Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

Gone for a Burton said:
How far from the city centre is the Hydro, and what is /was the surrounding area like ?
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"The venue has been estimated to inject £336 million into the Scottish economy p/a and has been credited with boosting trade in the surrounding Finnieston area with almost 50 new bars and restaurants having opened since 2013. The locals have named this "the Hydro Effect"

34 mins walking
16 mins driving
12 mins in the underground
 
LEXSTARproject said:
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"The venue has been estimated to inject £336 million into the Scottish economy p/a and has been credited with boosting trade in the surrounding Finnieston area with almost 50 new bars and restaurants having opened since 2013. The locals have named this "the Hydro Effect"

34 mins walking
16 mins driving
12 mins in the underground
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34 mins from the centre. About the same as the Etihad. Like the Etihad you wouldn’t choose to walk it (I have done both). Public transport is great from the centre but no use if you are an outlier. When I go to the Hydro for a gig we drive through early park in a safe car park by the hotel. Have a drink and something to eat. Maybe a few glasses of champers in the hotel room while we change, walk five minutes to the venue. More drinks and eats if we choose. Then back afterwards for a night cap. Next morning two mins on the road and you are on the motorway out of town. Contrast that experience with driving to the Etihad and getting to one of the Premier inns close to the M60. I don’t really have to describe that ballache in detail. I’m sure you get the picture.
 
Corky said:
The Hydro is the SECC which is more like the NEC than a basket ball arena, lots of different rooms and spaces.
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Have to disagree. It’s avery simple bowl with a large Concourse and bars/eats wrapped round it.

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Saddleworth2 said:
Have to disagree. It’s avery simple bowl with a large Concourse and bars/eats wrapped round it.

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Yeah I really like the Hydro. Very easy to navigate and piece of piss to get back into Glasgow centre. Been to a few shows over the years. The iron bru fair is great. :-)
 
Corky said:
The Hydro is the SECC which is more like the NEC than a basket ball arena, lots of different rooms and spaces.
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The Hydro is next door to the SECC and the Armadillo is around the corner.

That’s three individual venues that collectively can host any type of event and can share the hotel facilities etc - it works really well.

What the Hydro did, and that the Co-op is imitating, is not trying to be a US-style hockey arena but be a large concert venue, designed to hold concerts and not be a multi-use space.

Manchester will be lucky as boxing, basketball etc can still continue at the Nynex. The one thing that the Hydro struggles with is sports events (other than darts).
 
Not been in a box at the Etihad but have seen a few on videos etc, what’s to stop us converting some to include bedrooms? It would certainly bridge the gap until there are a few hotels built, up & running. The real old Trafford has had great success with rooms overlooking the pitch, even in the off season & non match days
 
Phil1 said:
Yeah I really like the Hydro. Very easy to navigate and piece of piss to get back into Glasgow centre. Been to a few shows over the years. The iron bru fair is great. :-)
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Also the Hydro isn’t badly priced for food and drink either.. Not saying it’s cheap but compared to other arenas, Newcastle Utilita for one it’s reasonable.Sound wise it’s far better than when the SECC. was used for gigs , that was terrible sound.
 
LEXSTARproject said:
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"The venue has been estimated to inject £336 million into the Scottish economy p/a and has been credited with boosting trade in the surrounding Finnieston area with almost 50 new bars and restaurants having opened since 2013. The locals have named this "the Hydro Effect"

34 mins walking
16 mins driving
12 mins in the underground
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Cheers.....transformational, without a football stadium.

Impressive!!
 
Peel seem to be hoovering everything up for Trafford City. Another first leisure destination in the UK. This would have been great for the Etihad Campus/Collar site, amongst other possible leisure attractions.

From the planning application. Link below. Also PNW article link below.

