North Stand Construction Discussion

With ticket sales as in demand as they are at the minute, I wonder what the future plans are for the Etihad are within the next 10/15 years? It seems like our fanbase is going through a rapid rise due to recent success. A few more years of successful seasons and 61000 won’t be enough. Extending the side stands would be a monumental project, fuck knows how they’d do it, perhaps it wouldn’t make much financial sense, but we need to remember who our owner is and how himself and Khaldoon have been disrespected over the years. I think 10000 could be added to each side stand, taking it to 80000, perhaps a bit less.
 
Manchester_lalala said:
With ticket sales as in demand as they are at the minute, I wonder what the future plans are for the Etihad are within the next 10/15 years? It seems like our fanbase is going through a rapid rise due to recent success. A few more years of successful seasons and 61000 won’t be enough. Extending the side stands would be a monumental project, fuck knows how they’d do it, perhaps it wouldn’t make much financial sense, but we need to remember who our owner is and how himself and Khaldoon have been disrespected over the years. I think 10000 could be added to each side stand, taking it to 80000, perhaps a bit less.
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I was thinking before how a 10 year old who saw Aguero score vs QPR in 2012 will now be 22.

The kids of today will know nothing but City success and when they’re older many will want to attend games.

There are going to be thousands more people wanting to attend games over the next decade. We’ve barely even scratched the surface with the current batches coming through.
 
HelloCity said:
I was thinking before how a 10 year old who saw Aguero score vs QPR in 2012 will now be 22.

The kids of today will know nothing but City success and when they’re older many will want to attend games.

There are going to be thousands more people wanting to attend games over the next decade. We’ve barely even scratched the surface with the current batches coming through.
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United went through the same in the 90’s. They kept having to extend Old Trafford to keep up with demands. They could sell out more than 74000 now, the demand there for them just like it is for City. Mad really, it was only 10 years we used to worry about selling out the south stand extension, there was plenty of empty seats around the Etihad for a few years after it was built. Once you acquire Pep and leave him to work his magic for a few years you attract the next generation. Khaldoons and Mansours masterplan has worked, but I can’t see them stopping. Imagine an 80000 Etihad!
 
Manchester_lalala said:
United went through the same in the 90’s. They kept having to extend Old Trafford to keep up with demands. They could sell out more than 74000 now, the demand there for them just like it is for City. Mad really, it was only 10 years we used to worry about selling out the south stand extension, there was plenty of empty seats around the Etihad for a few years after it was built. Once you acquire Pep and leave him to work his magic for a few years you attract the next generation. Khaldoons and Mansours masterplan has worked, but I can’t see them stopping. Imagine an 80000 Etihad!
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League games after the expansion were mostly sold out but we definitely struggled to sell out cup games.

Some thought that just because we were successful that suddenly there would be 70k queuing to get in but it doesn’t work like that. It takes years of success to get the truly big numbers coming through and we’re reaching a boiling point with the next generation of blues coming of age.
 
warpig said:
I was thinking that. it maybe because it’s filmed after 5pm when everyone has gone home. saying that, even in ‘peak’ times there are never anymore then 10-20 people working at anyone time.
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Have you not heard the news... we've been relegated to the Northern premier.
 
Will the back row of the completed NS L2 be at the same height as the back row of the existing SS L3?

I'd imagine it would, so apologies in advance for the low tech (dumb) nature of the question.

My evening walk invariably takes me past the Etihad and the back rows of the NS look so far away from the pitch.
 
GortonBlue62 said:
Will the back row of the completed NS L2 be at the same height as the back row of the existing SS L3?

I'd imagine it would, so apologies in advance for the low tech (dumb) nature of the question.

My evening walk invariably takes me past the Etihad and the back rows of the NS look so far away from the pitch.
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Comparison of both designs.
 
How would they have gone about removing the redundant steel masts? If they tried to lift them out due to them being angled the bottom part would have just swung down and collided with the structure, I suppose the only way was to cut them down into manageable pieces?
 
Gazza said:
How would they have gone about removing the redundant steel masts? If they tried to lift them out due to them being angled the bottom part would have just swung down and collided with the structure, I suppose the only way was to cut them down into manageable pieces?
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They have been cutting them down. You can see the marked cut lines on it in the latest video, as well as tension to stop it moving while being cut, monitoring sensors for movement, and holes/hook plates for lifitng the pieces out with the crane. Would be great to see it in action but seems a bit of a lottery timing it.

Edit, just seen jrb's post, looks like it is all done now.
 
HelloCity said:
RIP the original supports.

You were there in the beginning,
You held us up during bad times,
and you lived to offer your support during the years of Guardiola.

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Yea it is a fairly significant milestone change to the fundamental original design of it.

Now that this is done though, the next while will probably feel fairly 'mundane'. There will be steady progress but in comparison to building up to this transfer, pretty uneventful.

The next significant things to happen will be the lifting of the overhang VIP area all in one go, and maybe the conclusion of the mock-up.
 
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