North Stand Construction Discussion

[Centurions]

Yes my take is the steps / terraces were there beneath the running track before and we dug the pitch down after the games to get it level and then put the seats on whereas the north stand was a complete job
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If I'm understanding you correctly are you saying that the bottom tier for the E, W & S stands were built and then buried under soil with the athletics track built on top? I'm pretty certain that is not what happened.

 

[Gordyola]

One thing I've sometimes wondered is whether the first tier where the running track is was dug out as part of the original works and the running track put over it or whether the whole first tier, concourse etc was done afterwards, that would be a very big job. Anyone know what happened?

South East & West stands lower tier was constructed post the games along with a complete north stand

The Etihad Stadium

The City of Manchester stadium demonstrates the potential to design for flexibility through a staged process of construction, enabling use for distinct sequential events, each requiring a significantly different capacity and configuration. Read more.

www.arup.com

In the second phase, the track was removed, the ground lowered by 6m, with 90,000 m3 of earth removed, a lower section installed to provide 24 additional rows of seating and the temporary stand replaced. The bowl, which first covered three-quarters of the stadium in a horseshoe shape, was completed for the football stadium. The primary mast and cable structural system – totally independent of the roof plate structure – was fully constructed in the initial phase.

 

[Gordyola]

If I'm understanding you correctly are you saying the the bottom tier for the E, W & S stands were built and then buried under soil with the athletics track built on top? I'm pretty certain that is not what happened.

Correct the lower tier was built post games

 

[Gordyola]

Yes my take is the steps / terraces were there beneath the running track before and we dug the pitch down after the games to get it level and then put the seats on whereas the north stand was a complete job
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To do this they would have had to remove all the earth and then put it back only to remove it again Wouldnt make sense to do so

The Etihad Stadium

The City of Manchester stadium demonstrates the potential to design for flexibility through a staged process of construction, enabling use for distinct sequential events, each requiring a significantly different capacity and configuration. Read more.

www.arup.com

 

[Norman kneejerk]

To do this they would have had to remove all the earth and then put it back only to remove it again Wouldnt make sense

Thx all a lot of work City did there in a short time

 

[berryblue]

I seem to remember that we issued a debenture as part of a 30m loan to pay for it all.

Probably includes interest. Don't think we had that kind of spare cash.

 

[jrb]

A bit grainy.

From Alamy.

2 pictures of the actual Olympic stadium model. And a cgi.

 

[jrb]

Pictures from Alamy of the stadium under construction. And from the GMP Police Museum website.

Note. No Metrolink line in the last picture. The Metrolink line was supposed to be built in time for the games, but New Labour pulled the funding for it, and it took another 10 years before the Metrolink line reached the stadium and the Etihad Campus.

 

[jrb]

Pictures from Alamy of the Etihad stadium, as it’s know now, under construction.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

More pictures from Alamy of the stadium under construction. And from the GMP Police Museum website.

Note. No Metrolink line in the last picture. The Metrolink linw was supposed to be built in time for the games, but New Labour pulled the funding for it, and it took another 10 years before the Metrolink line reached the stadium and Etihad Campus.

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I got to go on a school trip to see it being built. Didn't appreciate it at the time!