North Stand Construction Discussion

[jrb]

Is there any prices to change seats to the new stand yet

No price information yet.

 

[Elbow beards]

Anyone know the time frames for it to be finished? Are they gonna open the stand before finishing the hotel?

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

No price information yet.

Cheers and good job on the pictures well done

 

[Gordyola]

Anyone know the time frames for it to be finished? Are they gonna open the stand before finishing the hotel?

Stand in approx a year from now
Hotel and commercial building later in 2026

 

[Coatigan]

The Brig o’ doom?

Very good.

 

[Dodge]

Centre and right side of the construction site.

Glazing has been, and is being installed on the ground floor of the hotel/fan zone.

Some very moody dystopian images there @jrb

Half expected you to pan round to Charlton Heston - "You maniacs, you blew it up, God damn you, God damn you all to hell"

Enter stage left - Khaldoon "I did not start this war...but I will finish it"

 

[jrb]

Some very moody dystopian images there @jrb

Half expected you to pan round to Charlton Heston - "You maniacs, you blew it up, God damn you, God damn you all to hell"

Enter stage left - Khaldoon "I did not start this war...but I will finish it"

And away fans used to be worried about walking down the entries around Maine Road.

Just wait until they have to walk between the North stand and the fan zone.(with loads of tourists and hotel guests with mobile cameras waiting for them)

 

[FanchesterCity]

The extension could be a real opportunity for City to set an example of using wealth to benefit fans in a very tangible way by reducing ticket prices.

It's a marvellous feat of engineering to modify a stadium without closing it, particularly on the scale of the south and now north stands. It would just be the icing on the cake for it to be an example of expansion to accommodate more fans at reduced prices than to be 'maximising our revenue', or more importantly increasing our profits.

We have led the way for the past decade in terms of transforming a football club on and off the pitch. Can't we lead the way on pricing too?

(I know there's a related thread on affordability, just think the expansion is a great opportunity to tie in with price improvements)

 

[Coatigan]

The extension could be a real opportunity for City to set an example of using wealth to benefit fans in a very tangible way by reducing ticket prices.

It's a marvellous feat of engineering to modify a stadium without closing it, particularly on the scale of the south and now north stands. It would just be the icing on the cake for it to be an example of expansion to accommodate more fans at reduced prices than to be 'maximising our revenue', or more importantly increasing our profits.

We have led the way for the past decade in terms of transforming a football club on and off the pitch. Can't we lead the way on pricing too?

(I know there's a related thread on affordability, just think the expansion is a great opportunity to tie in with price improvements)

Yeah that won't happen mate.

As admirable as the suggestion is.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The laws of supply and demand suggest the extra regular seats in the expanded North Stand will be good for ticket price restraint.

My mate who as a steel erector helped to build the bigger stands at St James’ Park reckons the construction work will continue throughout the “holiday” period, given the tight timescales. Credit to everyone working on the expanded stand and the posters updating us on progress.

Just my theory, and I have no inside knowledge or expertise, but I would have thought it’s more likely that the hotel would be finished before the Summer 2026 timescale than the stand open early. That’s just an uninformed opinion looking at progress on construction knowing the hotel will rake in a fortune from gigs at COOP Live.

I think it’s exciting and I will salute our Club for undertaking this amazing work in the face of a world wind of media negativity.