North Stand Construction Discussion

[Penders1957]

Looks great, but it’s in Manchester. Give me a date when you won’t have rain bouncing off it?

Is that not the whole purpose ?? ;-)

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

The rain bounces off the glass roof, so it doesn’t soak the fans, not rocket science

 

[Coatigan]

The rain bounces off the glass roof, so it doesn’t soak the fans, not rocket science

It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.

 

[pride in battle]

Can you two take this to PM's, you are derailing the thread.

No ;)

 

[ssskies]

Was in Manchester today so of course I had to go over and see what what it's looking like. Here's the video

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.

Well there is no way I will be staying in the hotel, so my dear, I don’t give a damn.

 

[jimharri]

Is should have a capital letter and there should be no space between do & the question mark.

Happy to throw some fuel on the fire ;)

I like your style. You can stay!

 

[jimharri]

Well there is no way I will be staying in the hotel, so my dear, I don’t give a damn.

Same. I'm guessing that it won't be cheap to stay in it. But I presume the club did their homework regarding the demand for a hotel on the site and the likely percentage of the take up of the rooms.

 

[Penders1957]

It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.

In the recent cgi’s the supporting trusses are a lot finer than those over Victoria Stn in jrb’s post , how the hell do they clean / maintain it ? Or will the final structure be more like the Victoria one ??

 

[jrb]

In the recent cgi’s the supporting trusses are a lot finer than those over Victoria Stn in jrb’s post , how the hell do they clean / maintain it ? Or will the final structure be more like the Victoria one ??

Just a guess. City might use Vector-Folitec to do the fan zone roof?

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[Leeky]

Looks great, but it’s in Manchester. Give me a date when you won’t have rain bouncing off it?

Maybe a reason we’re having a roof

 

[Penders1957]

Maybe a reason we’re having a roof

Pretty apt with your “nom de plume” Leeky :-)

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..

 

[Gordyola]

It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.

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[jrb]

 

[chesterbells]

With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..

And just imagine how much revenue it would bring in too ;-)

 

[Gordyola]

With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..

Dad was in that crowd he said there thousand more who climb the wall and weren’t counted must have been 100k according to him said you couldn’t move just had to go with the sway of the mass

 

[ccoverview]

Didnt realise SSSkies had been today as well , so probably similar footage, but did get a real close up look

 

[Gone for a Burton]

With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..

The drafts and CGIs exist, with a target capacity of 85000 ++

Plans also exist for a completely new Stadium.

 

[Coatigan]

In the recent cgi’s the supporting trusses are a lot finer than those over Victoria Stn in jrb’s post , how the hell do they clean / maintain it ? Or will the final structure be more like the Victoria one ?

I would expect the actual structure to be chunkier than the CGIs suggest. And the roof muckier.