North Stand Construction Discussion

jrb said:
’Exclusive’ (arf!) in the Daily United.

Jack Gaughan must be reading the thread. ;-)

Jack, the ’club Shop’ is wrong. And the Hotel isn’t taking up that much land. You also forgot the Museum. 7,700 extra seats? Etc.

Cue the Emptyhad Jibes from the Rags, Coach Wreckers and general City cheat haters in the comments section tomorrow.

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www.dailymail.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Man City's £300m splurge to get Etihad on a par with rivals

EXCLUSIVE BY JACK GAUGHAN: The plans are centred on adding 7,700 additional seats to the second tier of the North Stand, which will take the capacity to around 61,000.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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He does mention the museum and a new megastore, the number of new seats is still up in the air anyway because they're only concepts at the moment. I highly doubt that Jack knocked up the graphic by the way.
 
HelloCity said:
I’m guessing that’s why the new City Square holds 3000 and not 61000.
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Mainly for pre match not after match ! Would be OK to shelter from the rain if your cars a 20 minute walk away ! But it will be an excellent Facility and a good up grade on the current City Square !
 
jrb said:
Jack’s done his research, hasn’t he. Lazy tw@t! And to think, he got paid to right that guff.

At least we now know the where club shop is moving. Exclusiv! :-)
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Its bollocks isn't it, club shop is in the wing with offices, museum etc
 
Northerndave said:
Hahahaha, on a par with Rivals?

Apart from Spuds new ground (which is bloody marvellous), can't think of many (or any) football grounds in the UK that rivals ours.

Great sightlines and leg room for the seated areas, organised standing areas, a new South Stand Bar, multiple hospitality options, food and drinks around the ground and City Sq for a pre/post match pint or pie and chips.

Send Jack to the Old Toilet if he wants to see how stadiums used to be like, think I got DVT last time I went for the Rugby League.
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PATHETIC....Predictably PATHETIC !!

SPLURGE ??...A project that has been in the planning for probably 6 years, budget costed to the nth degree, linked to the arena development and designed with fan experience and engagement at the forefront.

Upon completion the complex will be the FINEST IN THE UK, having used local suppliers and materials contributing positively to the local economy and community.

SPLURGE.....Gaughan should educate himself by understanding the meaning of the word per the Oxford Dictionary !!
 
jrb said:
Jack’s done his research, hasn’t he. Lazy tw@t! And to think, he got paid to right that guff.

At least we now know the where club shop is moving. Exclusiv! :-)
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You really come across as a idiot at times journalists don't write the headlines or do the pictures.
A positive story for once and you winge like a fanny.
 
Jacko1956 said:
Would think the majority of fans just want to get home or go back into Manchester after games especially those with kids ! Also can't imagine that it will be cheap to stay in the new City Sq area after games !
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This is probably true, but it's the club's job to make it somewhere people want to stay for an hour.

If you put on good food and drink at affordable prices - cheaper than in town, you can probably convince people who are heading in to stay for a bit while the crowds die down.

Younger kids who go to the games with their parents have friends they'd probably love to meet up with after a match, so make a space where that can happen and the parents can tolerate/enjoy it.

Tourists will go to the museum and stick around for a drink or some food.

If you build it (and make it worth going to) they will come.
 
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Jacko1956 said:
If you gave fans decent leg room at very Old Trafford it would be down to about 60k ! Just anothet attempt to put us down !
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I'd like to see a comparison of the square footage of the stands between the Etihad and the cuntfarm - I don't think the difference would be massive even before the planned extension. The last time I was in enemy territory AND capable of sitting down in my allocated seat was the nil - five reverse in 94/95.
 
Jacko1956 said:
Cheap journalism as usual, got half a story and made the rest up to suit his agenda, 8000 extra seats that make it bigger then Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham and Liverpool but that doesn't suit his remit. If you gave fans decent leg room at very Old Trafford it would be down to about 60k ! Just anothet attempt to put us down !
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They could rename the old Trafford stadium the Ryanair arena
Although it’s out of the question given owner is blue
 
