North Stand Construction Discussion

[HelloCity]

Surely the club are missing a further revenue trick but adding some sort of semi open top hospitality or bar/lawn area on top of these three claws. Looks like space which could be used/done up.

Pictures do show that.

 

[MrCheeseGrater]

This will be the best stand in the country when it is completed.


(As long as they move that hospitality area from the front)

 

[jrb]

But most on here wanted them families /Focs gone anyway and replaced by vocal fans . They was always being shafted

If there was an issue involving empty seats being constantly visible in the North stand, it wasn’t on L2.

Nobody wanted anybody removed. It was just that the Family stand didn’t work from the empty seats perspective, especially during midweek night games.

We don’t know what the plans are for the family stand and NSL1 going forward.

 

[jrb]

Surely the club are missing a further revenue trick but adding some sort of semi open top hospitality or bar/lawn area on top of these three claws. Looks like space which could be used/done up.

Good shout. They definitely could be used for something rather than just being a flat roof. But it would need access.

St Michael’s office proposal including a roof top bar and space. Currently under construction.

 

[Danny Hoekman]

But most on here wanted them families /Focs gone anyway and replaced by vocal fans . They was always being shafted

This. We have sat on the front row of NS2 forever and will now be kicked out and dispersed in to the ether.

 

[cptaidan88]

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Don't want to be overly negative, but that looks awful. Like a 1970s office building.

 

[Manchester33]

View of hotel and the big screen on the of one of the lobster claws
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And I just noticed this zooming in!

You'll need a head for heights up there, it seems to be a really high walkway over and above the (high) rooftop walkway strung between the new tower pylons supporting the cablenet
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I can't be the only one who thinks the hotel looks absolutely hideous.
It will look utterly dated and doesn't match the design of the stadium at all.

 

[hammersmithlad]

I can't be the only one who thinks the hotel looks absolutely hideous.
It will look utterly dated and doesn't match the design of the stadium at all.

haha...don't worry you're not the only one.

Just come back from the Middle East for a work trip & my god some of the hotel architecture & designs over there put the top notch European hotels to shame. Breath taking stuff even if you're not staying in them, they look mighty impressive.

Mentioned it earlier in the thread surprised the club didn't allow a budding architect to splash out a bit on some alternative designs. Especially, lets be honest where this new development is all about generating extra revenue & new fans.

 

[lee one pen]

What the Abu Dhabi group have done for this area of Manchester was absolutely unthinkable 15yrs ago.

 

[LevyBee76]

Nice little section about how the design has though about acoustics