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Tenant Requirements - summary
2.1.1. Walljam at Trafford Palazzo will be the original flagship venue, with plans to open several more across the UK over the next five years.
2.1.2. Walljam is a sport technology business, revolutionising ball sports through advanced, proprietary, smart panel technology, mashing physical play with digital technology. Walljam offers a new and exciting way for leisure operators, venues, rights holders and sponsors to engage with their fan or customer base.
2.1.3. Over the past 5 years, Walljam have designed and developed hardware and software (including UK and US patents) to work across most mainstream ball sports including Football, Rugby, Tennis, Cricket, Netball, American Football, Basketball, AFL and Baseball.
2.1.4. The ‘walls’ are now being used across the world with partners including Real Madrid F.C, the New York Red Bulls (MLS), adidas, Carabao, as well as at some of the UK’s most popular theme park destinations including Alton Towers, the National Football Museum (Manchester) and Kick Air.
2.1.5. Walljam are agreeing contracts with Peel L&P to occupy the vacant first floor Units A8- A12 at Trafford Palazzo with the addition of a mezzanine floor above. The total floorspace for Walljam will be sqm 3,414 sqm (2,049 sqm of existing floorspace and 1,365 sqm on the new mezzanine level).
2.1.6. Walljam will provide a range of leisure and performance activities including an E-sports section, speed bays, target bays, and performance arena. On the mezzanine there will be a sports bar and further target bays, as shown indicatively in Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 below.
2.2 Walljam – Proposals and Background
2.2.1. This unit will be occupied by METRIX (the trading brand of Walljam Ltd), a sport and technology-based entertainment business focused on football. Its vision is ‘to turn every fan into a player and every player into a better player’. METRIX have an exclusive license with UEFA Champions League (UCL) through which they will be developing and operating a series of competitive socialising venues across 10 European cities with a rich heritage in the competition, the first of which is proposed to be in Manchester.


In summary, Trafford Palazzo is aiming to create a retail and leisure destination that provides the foremost diverse and inclusive experiences and adventures, an aspiration which compliments the evolving nature of the development at Trafford City.
5.1.2. Walljam will provide a unique experience to compliment the existing provision at Trafford Palazzo. It will provide an ‘immersive football experience’ that will be the first of its kind - a fun, competitive, lively, ‘cool’, interactive, live entertainment venue, under a new brand, ‘The METRIX Arena, the new home of the UEFA Champions League’.

109526/VAR/22 | Application for variation of conditions 2, 3, 4 and 5 on planning permission 106897/VAR/22 [Application for variation of conditions 2 and 3 on planning permission 95596/FUL/18 (Construction of new retail (Use Classes

pa.trafford.gov.uk pa.trafford.gov.uk

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

Walljam picks Trafford for first immersive football venue - Place North West

Taking advantage of a global licensing partnership with the UEFA Champions League, the sports technology business is planning to open an interactive football experience within 37,000 sq ft at Peel L&P’s Trafford Palazzo.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk www.placenorthwest.co.uk
 
If the Etihad Campus/Collar Site ends up anything like Wembley Park, I will jump off the top of the Etihad stadium.

Wembley Park is absolutely dreadful. The architecture, the various mish-mash buildings, the bland and boring high street food, drink and leisure chain offering, etc. It’s a perfect example of how to f*ck up a once in a lifetime blank canvas around the an equally dreadful Wembley stadium. Throw as much sh*t up as you can, and as quickly as you can.

The best aerial Picture I could find that shows Wembley Park in all of it’s dreadful glory.

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Jesus H Gabz said:
Not been in a box at the Etihad but have seen a few on videos etc, what’s to stop us converting some to include bedrooms? It would certainly bridge the gap until there are a few hotels built, up & running. The real old Trafford has had great success with rooms overlooking the pitch, even in the off season & non match days
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Sherry ??
 
Gone for a Burton said:
Sherry ??
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Only in a trifle, sherry is for old farts & Father Christmas.You don’t think it’s possible or that the club have even considered it? or that the concept may form part of a NS extension? Bet you dismissed the notion of the tunnel club or the potential of a sky bar in the NS as poppycock
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
Only in a trifle, sherry is for old farts & Father Christmas.You don’t think it’s possible or that the club have even considered it? or that the concept may form part of a NS extension? Bet you dismissed the notion of the tunnel club or the potential of a sky bar in the NS as poppycock
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There aren’t close to enough unused boxes to make that visible. Might as well just wait 2-3 years for the hotel to be finished.
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
Not been in a box at the Etihad but have seen a few on videos etc, what’s to stop us converting some to include bedrooms? It would certainly bridge the gap until there are a few hotels built, up & running. The real old Trafford has had great success with rooms overlooking the pitch, even in the off season & non match days
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Having bedrooms overlooking the pitch at the swamp would be really popular, as their
" supporters " could snooze through the shite regularly served up by the rag twats.

Would help those long-distance fans suffering from jet lag too.
 
HelloCity said:
The original proposal for the expansions included even further extra seats on the edges of the side third tiers. We ended up with a small block on the south end of ES and CB level 3 but here you can see that these small additions curved around a bit more when first shown off.

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Isn't the SE corner taken up by that "Pub" now. They'll all be given Corporate identities
 
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