Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[citysix]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

This cannot be a coincidence.

I was told technology would be at the heart of the destination so long ago its almost forgotten.

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remember seeing that on the Vegas thread..interesting

 

[jonmcity]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey that doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

 

[pride in battle]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

Great post, exactly how I feel.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey that doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

you can hang around a bit yet mate!

 

[NoahCity]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey that doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

Looks awesome. Can't wait for all this to be ready.

 

[citysix]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

manchester thanks sheikh mansour the future is ours

 

[Shaelumstash]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey that doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

I'm excited by the plans, and I think it's a great signal of intent from our incredible owner. However, I think some people are getting carried away in thinking that a fantastic facility will guarantee fantastic players. Milan over the years, Ajax in the 90s and the modern day Barca have had good facilities, but that is not what brought through all the world class youth talent that they produced. It was coaching, and a football philosophy that has been ingrained in the club over many years.

I'd love us to produce a team of homegrown champions, but I think it's going to take a lot of time and footballing expertise to produce players of the quality we are going to need. Unfortunately instead of putting in a football genius and revolutionary like Johan Cruyff in charge of the development of our kids, we've got Brian Marwood. Yes, him who bought Adam Johnson and Scott Sinclair.

 

[jrb]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

Compare and contrast with the City's Eithad Stadium deal.

West Ham get Olympic Stadium after government ups funding

By David Bond

BBC sports editor

West Ham will be anchor tenants for the Olympic Stadium after the government agreed to put in an extra £25m towards the costs of converting the venue.

The additional money takes the Treasury's contribution to around £60m.

Adapting the stadium could cost between £150m and £190m.

But the deal was secured only after West Ham agreed to increase their own funding of the project by £5m, to £15m. They will move in from August 2016 and pay around £2m a year rent.

David Gold West Ham co-owner, speaking on 4 March

“We will only go there if it is fit for use. I won't go there if I have to look over a running track. But I believe we are in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let's face it - they've built a stadium, albeit the wrong shape and size”

Under conversion plans, the roof will be extended and the seating capacity reduced from 80,000 to 60,000, with a retractable system allowing the venue to be converted from an athletics arena to football stadium within days.

Seats will slide over the running track to bring West Ham fans closer to the action.
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will begin work on the roof in the autumn and officials hope it will be ready for the autumn of 2015 - in time for the Rugby World Cup.

After that the stadium will close again to reconfigure the stadium's lower seating bowl and re-open in time for West Ham to start playing their games there in August 2016.
Although West Ham were appointed preferred bidders by the LLDC three months ago, there were still fears the agreement could collapse over how to finance the transformation of the stadium.

Initially the club had been reluctant to pay anything, but over time they increased their contribution to £10m and are now prepared to pay £15m.

The rest of the money will be drawn from a range of sources, including London Mayor Boris Johnson's budget, a £40m loan from Newham Council and around £20m of borrowings by the LLDC.

To guarantee the 99-year lease, West Ham also had to agree to pay a proportion of any future sale of the club back to the LLDC.

Johnson argued that the move into the stadium significantly enhanced West Ham's value and that the public purse should share in any profits generated from a sale by owners David Gold and David Sullivan.

In response, West Ham have agreed to pay a one-off windfall back to the LLDC if they sell the club in the next 10 years. West Ham say that is a sign of Gold and Sullivan's long-term commitment to the club.

The deal will be a huge relief to the mayor and the government, who feared the stadium could become a major drain on taxpayers.

Breakdown of conversion funding
Government: Around £60m
Loan from Newham Council: £40m
LLDC loan: £20m
West Ham: £15m

There will also be funding from London Mayor Boris Johnson's budget

As well as £2m-a-year in rent, the club will share catering and hospitality revenue with LLDC but it is understood West Ham will take all ticket and merchandising income.

Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn is seeking a judicial review of the decision but the LLDC is confident that will not stall the process.

Sources insist Hearn is contesting the LLDC's failure to do a joint deal with the Premier League team and Leyton Orient, rather than the decision to place West Ham in the stadium.

The LLDC and West Ham will now work together to sell the naming rights for the stadium to a major sponsor.

Initial talks with the International Olympic Committee and the British Olympic Association have begun on whether they can use the word "Olympic" in any future naming of the venue.

This is thought to be extremely unlikely unless the sponsor of the stadium is also one of the Olympic movement's big commercial partners.

One of the comments.(you've got to laugh haven't you)

Oh dear.
WHU have just sunk to the depth's of being the man city of the south!
Next? Well, the present owners will prob sell the club at a premium price and the queue of Russians/Arabs will stretch around the old Boleyn ground.
Oh well...maybe the football will keep to the old WHU traditions!

 

[unexpected item]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

Apologies if already posted, not seen it..

Video is part of the BBC School Report series. Kids reporting on the Connell 6th form and football academy, with shots of the ongoing work

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/21833741

 

[VOOMER]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

http://www.manchestercityfootballacademy.co.uk/

It's a beautiful thing. We may have to wait a few years for greatness, but at least we know its on its way. I had waited forty years to see us win the league and I can now die happy. We are on a journey to become the best Football club in the world. I just want to live long enough to see it. Greatness is a journey that doesn't happen overnight. Just remind yourselves about what we have been through over the years. I have no complaints about our current situation. We need to ensure the club is financially secure for the future, and this is the only way to do it.

I'm excited by the plans, and I think it's a great signal of intent from our incredible owner. However, I think some people are getting carried away in thinking that a fantastic facility will guarantee fantastic players. Milan over the years, Ajax in the 90s and the modern day Barca have had good facilities, but that is not what brought through all the world class youth talent that they produced. It was coaching, and a football philosophy that has been ingrained in the club over many years.

I'd love us to produce a team of homegrown champions, but I think it's going to take a lot of time and footballing expertise to produce players of the quality we are going to need. Unfortunately instead of putting in a football genius and revolutionary like Johan Cruyff in charge of the development of our kids, we've got Brian Marwood. Yes, him who bought Adam Johnson and Scott Sinclair.

Marwood will be long gone by the time the campus is up and running.