I never said it’s ‘ordinary’ pricing. It’s premium seating, the club refer to it as GA plus (General Admission). The fans in Joes aren’t ‘corporate’ types is my point. They’re fans like you and me. I have no choice really due to my illness, I’d rather be back in 212 where I was for years, but not really suitable now as I’m in a wheelchair and need to have somewhere to park. Joes provides me with the safety, security and parking.
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The proposal has gone down well on SSC-MCR. ;-) As an ex-poster I can safely say most of them have a good take on architecture and property development as a rule.
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I think the general idea was to try to get people to move over and start fresh as I know the sound doesn't really travel from SS lower. I must admit my mentality has been more and more well at least south stand is good and essentially given up on atmosphere elsewhere.
Personally I believe the club should have just paid the extra money and made it into one singular stand if they really wanted it to work for atmosphere. Given they didn't I always thought they just wouldn't be able to help themselves and put some corporate in. There are club staff who want to do their upmost for atmosphere but I am afraid they are outranked by the chief wigs who are all about money.
Any move into this split regardless of exactly how it ends up with the plans is going to result in a split of the core group of singers from South stand if some do move over and I believe it will be a case of the grass ain't always greener.
Skyscrapercity Manchester is one of my favourite forums. Not that many people post but I know it's full of rubber-neckers with an interest in architecture and property development. You don't need to read the MEN and Place North West when you can get your project updates on this forum.The proposal has gone down well on SSC-MCR. ;-) As an ex-poster I can safely say most of them have a good take on architecture and property development as a rule.
Although they are right, they need to sort out the glazing on these blocks. What were they thinking? It looks like a 1960s office block.
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Well said there are a lot of people on here that say they know Danny Wilson etc, use your influence their loads of city youtube channels get on that then Sky Sports etc pick up, Manchester Evening News. As I said early create an objection on the planning portal all you need to do is create a account, put there is a time limit on putting in objections
Correct, but I doubt that will happen.
There certainly are issues with parts of the proposal externally. And I do expect objections to parts of the proposal to be submitted.
As the proposal doesn’t impact on the wider area and local community because it’s confined to the Etihad Campus, approval by MCC should be straight forward.
Obviously this shouldn’t effect any planning decision, but ADUG/City have a very good relationship with MCC. Manchester Life being a prime example, as well as the Coop-Live Arena, the CFA, etc.
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Them prawn sandwich eaters at the front wont be coming out if its raining. It will look terrible on TV. The Emptyhad myth will continue. Empty seats at home!3 hospitality areas in the new North stand. Wow!
Already been posted, but enlarged.
New North stand total, 10,742.
VIP Skybar, 456.(purple)
Hospitality suites, 120.(brown under purple)
GA - General Admission?
GA+ (Hospitality LO1), 648.(yellow)
GA, 9,518.
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It often seems to me that people in the existing singing areas aren’t aware of the limitations of their current location. Because they are too near the front without the acoustics of a roof you can’t hear them very clearly from many areas.
The worst area for singers in the whole stadium is the lower tier. That’s why every cup game we get outsung at home but then you come on here and the south stand seem oblivious.
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1894 aren’t strong enough or influential enough to do this alone. This needs an entire new group of fans including some who are media savvy.. It can be done but it needs to be some sort of “City Atmosphere Group” which pulls together representatives from all the different areas of our support.
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I like the homage to Maine Road from the outside on the CGI images, a mismatch of architecture that completely ruins how it previously looked.
There has been better visuals at a music festival that the one that will greet you everytime you walk up Joe Mercer Way.
There has been better visuals at a music festival that the one that will greet you everytime you walk up Joe Mercer Way.
I have made the point of the appearance of the new Arena, for me it's a bland, disappointing box yet you defended that.The proposal has gone down well on SSC-MCR. ;-) As an ex-poster I can safely say most of them have a good take on architecture and property development as a rule.
This North stand extension could have looked better without a doubt but what would the cost be ?
At the end of the day this is a business that has to make profit for the stakeholders.
I agree mixing corporate with a so called singing section is crazy but again this is a huge investment that has to get a return and sadly that has to include corporate.
Hopefully the club will make the price of the singing section affordable to the normal fan but again that lower cost will have to be subsidised by corporate.
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