Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site

[Balti]

having that horrible ugly ex rag twat on it aint gonna help

 

[blueyorkie]

Looks like new range for George Foreman, now where did I put my burgers?

 

[DortmundDummy]

I love this topic, it excites me what is happening to our wonderful club.
One thing some blues in my opinion are overlooking is that we NEED an ICONIC stadium to take us to another level, pun intended :)) i.e. not just so we can rake in profits from a greatly extended capacity, but the WOW factor, sad to say i pass the swamp daily and it never fails to piss me off the amount of probably Genuine tourists to Manchester and the northwest i see loaded down with shite from their megastore, Manc isnt blessed with too many attractions but i'll bet the swamp figures high on most tourists lists, akin to many of us who have visited Barca, we need to make City the destination of choice in this regard, the iconic wow factor and greatly increased capacity is also a huge attraction for potential new MASSIVE transfers.... Build it and they will come




does unfortunately

 

[Chancy Termites]

I love this topic, it excites me what is happening to our wonderful club.
One thing some blues in my opinion are overlooking is that we NEED an ICONIC stadium to take us to another level, pun intended :)) i.e. not just so we can rake in profits from a greatly extended capacity, but the WOW factor, sad to say i pass the swamp daily and it never fails to piss me off the amount of probably Genuine tourists to Manchester and the northwest i see loaded down with shite from their megastore, Manc isnt blessed with too many attractions but i'll bet the swamp figures high on most tourists lists, akin to many of us who have visited Barca, we need to make City the destination of choice in this regard, the iconic wow factor and greatly increased capacity is also a huge attraction for potential new MASSIVE transfers.... Build it and they will come




does unfortunately

The plans from the start have alluded to (something like) "a tourist destination of international significance".

Don't know what yet but look at Abu Dhabi and you'll see they are perfectly capable of creating stunning destinations.

 

[DortmundDummy]

Your right with that ChancyT..I went to Abu Dhabi a couple of years ago to watch city v uae and as you say you cant help but be dazzled by the pace of change and sheer magnitude of the stunning architecture, our Sheiks dont mess about when making a statement of intent.... WE ARE BLESSSED :)

 

[grunge]

does anyone have an areal map of where the collar site is? I have googled it but can only find the acadamy pics.

Page 150 of this thread mate (my post).

Map taken from here:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.east-manchester.com/MediaLibrary/Files/Documents%20and%20reports/Eastlands%20Regeneration%20Framework%20-%20Aug.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.east-manchester.com/MediaLib ... %20Aug.pdf</a>

Cool ta dude.

 

[Rana]

With Barca and Real having £300m+ stadium developments to fund it makes you wonder how they are going to manage that without friendly regional banks to help out.

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes%27_list_of_the_most_valuable_football_clubs#2013_rankings" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes%27_ ... 3_rankings</a>

 

[bluecityboy]

With Barca and Real having £300m+ stadium developments to fund it makes you wonder how they are going to manage that without friendly regional banks to help out.

They'll just add it to their unpaid debts.0

 

[mostonbluemark]

Just drove past the Campus and the tubular type cladding is going on at the Alan Turing Way/Ashton New Rd site. Looks pretty good too.

 

[BlueDejong]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-citys-failure-regularly-fill-6674975

David Lynch: We're not really here... no, really

Manchester City cannot ignore the fact that their defeat to Chelsea was played out in front of some empty seats and must be careful over expansion plans as a result.

It might be hard to see the positives from City's 1-0 Premier League defeat to Chelsea, though there is one rather contrived upside.

Had the Blues extended a remarkable run at the Etihad Stadium by underlining their title credentials with a thumping win over Jose Mourinho's men then their detractors would have looked for other weaknesses to probe.

And on Monday evening there was one shortcoming off the pitch which was made patently obvious by the glare of the world's television cameras.

Namely that the stadium was not full.

To be clear, this is no attempt to dredge up the tired "Emptihad" routine, or an opportunity to question whether supporters have in fact turned up dressed as seats.

But this is the elephant in the room that City fans must confront without a nudge from their neighbours if Sheikh Mansour's plans to build the biggest club in the world are to bear fruit.

If the stadium is not full during a high-profile clash against the club's most credible title rivals then questions quite simply have to be asked.

There were swathes of empty seats visible on television, and it's not hard to believe that some out of the gaze of the viewer might also have been.

It makes talk of increasing the capacity to 60,000+ look like utter folly.

What message would a half-vacant stadium send to potential City fans around the world? And how can an atmosphere be fostered if there are gaps between the fans attempting to generate it?

City are one of the few clubs who are making steps to increase attendance through affordable ticket schemes such as offering three Champions League group games for a rather reasonable £99 this season.

Yet their work is not complete if the visit of Chelsea cannot attract a 47,805 capacity crowd.

And ensuring that fans turn out in numbers for games such as the FA Cup replay against Blackburn - where official attendance figures were given as a rather ambitious and convenient 35,000 - is another matter entirely.

Of course, the Blues' attendances have been impressive for much of this season, with a Premier League average of 47,107 putting them fourth in the league behind only Newcastle, Arsenal and United.

The clash with the Londoners brought the attendance figure up to 47,364, which indicates that things are certainly going in the right direction at the very least.

It is also worth noting that United do not always fill their sizeable stadium for low-key cup games (though they won't have to worry about that for the rest of the season).

However, expanding the Etihad must be done in line with bumper attendances so that the atmosphere is not killed in one fell swoop.

If that is done by making tickets available for younger fans then we all win - but following other clubs in using massaged figures will not fool anyone when the gaps are so easily spotted.

Hahaha, What the fuck ?