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Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site
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bluwes
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Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
So its 4 tiers then....... those trams are going to struggle with a 90,000 capacity stadium
GXCity said:S04 said:St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:Ok,now I am not an ITK however I was at Stoke with a good friend of mine who is a building engineer/MD for a large company. He told me that the club are wanting to make it 3 tiers all the way round after the training complex is complete. I asked him how he knew and he told me that a fellow MD for a building company that went in for the tender (but failed) for the training complex apparently had been given the heads up about this during bidding for the new site.
If this is true or not I have no idea but there you go.
The collar site and stadium is next according to some ITK´s on here as well so it might be correct info..
Phase 1 of the collar site is due to be finished in 2016. Still not heard anything concrete on the stadium expansion completion dates apart from 3 - 4 years. I believe we are still awaiting the nod from HRH Mansour on the final design. Forget about the 3 tier idea as this hasn't been mentioned to my knowledge and the plans I have seen are certainly nothing like that. And trust me the club would not be giving anyone "heads up" on information until the contract was signed and sealed.
So its 4 tiers then....... those trams are going to struggle with a 90,000 capacity stadium
GXCity
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Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
As its not on the flight path I would imagine it is just to make it look nice
WNRH said:Is the Etihad and City badge branding on top of the stadium for show to make the pictures look fancy or is that happening?
As its not on the flight path I would imagine it is just to make it look nice
Del_Bosque
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Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
They do send the Goodyear blimp over ALOT though for pre-match big game build up aerial shots
They do send the Goodyear blimp over ALOT though for pre-match big game build up aerial shots
Why Always Ste
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And it read "Ice Cube's a Pimp"
Del_Bosque said:They do send the Goodyear blimp over ALOT though for pre-match big game build up aerial shots
And it read "Ice Cube's a Pimp"
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Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
Brilliant!
Why Always Ste said:Del_Bosque said:They do send the Goodyear blimp over ALOT though for pre-match big game build up aerial shots
And it read "Ice Cube's a Pimp"
Brilliant!
Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
If the club and council want to do what we are led to believe - expand the stadium, open a leisure attraction of 'national significance', build new houses to attract people to the area than transport has to be improved. I can't fault the new community centre with a college and leisure centre. The new trees & foliage will transform the area. But the transport plan is not quite right.
This council are overly obsessed with trams and are subsequently blinded by other transport opportunities. The club have one eye on the money made from the North car park. Both have consequently lead to serious transport problems which have not been addressed until now.
Ashburys station is rarely utilised. Indeed, there is an non-electrified train line right next to the stadium which is a spur from the Huddersfield line. This line is connected to Victoria, but would need a new bridge over Ashton New Road and some new rail being laid to connect it to Piccadilly. I know I sound like Jimmy Saville and "the age of the train" - but honestly, I feckin hate those buses or queuing up in a car. I know thousands of other people do, otherwise people would not evacuate two minutes before the final whistle. It only really seems to occur in large numbers at our ground.
The Ashton Canal - not utilised despite Urban Splash's wish to revive the canal. It would need some work, but if the Holt Town estate is destroyed in favour of houses (as is likely) then it will in the city's interest to improve the canal. The canal terminates at Ducie Street behind Piccadilly station so its not like it leads to a dead end. Many City fans walk down the towpath on matchday so why not ferry along it from the train station and free up a few hundred spaces for the trams and buses?
The truth is, a lot of City fans and visitors to a possible leisure site in Manchester will arrive via Piccadilly or Victoria. Anyone who has been to a 60k concert at the stadium will know it is even worse getting out. I dread to think what it will be like at 60,000 each week.
I can't help but feel there is a degree of laziness when it comes to transportation for the stadium and East Manchester as a whole. Old Trafford has tram, train and even canal links whereas we do not. There is potential for all three if the club and council pulled their finger out.bluwes said:GXCity said:S04 said:The collar site and stadium is next according to some ITK´s on here as well so it might be correct info..
Phase 1 of the collar site is due to be finished in 2016. Still not heard anything concrete on the stadium expansion completion dates apart from 3 - 4 years. I believe we are still awaiting the nod from HRH Mansour on the final design. Forget about the 3 tier idea as this hasn't been mentioned to my knowledge and the plans I have seen are certainly nothing like that. And trust me the club would not be giving anyone "heads up" on information until the contract was signed and sealed.
So its 4 tiers then....... those trams are going to struggle with a 90,000 capacity stadium
If the club and council want to do what we are led to believe - expand the stadium, open a leisure attraction of 'national significance', build new houses to attract people to the area than transport has to be improved. I can't fault the new community centre with a college and leisure centre. The new trees & foliage will transform the area. But the transport plan is not quite right.
This council are overly obsessed with trams and are subsequently blinded by other transport opportunities. The club have one eye on the money made from the North car park. Both have consequently lead to serious transport problems which have not been addressed until now.
Ashburys station is rarely utilised. Indeed, there is an non-electrified train line right next to the stadium which is a spur from the Huddersfield line. This line is connected to Victoria, but would need a new bridge over Ashton New Road and some new rail being laid to connect it to Piccadilly. I know I sound like Jimmy Saville and "the age of the train" - but honestly, I feckin hate those buses or queuing up in a car. I know thousands of other people do, otherwise people would not evacuate two minutes before the final whistle. It only really seems to occur in large numbers at our ground.
The Ashton Canal - not utilised despite Urban Splash's wish to revive the canal. It would need some work, but if the Holt Town estate is destroyed in favour of houses (as is likely) then it will in the city's interest to improve the canal. The canal terminates at Ducie Street behind Piccadilly station so its not like it leads to a dead end. Many City fans walk down the towpath on matchday so why not ferry along it from the train station and free up a few hundred spaces for the trams and buses?
The truth is, a lot of City fans and visitors to a possible leisure site in Manchester will arrive via Piccadilly or Victoria. Anyone who has been to a 60k concert at the stadium will know it is even worse getting out. I dread to think what it will be like at 60,000 each week.
Why Always Ste
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Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium
Good Post Sully... I've walked along the canal route a few times and thought why isn't this being utilised as a way of getting in/out
if a big regular tourist destination was put in place then I just can't see the Tram being the solution, needs more than just that.
Good Post Sully... I've walked along the canal route a few times and thought why isn't this being utilised as a way of getting in/out
if a big regular tourist destination was put in place then I just can't see the Tram being the solution, needs more than just that.
danebanksheik
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It isn't just about getting there and back as quickly as possible if you are going to the area for a day out or to visit any future attractions that are built, it becomes part of the event.
People go on rollercoasters as part of their day otherwise they are rubbish because they only take you back to where you started.
Granted, the canal wouldn't be much use to most of us, me included, on match day but as part of any match day "experience" it could be a good add on.
It isn't just about getting there and back as quickly as possible if you are going to the area for a day out or to visit any future attractions that are built, it becomes part of the event.
People go on rollercoasters as part of their day otherwise they are rubbish because they only take you back to where you started.
Granted, the canal wouldn't be much use to most of us, me included, on match day but as part of any match day "experience" it could be a good add on.
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