Like many, I suppose, I've just received an e-mail from the club asking me for feedback. The only issue I'd really like to talk about is this one, frankly, but haven't had a close look at the questionnaire to see whether there's provision for it. If it's just a box-ticking exercise, I'll pass.
I don't care about the price of pies, or the time it takes to get served a pint at half-time. I do care about the trams, and how bloody long it takes to get home, whether going in the Ashton direction or into town — but I strongly suspect that it's not part of the club's remit, and that they don't have much control over it. I don't have a strong feeling of outrage about the price of season tickets, to be honest. Yeah, it's stupid that they keep putting the price up in small increments, but we're still among the cheapest season tickets for the PL in the country.
But if the north stand expansion goes ahead, and they get it right, and get a big singing section there, it could transform the atmosphere in the stadium. I really believe that. Anybody else filled out the questionnaire to that effect?
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Like many, I suppose, I've just received an e-mail from the club asking me for feedback. The only issue I'd really like to talk about is this one, frankly, but haven't had a close look at the questionnaire to see whether there's provision for it. If it's just a box-ticking exercise, I'll pass.
I don't care about the price of pies, or the time it takes to get served a pint at half-time. I do care about the trams, and how bloody long it takes to get home, whether going in the Ashton direction or into town — but I strongly suspect that it's not part of the club's remit, and that they don't have much control over it. I don't have a strong feeling of outrage about the price of season tickets, to be honest. Yeah, it's stupid that they keep putting the price up in small increments, but we're still among the cheapest season tickets for the PL in the country.
But if the north stand expansion goes ahead, and they get it right, and get a big singing section there, it could transform the atmosphere in the stadium. I really believe that. Anybody else filled out the questionnaire to that effect?
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Yep, I've made the same comment, and indeed similar comments on previous questionnaires, but share your cynicism over the ultimate outcome.
I used to live in Whaley Bridge, but moved to Hazel Grove a few years ago, and the bottleneck of post match traffic has visibly worsened since the previous stadium capacity increase.

Consequently, we tend to travel into town by train, but for a midweek 8pm, this means getting home for almost midnight which is utterly ridiculous.

Ideally, the club would provide some post match double decker buses pointing south, but it needs to be incentivized in such a way that fans can visualize the obvious benefits, such as costing less money and getting home quicker

It won't happen for the reasons that you stated.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Like many, I suppose, I've just received an e-mail from the club asking me for feedback. The only issue I'd really like to talk about is this one, frankly, but haven't had a close look at the questionnaire to see whether there's provision for it. If it's just a box-ticking exercise, I'll pass.
I don't care about the price of pies, or the time it takes to get served a pint at half-time. I do care about the trams, and how bloody long it takes to get home, whether going in the Ashton direction or into town — but I strongly suspect that it's not part of the club's remit, and that they don't have much control over it. I don't have a strong feeling of outrage about the price of season tickets, to be honest. Yeah, it's stupid that they keep putting the price up in small increments, but we're still among the cheapest season tickets for the PL in the country.
But if the north stand expansion goes ahead, and they get it right, and get a big singing section there, it could transform the atmosphere in the stadium. I really believe that. Anybody else filled out the questionnaire to that effect?
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YEs, me, back when the consultation started.
 
bluekeith said:
You really come across as a idiot at times journalists don't write the headlines or do the pictures.
A positive story for once and you winge like a fanny.
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There's no need for that!

Winge like a fanny. :-) Not heard that saying for years.

You're right, it is a positive story about City in the Daily Mail for once, instead of the usual lies and rubbish they constantly write or rehash from other newspapers about the Club.(and the players)

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Nevertheless, parts of the article are in-correct and misleading, regardless of who wrote the headline, created the graphics, and the article itself.

Unless Jack knows something the rest of us don't, the club shop isn't going where the National Squash Centre and offices are, the Hotel isn't going that far back on the Collar site, if at all on the Collar site, and nobody knows exactly, as far as I know, what the new capacity of the Etihad will be, or what the new capacity of North stand and level 2 Will be.

As Jack is a paid journalist he should have checked all the information about the North stand expansion before writing the article. There are numerous sources he could and should have used. This thread, the Etihad Campus thread, the North stand consultation information, and the club itself. If you ring the club there is a direct line to speak to the people dealing with the North stand expansion consultation. (option 1, option 5)

These 2 images have been available for weeks, neither have been used in Jack’s article.

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Let’s put Jack’s article down to lazy journalisam and an off day. I’ll leave it at that.

PS. There are currently 541 comments under the article. I haven’t read any of the comments because I (we all) know what the majority of the comments will be about, bar the comments from City fans.
 
jrb said:
There's no need for that!

Winge like a fanny. :-) Not heard that saying for years.

You're right, it is a positive story about City in the Daily Mail for once, instead of the usual lies and rubbish they constantly write or rehash from other newspapers about the Club.(and the players)

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Nevertheless, parts of the article are in-correct and misleading, regardless of who wrote the headline, created the graphics, and the article itself.

Unless Jack knows something the rest of us don't, the club shop isn't going where the National Squash Centre and offices are, the Hotel isn't going that far back on the Collar site, if at all on the Collar site, and nobody knows exactly, as far as I know, what the new capacity of the Etihad will be, or what the new capacity of North stand and level 2 Will be.

As Jack is a paid journalist he should have checked all the information about the North stand expansion before writing the article. There are numerous sources he could and should have used. This thread, the Etihad Campus thread, the North stand consultation information, and the club itself. If you ring the club there is a direct line to speak to the people dealing with the North stand expansion consultation. (option 1, option 5)

These 2 images have been available for weeks, neither have been used in Jack’s article.

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Let’s put Jack’s article down to lazy journalisam and an off day. I’ll leave it at that.

PS. There are currently 541 comments under the article. I haven’t read any of the comments because I (we all) know what the majority of the comments will be about, bar the comments from City fans.
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The 7700 is the number City have briefed.
 
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