Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[Why Always Ste]

Thanks for those pics JRB

 

[Delboy352]

I agree its nothing on the original concept, but needs must I suppose

Couldn't resist another look at the old world... my god City knew how to look after its fans back then ;-)

Didn't they sack the original design as it looked like a "Born Again Christian" fish sign when looked at from above??

 

[dawlish dave]

Well done JRB .[/quote old

Thanks JRB I stay on the tram to the Velodrome stop to view progress but have to say your photo updates are one of the best features on Bluemoon. My Dad used to tell me how he sat and cried as he watched the main stand burn down at Hyde Rd and then later walking from Margret St Gorton to see the new ground take shape in Moss Side. Dad died in 1998 aged 91 when I watch City both on and off the pitch these days how proud I feel coming from a City family, living in Devon I get asked "coming from Manchester how come you don't support Man U " my reply is on the lines of "Its a family thing OK" thats the polite version.

 

[Carver]

Well done JRB .[/quote old

Thanks JRB I stay on the tram to the Velodrome stop to view progress but have to say your photo updates are one of the best features on Bluemoon. My Dad used to tell me how he sat and cried as he watched the main stand burn down at Hyde Rd and then later walking from Margret St Gorton to see the new ground take shape in Moss Side. Dad died in 1998 aged 91 when I watch City both on and off the pitch these days how proud I feel coming from a City family, living in Devon I get asked "coming from Manchester how come you don't support Man U " my reply is on the lines of "Its a family thing OK" thats the polite version.

I don't suppose that asking an Exeter fan why they don't support Plymouth has the same ring to it ;-)

 

[kippaxchris]

Does anybody know what is going on at the old grey mare lane market site? There is a picture of the new complex on the side of the boards but i haven't had a chance to get out and look so i assume its something City are doing?

 

[Falastur]

Does anybody know what is going on at the old grey mare lane market site? There is a picture of the new complex on the side of the boards but i haven't had a chance to get out and look so i assume its something City are doing?

That's where the new 6th form college/Sports Science institute/leisure centre/some shops are going.

 

[adr2.8i]

this whole project is just breath taking!!

does anyone have any pictures of how the site looked before the COM stadium was built? and how its transformed over the last decade? its an amazing project!!

im hoping to bring my 7yr old son up to do the stadium tour sometime next year and he cant wait!

 

[oakiecokie]

this whole project is just breath taking!!

does anyone have any pictures of how the site looked before the COM stadium was built? and how its transformed over the last decade? its an amazing project!!

im hoping to bring my 7yr old son up to do the stadium tour sometime next year and he cant wait!

Have a look on page 37 after all the photos that have been taken and there`s a video from Disco Steve.That will show some parts of how it looked and also shows the completed site.Well worth a 5 minute view.

 

[adr2.8i]

Have a look on page 37 after all the photos that have been taken and there`s a video from Disco Steve.That will show some parts of how it looked and also shows the completed site.Well worth a 5 minute view.[/quote]

thanks for that, i shall have a gander now in a minute :-)

 

[jrb]

Does anybody know what is going on at the old grey mare lane market site? There is a picture of the new complex on the side of the boards but i haven't had a chance to get out and look so i assume its something City are doing?

That's where the new 6th form college/Sports Science institute/leisure centre/some shops are going.

Beswick Community Hub & Connell Sixth Form College

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No probs Chaps. My pleasure. Hopefully the new camera will produce much better quality pictures.

If you can fault anything so far, it's the design of the bridge. Apart from that, nothing else.

This design would have been perfect for the bridge, but with blue lights to match the stadium.

Posted by Long Ripple on SSC.

This doomed proposal for a River Wear footbridge crossing in Sunderland could have looked good at the Etihad on a smaller scale. It has a certain Arabic swirl which the Sheikh might have approved of.

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[Anonymous]

Went up to the ground today to get the lovely white kit. Nipped over to Asda for a couple of bits and pieces and took a couple of snaps of the Minihad on my phone. Not in the same league as jrb's excellent stuff but thought I'd share nonetheless:

 

[Manchester1894]

Good to compare our proposals with Barca's set up.. La Masia:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qW86tNwEZI[/youtube]

Good to see a picture of how daily life will pan out for our youngsters.

Wiki's entry:

La Masia houses about 60 players: 10 in the farmhouse, and the rest in rooms of the adjacent stadium; the rest of the youth players must provide for their own accommodation.[3][15] The academy is one of the most expensive in Europe, operating at a cost of £5 million a year. The main cost is the dormitory, La Masia itself.[15] The minimum age for the youth program is six years; each year, more than 1,000 boys from the ages of six to eight try out for admittance. The best 200 are selected.[16] The club also actively seeks for prospective students; it employs a system in which 15 scouts are deployed in Catalonia, 15 in the rest of Spain and 10 scattered throughout the world. To alleviate the expenses of this scouting, the club has an agreement with 15 local clubs for them to train players who are not ready for entry into the youth academy. In return, FC Barcelona gives money, coaching and technical advice to these clubs for their services.[17] While expanding its operations abroad, the club established five schools in Mexico and one in Egypt; successful applicants to these schools become full-time students, receiving academic education and football training.[18]

 

[Chancy Termites]

The more I read this thread, the more exciting it gets. It's truly fantastic to get an ongoing picture show of progress in this way. It is my favourite thread on the entire internet by some distance.

 

[Manchester1894]

With the stadium so close to the road surely there'll be balls flying over the stand during a night match??

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From the render at 1:05 onwards it looks as though no fences / big gap in stand.

 

[jrb]

With the stadium so close to the road surely there'll be balls flying over the stand during a night match??

[bigimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWdPR2bIcAAv9yj.jpg:large[/bigimg]

From the render at 1:05 onwards it looks as though no fences / big gap in stand.

It's Ok because Pep will have us playing tippy-tappy football in the future. 6 second rule.

 

[gouldybob]

this whole project is just breath taking!!

does anyone have any pictures of how the site looked before the COM stadium was built? and how its transformed over the last decade? its an amazing project!!

im hoping to bring my 7yr old son up to do the stadium tour sometime next year and he cant wait!

Google "Bradford Ironworks" and "Johnson and Nephew" that'll show you how far East Manchester has come. Used to go up there when my Dad worked up at Crossleys and it was all heavy engineering . . . amazing what a few decades can do.

 

[Falastur]

With the stadium so close to the road surely there'll be balls flying over the stand during a night match??.

I'm guessing they'll put nets up.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Fantastic giddy stuff of things we'd never dare dream about on this and the stadium thread.

We really will be the dog's bollox.

Must be my age but the pics of Maine Road made me think I'd pay good money to go back there for a couple of hours in all its splender.

Anyway roll on the revolution.

 

[BrianW]

If 30 years ago someone had said 'One day City will have two stadiums and a training complex in Beswick, and a tramway will run from there into town', people would either have laughed their cocks off or wanted to have him certified.

The more you look back, the more amazing it all is.

 

[Centurions]

this whole project is just breath taking!!

does anyone have any pictures of how the site looked before the COM stadium was built? and how its transformed over the last decade? its an amazing project!!

im hoping to bring my 7yr old son up to do the stadium tour sometime next year and he cant wait!

There's some interesting aerial pictures here from the 1920s http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw009636 with a1930s map of the area here http://www.eastlandsblue.co.uk/eastlands map.htm which will give you an idea of what you're looking at.
The Bradford Iron Works is buried underneath the main stadium now.