Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[fbloke]

City have taken 80 acres of seriously contaminated, inner city brownfield land and are creating an academy/training facility second to none and better than most.

But as GXCity has said the wider project will amaze and bewilder many.

 

[Jnr Kisby]

Laughing about the commute issue, do you think barca struggle to sign players because their training ground is next to the stadium?!

 

[GXCity]

Laughing about the commute issue, do you think barca struggle to sign players because their training ground is next to the stadium?!

And when a player is shown around the Academy do you think he is thinking about his daily commute for his two hour training session?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Laughing about the commute issue, do you think barca struggle to sign players because their training ground is next to the stadium?!

And when a player is shown around the Academy do you think he is thinking about his daily commute for his two hour training session?

And if that is so important to him, should we be signing him in the first place ?

 

[GXCity]

Laughing about the commute issue, do you think barca struggle to sign players because their training ground is next to the stadium?!

And when a player is shown around the Academy do you think he is thinking about his daily commute for his two hour training session?

And if that is so important to him, should we be signing him in the first place ?

At the end of the day it's not an issue.

People amaze me that they can be critical at all to be honest. What do they want? Scrap Carrington and The Academy and return to Platt Lane?

 

[willipp]

I cant believe anyone has anything negative to say about the development. To me the underlying most important thing is giving us the potential to produce some of the best young players in the world. The fans are no happier when were winning on the pitch and the academy will hopefully go a long way to that. This is setting us up for decades to come and for me is what is going to set us apart from the rest.

On a side note, does anyone know when plans for the collar site will start to be released? Every time GX posts it makes me crave seeing something even more.

 

[fbloke]

I cant believe anyone has anything negative to say about the development. To me the underlying most important thing is giving us the potential to produce some of the best young players in the world. The fans are no happier when were winning on the pitch and the academy will hopefully go a long way to that. This is setting us up for decades to come and for me is what is going to set us apart from the rest.

On a side note, does anyone know when plans for the collar site will start to be released? Every time GX posts it makes me crave seeing something even more.

Apologies to GXCity and any others who may know differently but the exact make-up of the collar site isnt yet confirmed as far as I can tell.

Last I was told (and it was admittedly a while back) they still didnt have the 'key tenant' in place.

I like you am really looking forward to the detail as it is released.

 

[fbloke]

Its always worthwhile re-reading the original announcement of the JDB of City, MCC and NEM

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/club-news/2010/march/council-and-city-partnership-story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/club-news/20 ... ship-story</a>

That seems like a heck of long time ago but its only 3 1/2 years.

 

[ped]

its just not good enough, I want herds of wilderbeast roaming past each morning

 

[fbloke]

For those who are new to the thread, or indeed anyone who needs a refresh here is a link to the overarching agreement(s) between MCFC, MCC and NEM

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...=ADKdCUQMRY1gymSJsVNIuw&bvm=bv.52164340,d.ZG4

In there you will find a few interesting details about things that have happened as well as those that haven't yet happened.

Interesting is the detail about the need for City to utilise 25% of the collar site within 15 years - that will be easily achievable as City already have the @Home offices etc planned for the far end which could well match that need?