Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

LEXSTARproject said:
As a club, we would make more money if we developed the whole site and made it an all-week destination for people at the moment it is only a destination for a select bunch of athletes building the arena is a massive step forward in all week destination but the rest of the site needs to be developed to support it. Loads of good points above we need we new younger fans to join the club this can be done by two routes buying players like Haaland so creating a draw to the club or by mum and dad are taking them to the newly developed Collar site and the young kids seeing the amazing stadium and facilities look at what Manchester United did by branding their stadium"Theater of Dreams" this creates all week football tourism just like when you go the Nou Camp and its village as well. Barcelona and Real Madrid have noticed this and this is why they are spending billions on their stadiums and the surrounding areas to lock in people who visit their stadiums by having bars etc next to the ground and having an arena to attract more people to the area look at the world most expensive stadium the world the SOFI stadium is LA is not just a stadium it's a complex that has an arena, a lake offices and bars restaurants so creating it own all day footfall, look at this slick marketing used by the LA Rams towards there stadium

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I’m not sure if you are new to this thread but there are a few hundred pages and load of photos about an arena they are currently building next door to the Etihad.

Maybe take a few hours to read through all the thread from the start and you might realise there will be an extra 2,750,000 people per year on the site from the end of next year.

As for you using Old Trafford as an example…dearie me…..I presume you have never been there for a look at all their investment in the vicinity of the stadium
 
Maly said:
Lol, poor bloke. Good job we’re a completely different club to Colchester & not moving to a new ground then eh?
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Was just pointing out that creating additional supply has no impact on the demand. There are many games where the hospitality sections are sparsely populated as it is.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
I’m not sure if you are new to this thread but there are a few hundred pages and load of photos about an arena they are currently building next door to the Etihad.

Maybe take a few hours to read through all the thread from the start and you might realise there will be an extra 2,750,000 people per year on the site from the end of next year.

As for you using Old Trafford as an example…dearie me…..I presume you have never been there for a look at all their investment in the vicinity of the stadium
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To be fair, Lou Macari's chip shop is quite a landmark ;)
 
cptaidan88 said:
Was just pointing out that creating additional supply has no impact on the demand. There are many games where the hospitality sections are sparsely populated as it is.
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I take your point onboard mate, but shouldn’t we be catering for our games with the biggest demand, not our smallest demand?
 
Keeper! said:
If you think the club will stand by and watch the rags, dippers, and Chelsea increase capacity and not react I think your very wrong.

The owners are looking well beyond the tenure of Pep, the capacity needs and will be increased.

Make tickets easy to obtain and affordable, and for a majority of games the capacity will be filled.
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I'm not sure how you interpreted my post as saying that. We're going to expand the NS and then, in the future, we'll probably do both side stands as well and replace the four corners creating something that's up near 80k. What I'm talking about is whether we could sell out hospitality across an entire second tier provision around the ground ala Club Wembley - as Tolmie mentioned earlier today. The main issues for me are that we have a rival the other side of town who, whilst facilities aren't as good, still compete with us for that market and also the fact it looks shite when it's half empty or when the corporates stay inside talking business rather than watching the football. It's always bothered me with Wembley. It's front and centre on camera and yet empty long before HT, long after the game re-starts and long before the final whistle. Bit like the Etihad then eh?! I've changed my mind!
 
Prophet of Doom said:
I’m not sure if you are new to this thread but there are a few hundred pages and load of photos about an arena they are currently building next door to the Etihad.

Maybe take a few hours to read through all the thread from the start and you might realise there will be an extra 2,750,000 people per year on the site from the end of next year.

