North Stand Construction Discussion

[Gray]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but the lack of organisation around the crowd flow in the area directly by the construction site, and opposite the tram exit is an accident waiting to happen.

Before the game there was a line of ineffective stewards milling around, but people from both directions rushing to get past. Common sense would have been for the stewards to direct the crowds to different sides of the pathway depending on which direction they were going. Instead of letting them meet head on and cause a crush, as was happening.

Even worse that afternoon the game the same stretch had no presence from any stewards, it was dark, the path was full of puddles people were walking round to avoid and with no directions for the crowds it ended up one big sea of people.

These issues have been there all season, but last night was the worst I've seen it. Hopefully no one got hurt.

Spot on the crowd flow is not organised at all. The state of the area around the stadium is a disgrace huge puddles everywhere, it is worse when it is so dark.

 

[Gray]

Can you imagine how much that pitch sized banner cost.

Only decent part of the evening, all went rapidly downhill afterwards.

 

[Gordyola]

Can you imagine how much that pitch sized banner cost.

Would love to know how these huge banner are made most only ever used once as well

 

[Citizen Green]

Noted the Etihad Stadium & City crest weren’t lit up last night on the SS, needs sorting.

 

[Kink Lad Cee]

A few of my pictures from the same spot showing the massive progress so far
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November 2024

 

[Time will pass me by]

Looking at the plans, drone videos and photos one thing I can’t picture from what’s already assembled is how the hotel connects to the back of the stand towers.

 

[wolfie1988]

Looking at the plans, drone videos and photos one thing I can’t picture from what’s already assembled is how the hotel connects to the back of the stand towers.

I'm assuming that this will be a bridge of some that will be supported by the towers and hotel structure. There are no further supports to be added between the two as it will remain a through walkway.

 

[Coatigan]

Looking at the plans, drone videos and photos one thing I can’t picture from what’s already assembled is how the hotel connects to the back of the stand towers.

I have highlighted this before to someone else, let's see if I can find it again.

They have only got to that level in the last week btw, and the connection is yet to be built.

 

[HelloCity]

Looking at the plans, drone videos and photos one thing I can’t picture from what’s already assembled is how the hotel connects to the back of the stand towers.

The buildings will be connected part way up to the towers so that there is a tunnel for people to pass through City Square without needing to walk all the way around.





May be wrong but could see steel works starting at the towers and built across to the structure of the buildings. The exterior will match the design of the buildings so it all blends together.

 

[Coatigan]

Looking at the plans, drone videos and photos one thing I can’t picture from what’s already assembled is how the hotel connects to the back of the stand towers.

See below for the hotel bedroom floor with rooms onto the pitch. As Hellocity points out in his post above, the linking element has not yet started between the tower and the back of the concrete floor plates built so far.

The floor highlighted in orange here is actually part of the hotel, and links to the rest of the top floor of the hotel. That's the rooms in the stand that look onto the pitch.

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Here it is highlighted again over HC's section, onto the stand (ignore the blue).

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The rooms out face like so.

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