Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[Kompany is King]

Anyone able to give a best estimate as to when matches will be played at the 'mini stadium'?

Are there any plans to have open days, once open?

Which City teams are likely to play there?

Any info would be appreciated.

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Cheers. Such exciting times.

 

[another generation]

It's started. Wooden hoardings next to the spirals.

D'oh. Assumed they were there because of the extra away fans.

 

[Chancy Termites]

Anyone able to give a best estimate as to when matches will be played at the 'mini stadium'?

Are there any plans to have open days, once open?

Which City teams are likely to play there?

Any info would be appreciated.

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A 7,000 capacity stadium for youth matches and community use

Is the ladies' team not also going to play there?

 

[S04]

Anyone able to give a best estimate as to when matches will be played at the 'mini stadium'?

Are there any plans to have open days, once open?

Which City teams are likely to play there?

Any info would be appreciated.

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A 7,000 capacity stadium for youth matches and community use

Is the ladies' team not also going to play there?

The ladies will play there yes..

 

[petrusha]

Anyone able to give a best estimate as to when matches will be played at the 'mini stadium'?

Are there any plans to have open days, once open?

Which City teams are likely to play there?

Any info would be appreciated.

Just under 2 years ago, I pulled together information from the planning application and other official Council documents (such as the Eastlands Regenration Framework and Eastlands Community Plan) which reveals exactly what is intended for the training ground site plus the rest of the Etihad Campus and this part of East Manchester as a whole. As far as I know, nothing material has changed and the plans are as follows:

The training ground will house:
- A new Football Academy for up to 400 young players
- Learning facility for 200 Academy players
- Accommodation for 40 Academy players
- 1st Team building with changing room, gym, refectory, injury and rehabilitation centre and 32 on-site bedrooms
- 11 full size plus one half size football pitches for use by the youth team
- 4 full size and one half size football pitches for use by the 1st Team
- A 7,000-capacity arena for youth matches and community use
- Office space for MCFC
- A dedicated media centre
- A new foot-bridge across Ashton New Road/Alan Turing Way junction linking the application proposals to the Etihad Stadium
- A Combined Heat and Power Energy Centre to serve the site
- A total of 655 car parking spaces including 67 disabled parking bays
- On site cycle parking spaces
- Facilities Maintenance building
- Boundary treatments incorporating extensive tree and hedge planting.

The 7,000-seat arena will be open all year round between 09.00 to 23.00 hours with matches played at given times that will be either mid-morning or mid-afternoon starts and will in particular be used:
- For evening matches involving the youth team or Elite Development Squad, typically, on 2 days per week (likely to have in the region of 1500-2000 spectators, although there could be up to 5000-7000 for particular fixtures on about six to eight occasions per year).
- For Saturday morning games, involving crowds in the region of 1500.
- For matches with up to 200 spectators during daytime, up to five days per week, similar to current practice at [existing Academy site] Platt Lane.
- For cup finals and prominent fixtures for local clubs and schools providing a minimum of three uses per year to a maximum of ten (10).
- By an MCFC-approved amateur/community Club for specific matches [note - this has always been assumed to be MCFC Ladies, and recent comments about exiting plans for the Ladies team seem also to hint at this, but I'm not sure whether they've officially confirmed it yet].

 

[jrb]

Picture update this Sunday. Weather good apparently.

Will post the pictures on Monday.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Registered for a season ticket today, can't take missing out on the action anymore. Had to consider work commitments and travelling from cleethorpes every week but fuck it. The future is blue, it's crazy to think this ride has only just started for us.


Can anyone tell me what the collar site is?

 

[Carver]

Registered for a season ticket today, can't take missing out on the action anymore. Had to consider work commitments and travelling from cleethorpes every week but fuck it. The future is blue, it's crazy to think this ride has only just started for us.


Can anyone tell me what the collar site is?

It's the land next to the stadium bounded by Alan Turing Way and the canal to the North. the purple areas are areas marked for development (including the athletics track) and the blue area is the North car park. Others on here may be able to tell you plans for these areas

 

[Centurions]

Registered for a season ticket today, can't take missing out on the action anymore. Had to consider work commitments and travelling from cleethorpes every week but fuck it. The future is blue, it's crazy to think this ride has only just started for us.


Can anyone tell me what the collar site is?

It's the land next to the stadium bounded by Alan Turing Way and the canal to the North. the purple areas are areas marked for development (including the athletics track) and the blue area is the North car park. Others on here may be able to tell you plans for these areas

Where's that map from? One of the MCC documents? Any link to it by chance?

 

[Bluebee2]

Picture update this Sunday. Weather good apparently.

Will post the pictures on Monday.

Good mate, it's looking good along Clayton lane now as if they are getting ready for the FM building to be up and running soon