As for you using Old Trafford as an example…dearie me…..I presume you have never been there for a look at all their investment in the vicinity of the stadium
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Lex’s got an odd , or rather, quite a focussed set of posts since joining in Sept.
purely about the etihad stadium and surrounding area.

seems like someone’s almost fishing for info, or trying to direct a narrative
 
supercity88 said:
I'm not sure how you interpreted my post as saying that. We're going to expand the NS and then, in the future, we'll probably do both side stands as well and replace the four corners creating something that's up near 80k. What I'm talking about is whether we could sell out hospitality across an entire second tier provision around the ground ala Club Wembley - as Tolmie mentioned earlier today. The main issues for me are that we have a rival the other side of town who, whilst facilities aren't as good, still compete with us for that market and also the fact it looks shite when it's half empty or when the corporates stay inside talking business rather than watching the football. It's always bothered me with Wembley. It's front and centre on camera and yet empty long before HT, long after the game re-starts and long before the final whistle. Bit like the Etihad then eh?! I've changed my mind!
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There is also the issue that corporate hospitality will take a significant hit over the next few years, based purely on the economy being in the toilet.

If anything, more areas need to accommodate those people who want to be at the game, come rain or shine, but their wallets might not afford them the regular luxury.

I'd have an entire £10 end for everyone below the age of 20. That's how you grab and retain the next generation and improve the atmosphere overnight.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
There is also the issue that corporate hospitality will take a significant hit over the next few years, based purely on the economy being in the toilet.

If anything, more areas need to accommodate those people who want to be at the game, come rain or shine, but their wallets might not afford them the regular luxury.

I'd have an entire £10 end for everyone below the age of 20. That's how you grab and retain the next generation and improve the atmosphere overnight.
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I don't really disagree with you, on the other hand I had more disposable income at 20 than in my early 30. My early 30s was the only time I stopped going to footall for finacial reasons. marriage, children new business. It will be people in that position struggling the most.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
There is also the issue that corporate hospitality will take a significant hit over the next few years, based purely on the economy being in the toilet.

If anything, more areas need to accommodate those people who want to be at the game, come rain or shine, but their wallets might not afford them the regular luxury.

I'd have an entire £10 end for everyone below the age of 20. That's how you grab and retain the next generation and improve the atmosphere overnight.
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It's probably a universal opinion amongst City fans that having a good hospitality provision is fine, as long as that's used to offset cheaper seats for a more dedicated, hardcore fanbase. The 3rd tier offering in the SS was a good one with the cheap prices but having a new home end at the NS with safe standing and a large single/two tiers as seen in other new stadia is what would really the whet the appetite with new and existing supporters. I don't think it's necessarily an issue having three tiers, I think the angle of the roof instantly will improve atmosphere. If and when the side stands are expanded and the corners replaced the roof angle and shape of the stadium will ensure noise is retained and it will be incredible regardless of how many tiers are behind the goal. But for marketing purposes having a "wall" would entice a lot of people.
 
gaz76 said:
Where the fuck are we supposed to fit a lake? We've got a perfectly good canal, if we had a lake there wouldn't be enough asda trolleys to fill it, I'm not sure you have thought this through at all
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Was not meaning add a lake was just showing you what could be done to create a destination by using ideas from elsewhere.
 
supercity88 said:
It's probably a universal opinion amongst City fans that having a good hospitality provision is fine, as long as that's used to offset cheaper seats for a more dedicated, hardcore fanbase. The 3rd tier offering in the SS was a good one with the cheap prices but having a new home end at the NS with safe standing and a large single/two tiers as seen in other new stadia is what would really the whet the appetite with new and existing supporters. I don't think it's necessarily an issue having three tiers, I think the angle of the roof instantly will improve atmosphere. If and when the side stands are expanded and the corners replaced the roof angle and shape of the stadium will ensure noise is retained and it will be incredible regardless of how many tiers are behind the goal. But for marketing purposes having a "wall" would entice a lot of people.
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Well said supercity
 
blueparrot said:
I don't really disagree with you, on the other hand I had more disposable income at 20 than in my early 30. My early 30s was the only time I stopped going to footall for finacial reasons. marriage, children new business. It will be people in that position struggling the most.
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Maybe the times are a changing. Most 20-year-olds now are either back living at home or accumulating student debt.

Younger people also have more options to spend their money on and if you don't have them as regulars by the time they are 20, all you will attract is the thirtysomethings who only want to come to the big games and have the cash to do so.

It's a two-way street, reward the loyalty of younger fans.

It gets my goat I can't take my 15-year-old to his first ever away game outside of Wembley, because we 'only' have 11k points each, despite him coming with me every week since he was eight.
 
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