium. It's also been used as a storage place at times. Last season it had a couple of beer carts located there.
Look at it now!
Don't shoot the messenger. This is what I was told during a general conversation about it. Some of it maybe correct. Some of it maybe incorrect.
The area is going to be open to the fans on level 1. I asked if it was corporate. I was told it wasn't. Obviously we'll find out at the first home game. The area will remain open for 2 hours after the game is over. As you can see from the pictures there's a full length bar along the right hand side wall. Seating/terracing in both corners, close to the concourse. Tables and chairs are on the left hand side. The DJ both is also on the left hand side. I don't know if the toilets are still there or not. I didn't go that far in to have a look. I don't know what's happening with the turnstiles.
A couple of slight duplicate pictures.
Feyenoord have something very similar at their ground. Great for making an atmosphere.
Told it wasn't.
Can't see it myself.
Bar the turnstiles, if they are still operating, there is only one way in and out of the void, and that is via the concourse.
I just hope it's open to anyone who wants to go in there, and there isn't some sort of criteria to go in there.
I have got a Platinum season ticket. And I'm in all the cup schemes. ;-)