North Stand Construction Discussion

Scottish Cityzen said:
Good point but I suppose you could also factor in that some people will likely stay more than one night for their visit to the city. Also in the case of matches, and I suppose concerts too, there might be a two day effect as well (some staying over the night before the game, whilst others might stay the night after the game). All adds up and gets you closer to being busy over the 200 day mark.
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The hotel is a no brainer, ignore him...
 
Marvin. said:
I am aware of that. The Raddison Edwardian is a 5 star hotel in the Free Trade Hall. It's post-Covid profits were £737k. So if City have some arrangement with Raddison to operate the hotel, I don't think it will be as lucrative a some people think.
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Just enjoy the ride & let City worry about costs.
 
Marvin. said:
I am aware of that. The Raddison Edwardian is a 5 star hotel in the Free Trade Hall. It's post-Covid profits were £737k. So if City have some arrangement with Raddison to operate the hotel, I don't think it will be as lucrative a some people think.
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Ach I'm not worried. We'll just cook the books and make it look like it is.
 
HelloCity said:
62k is the ideal size for us to grow with for the foreseeable future.

It'll be a long time before any further major expansion is considered and they'll probably look at doing relatively minor alterations before that - such as bringing the additional front 3 rows back or adding retractable seats over the service tunnel.
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I don’t think they will ever put retractable seats in over the service tunnel as it will need to stay open for ambulances/emergencies.
 
pride in battle said:
The hotel is a no brainer, ignore him...
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It is a no-brainer for the fans, I completely agree. I am very glad it's getting built because it will improve our match-day and the facilities at the club. I don't think the hotel will be hugely profitable to City, but it should be safe if we are contracting an operator to run it for us, although the commercial arrangements will presumably be undisclosed. At £300m it will take decades for Sheikh Mansour to recover the outlay but of course the capital value of the club will go up. After a day's distraction on the business of hotels, let's just consider this as a construction project. Back on-topic.
 
Marvin. said:
It is a no-brainer for the fans, I completely agree. I am very glad it's getting built because it will improve our match-day and the facilities at the club. I don't think the hotel will be hugely profitable to City, but it should be safe if we are contracting an operator to run it for us, although the commercial arrangements will presumably be undisclosed. At £300m it will take decades for Sheikh Mansour to recover the outlay but of course the capital value of the club will go up. After a day's distraction on the business of hotels, let's just consider this as a construction project. Back on-topic.
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You know the £300m isn’t the cost of the hotel, and the hotel alone does not pay off the 300m investment.
 
Marvin. said:
It is a no-brainer for the fans, I completely agree. I am very glad it's getting built because it will improve our match-day and the facilities at the club. I don't think the hotel will be hugely profitable to City, but it should be safe if we are contracting an operator to run it for us, although the commercial arrangements will presumably be undisclosed. At £300m it will take decades for Sheikh Mansour to recover the outlay but of course the capital value of the club will go up. After a day's distraction on the business of hotels, let's just consider this as a construction project. Back on-topic.
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I Give up...
 
Gordyola said:
Here is the South Stand simulation construction video briefly towards the end you can see the old roof being removed from pitch side

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No makeshift pallets in the corners on that causing in to rain in all season. The corners were removed at the start of the 14/15 season, then pallets put in after a few games.
 
Coatigan said:
And the different width, height of the screens, podium height, amount of overhang, and cladding above and below the roof junction. Plus one has an additional leg.
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So the 2 screens at the ends of the “claw” are different sizes ??
 
Penders1957 said:
Sorry but when /where was our capacity 40 k ??
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That wasn't the point, it was that many used to suggest we wouldn't need more than that! Was often said the new ground would be too big when we were at Maine Road. Then we had we don't neeed the South Stand extensions voices! True there ulitmately be a threshold that we won't go beyond but with each expansion the match date gates have risen to be at over 97% of capcacity.
 
Penders1957 said:
So the 2 screens at the ends of the “claw” are different sizes ??
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Yes, and the rest of the above.

The screen sizes being different, don't think will matter much really. The different podium heights and two sides of the City Square being different will be much more noticeable (note I am not saying noticable, rather than 'bad').
 
Bluubooii said:
That wasn't the point, it was that many used to suggest we wouldn't need more than that! Was often said the new ground would be too big when we were at Maine Road. Then we had we don't neeed the South Stand extensions voices! True there ulitmately be a threshold that we won't go beyond but with each expansion the match date gates have risen to be at over 97% of capcacity.
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Build it and they will come.
 
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