CITY FOR LIFE said:JRB, Like everyone else has highlighted, great pictures and one of the best threads ever on the forum, it keeps us Blues that don't live in Manchester and like me who parks the other side of the ground very much up to date.
Great work mate.
fbloke said:Moving thoughts along to the collar site and other bits and pieces it would be nice to se something along the lines of the Tokyo International Forum where loads of sports, gigs and events could be hosted.
An new, improved NEC.
willipp said:fbloke said:Moving thoughts along to the collar site and other bits and pieces it would be nice to se something along the lines of the Tokyo International Forum where loads of sports, gigs and events could be hosted.
An new, improved NEC.
Do we know anything yet about that phase of the development? Seen a few comments around us looking for a major global brand partner that will be a huge draw to the site, some articles about something to replace / challenge the MEN (which the general concensus was it wouldnt happen). Im just curious to get the thoughts from those who have a much better view than i do on the sorts of ideas floating around about what it might include.
fbloke said:willipp said:fbloke said:Moving thoughts along to the collar site and other bits and pieces it would be nice to se something along the lines of the Tokyo International Forum where loads of sports, gigs and events could be hosted.
An new, improved NEC.
Do we know anything yet about that phase of the development? Seen a few comments around us looking for a major global brand partner that will be a huge draw to the site, some articles about something to replace / challenge the MEN (which the general concensus was it wouldnt happen). Im just curious to get the thoughts from those who have a much better view than i do on the sorts of ideas floating around about what it might include.
My money is on an arena type space for many sports to use as well as having an indoor, probably technology/multimedia attraction from Pixar/Apple/Disney etc.
As of today they have said nothing more than wanting an attraction of international significance capable of pulling in > 6m visitors per year open 365 days a year (iirc).
It goes without saying that that doesnt limit what could be landing in the coming years.
fbloke said:willipp said:fbloke said:Moving thoughts along to the collar site and other bits and pieces it would be nice to se something along the lines of the Tokyo International Forum where loads of sports, gigs and events could be hosted.
An new, improved NEC.
Do we know anything yet about that phase of the development? Seen a few comments around us looking for a major global brand partner that will be a huge draw to the site, some articles about something to replace / challenge the MEN (which the general concensus was it wouldnt happen). Im just curious to get the thoughts from those who have a much better view than i do on the sorts of ideas floating around about what it might include.
My money is on an arena type space for many sports to use as well as having an indoor, probably technology/multimedia attraction from Pixar/Apple/Disney etc.
As of today they have said nothing more than wanting an attraction of international significance capable of pulling in > 6m visitors per year open 365 days a year (iirc).
It goes without saying that that doesnt limit what could be landing in the coming years.
willipp said:fbloke said:willipp said:Do we know anything yet about that phase of the development? Seen a few comments around us looking for a major global brand partner that will be a huge draw to the site, some articles about something to replace / challenge the MEN (which the general concensus was it wouldnt happen). Im just curious to get the thoughts from those who have a much better view than i do on the sorts of ideas floating around about what it might include.
My money is on an arena type space for many sports to use as well as having an indoor, probably technology/multimedia attraction from Pixar/Apple/Disney etc.
As of today they have said nothing more than wanting an attraction of international significance capable of pulling in > 6m visitors per year open 365 days a year (iirc).
It goes without saying that that doesnt limit what could be landing in the coming years.
6 million is huge, over 15k per day on average, would have to be an incredible site. I guess that might include say 1.5 mil in match day atenders once the ground is re developed. Just looked and Alton Towers got 2.4 million visitors last year. I could imagine something to do with Apple being a huge draw, the innovation and interest that would bring would be amazing.