Old Maine Road photos thread

Gareth Barry Conlon said:
City should buy that and rebuild it brick by brick outside the Etihad. And then do the same with the Clarence next to it. Assuming the Clarence is still standing.
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Decent shout that. I think a big boozer at the stadium would go down a storm. Fill it with City memorabilia and it would still pull in the tourists even if we weren't playing. And with the Coop Arena going from strength to strength along with the new hotel, could see it being a winner. Are you watching Joseph Holts?
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Not sure if this is wholly correct, at least from a Forest and Villa perspective. I know Notts and West Midlands Police respectively prefer having pubs near the ground as it’s easier to mange home and away fans before a game and they don’t need to deploy resources across as wide an area as GMP do in relation to the Etihad. They like knowing where people are and I know the ‘spotters’ the police deploy in relation to hoolies prefer that too. I’ll imagine policing the city centre is hugely challenging for GMP before a game at the Etihad, especially for games against other North West clubs.

I agree that after games they prefer quick dispersal. Much of that in relation to pubs near a ground depends on the result. People are much less inclined to go for a few drinks afterwards if their team has lost.

In relation to the small number of drinking establishments around the Etihad it’s a combination of factors, lack of available and suitable premises being one but I’d be surprised if an outright objection came in for a new licence near the ground from MCC or GMP, although they’d want some pretty stringent match day restrictions around security and possibly in relation to hours after a game. The Met require some restrictions on hours around the Emirates for example.

I think the club might object though.

I know Mary D’s takes big money on a match day so it’s not a viability issue, I think. I just don’t think there are many suitably large premises located sufficiently close to the ground, which they’d need to be to maximise revenue before a game and concert. iirc none of the empty pubs near the ground are big enough to be suitable. Getting planning permission on a new premises might be an issue as well tbf.

I think if you could just plonk a suitable premises (with planning permission in place) near the ground I reckon it would be commercially viable, but I think the current topography, along with the lack of such premises are the principal restrictions, not GMP or MCC.
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Happy to be completely wrong on my theory, just an nagging feeling I’ve had purely based on the number of pubs that have shut down around the Etihad.

I think you’re right that a lot of the old Maine Road pubs would still probably have closed if we’d stayed there.

One negative on making certain areas of cities concentrated immigrant zones is that they don’t have a pub/drinking culture, many come from cultures where they don’t drink at all as it’s forbidden in their religion, so many or all of the pubs close down in that area after a while.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Happy to be completely wrong on my theory, just an nagging feeling I’ve had purely based on the number of pubs that have shut down around the Etihad.
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I think if there were (or rather had been) any pubs that were big enough (like The Parkside) near enough the the ground (i.e. as close as the Parkside was to Maine Road) near the Etihad then they’d still be open, simply because they would be able to take enough money on a match day to cover the inevitable fallow periods away from that, given the location.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I think if there were (or rather had been) any pubs that were big enough (like The Parkside) near enough the the ground (i.e. as close as the Parkside was to Maine Road) near the Etihad then they’d still be open, simply because they would be able to take enough money on a match day to cover the inevitable fallow periods away from that, given the location.
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Talking of big pubs, the Claremont is still going strong.
 
bladdered said:
Decent shout that. I think a big boozer at the stadium would go down a storm. Fill it with City memorabilia and it would still pull in the tourists even if we weren't playing. And with the Coop Arena going from strength to strength along with the new hotel, could see it being a winner. Are you watching Joseph Holts?
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Never mind Joey Holts the club owns the land all around the stadium. They should just plonk a massive pub on it. Open it at weekends and whenever there is things going on and it would do well.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Happy to be completely wrong on my theory, just an nagging feeling I’ve had purely based on the number of pubs that have shut down around the Etihad.

I think you’re right that a lot of the old Maine Road pubs would still probably have closed if we’d stayed there.

One negative on making certain areas of cities concentrated immigrant zones is that they don’t have a pub/drinking culture, many come from cultures where they don’t drink at all as it’s forbidden in their religion, so many or all of the pubs close down in that area after a while.
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The younger generation aren't drinking much so what with that, the massive amount of tax added to booze and the cost of living crisis, our pub culture will likely be gone in another decade or so. Busy areas will probably be able to sustain pubs but they're closing down left, right and centre.
 
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