Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[gouldybob]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

Slightly off subject this would have been nice

Ask Development gets approval for $30 million Manchester arts centre
Published: 04-Jul-2012
UK-based Ask Development has secured approval from the Manchester city Council for the £19 million ($29.9 million) Manchester arts centre in Manchester, which has been designed by Netherlands-based architectural practice Mecanoo.
Sprawling over 20-acres site, the cultural centre in Manchester forms an integral part of the £80 million ($125.6 million) redevelopment programme in the First Street area of the city, which is being developed by a partnership between the city council and Ask.

Spanning 60,000 square feet, the new cultural centre will incorporate two theatres with seating capacities of 500 and 150 respectively, five cinema screens, together with 500 square metre gallery space and restaurants, a café and a foyer, studio and teaching spaces and a plaza for outdoor performances.

The arts centre will have a unique, colourful and vibrant design, which will transform the First Street into a vibrant cultural hub.

Ask plans to begin enabling work on the site by the end of 2012. The scheme is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2014.


Not sure where this is in relation to us, but Manchester on the up and up.


Not sure about the company though Mecanoo bit close for comfort to thinks I had as a kid. :-)

Does this mean we can drop the Culture element from our own plans . . . . . ? More interested in the fact that a new 208 room 4* hotel included in the plan, just how many hotels do we need and will it impact on our site designs,

<a class="postlink" href="http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1582191_manchesters-new-arts-centre-and-cultural-quarter-given-green-light" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... reen-light</a>

 

[IOWBlue]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

I'm not advocating it. I hate the idea of groundshare.

However, if the council said "we'll rubber stamp the plans as long as there is a ground share involved as we see no point in having two such large stadia in relatively close proximity." would the owners still go for it?

We would own the stadium. We could charge them for the privillege of using it and their only income stream from it would be match day acitivities. Any subsequent event revenue would be ours. They would in essence behleping us meet FFP.

Like I say, I do not want to see it happen. I do not advocate it. I just wondered if anyone reckons this could be part of anything?

As I said in my original post, this is what happens when you let knobheads (ie me) think for themselves.

They would then be in Manchester, no thanks.

 

[somapop]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

Slightly off subject this would have been nice

Ask Development gets approval for $30 million Manchester arts centre
Published: 04-Jul-2012
UK-based Ask Development has secured approval from the Manchester city Council for the £19 million ($29.9 million) Manchester arts centre in Manchester, which has been designed by Netherlands-based architectural practice Mecanoo.
Sprawling over 20-acres site, the cultural centre in Manchester forms an integral part of the £80 million ($125.6 million) redevelopment programme in the First Street area of the city, which is being developed by a partnership between the city council and Ask.

Spanning 60,000 square feet, the new cultural centre will incorporate two theatres with seating capacities of 500 and 150 respectively, five cinema screens, together with 500 square metre gallery space and restaurants, a café and a foyer, studio and teaching spaces and a plaza for outdoor performances.

The arts centre will have a unique, colourful and vibrant design, which will transform the First Street into a vibrant cultural hub.

Ask plans to begin enabling work on the site by the end of 2012. The scheme is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2014.


Not sure where this is in relation to us, but Manchester on the up and up.


Not sure about the company though Mecanoo bit close for comfort to thinks I had as a kid. :-)

Does this mean we can drop the Culture element from our own plans . . . . . ? More interested in the fact that a new 208 room 4* hotel included in the plan, just how many hotels do we need and will it impact on our site designs,

<a class="postlink" href="http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1582191_manchesters-new-arts-centre-and-cultural-quarter-given-green-light" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... reen-light</a>

Possibly not...this is more to shift the cornerhouse cinema and Library Theatre into one new home. Bit miffed over shifting the cornerhouse, but if that can survive and this generates a new pocket of the city (and also extending it) more the power to them. As for the hotel element, I think any hotel/s on t'Etihad campus will tie in with both City and the leisure complex. There's a fair few hotels going up around Salford Quays at the moment which won't affect the central ones. If anything we're going to need many more rooms now city are globally recognised.

 

[WNRH]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

What is happening about a museum? One is needs ASAP. The ones at the rags and Barca are huge money makers.

 

[jrb]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

What is happening about a museum? One is needs ASAP. The ones at the rags and Barca are huge money makers.

Let's win some more trophies first. ;-)

A museum full of bog roll won't pull the tourists in.

BTW. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=953852&page=37" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 52&page=37</a>

 

[WNRH]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

What is happening about a museum? One is needs ASAP. The ones at the rags and Barca are huge money makers.

Let's win some more trophies first. ;-)

A museum full of bog roll won't pull the tourists in.

BTW. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=953852&page=37" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 52&page=37</a>

Having been to both museum's mentioned above, they aren't glorified trophy cabinets. A lot of interesting exhibitions and objects, which we have a lot.

Great news about the NFM.

 

[pride in battle]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

What is happening about a museum? One is needs ASAP. The ones at the rags and Barca are huge money makers.

Surely that will be in the offices once they vacate to the new training site.

 

[WNRH]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

What is happening about a museum? One is needs ASAP. The ones at the rags and Barca are huge money makers.

Surely that will be in the offices once they vacate to the new training site.

Like that!

 

[sergiokun]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

No way

 

[warpig]

Re: Etihad Campus & potential new stadium

so let me get this right; are people really concerned about mcc not granting planning permission for a new stadium? it would be an absolute formality.