Possible new stadium - some interesting information

I think 100,000 people in a new stadium is feasible if the pricing structure is flexible.

Everyone must now 1 or 2 people who would go to games if they were more affordable or the stadium was easier to get to.

I could take my mum and Dad plus my two lads if it was cheaper.
 
A stadium that size would create supporters. Imagine watching football in an arena like that. Would be spectacular
 
bizzbo said:
I heard they are going to build the world's first space-port, and a theme park populated by cyborgs.
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How spooky is this,its from last year.......but no mention of cyborgs
Aabar will gain exclusive regional rights to host Virgin Galactic tourism and research flights, and is planning to build spaceport facilities in Abu Dhabi.
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The lack of a roof is in contravention of EPL rules and wont be allowed.

LOL

Obviously if you're building you can.

OBVIOUSLY!!!
 
A 100,000 seater stadium would look ridiculous. There would be at least 40,000 empty seats for most games, thats like a whole Stamford Bridge or Villa Park's worth of empty seats.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a viable option.
 
fulhamroad22 said:
A 100,000 seater stadium would look ridiculous. There would be at least 40,000 empty seats for most games, thats like a whole Stamford Bridge or Villa Park's worth of empty seats.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a viable option.
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If the prices are right, people will go, simple as imo.
The club can top up on pies,beer, shirts etc, they can make the money that way????
 
fulhamroad22 said:
A 100,000 seater stadium would look ridiculous. There would be at least 40,000 empty seats for most games, thats like a whole Stamford Bridge or Villa Park's worth of empty seats.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a viable option.
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You would think so wouldn't you, apart from anything else it would be hellish to get in and out of. However, if it's true I'm sure they have gone into great detail with regards to solving that problem.
 
If 'they' can make an enormous amount of people go and spend money (and a fair bit of) at Dumplington Precint then 'they' can get a large amount of bums on seats (and not only in the stadium) to Eastlands/Sportcity (what will it all eventually be called?). It's an ancient art so sophistically played out latter day by the likes of the global products we consume and, on a more national level, in the supermarkets we zombie off too.
Huge Logan's Run-esque winter gardens will be a winner. I'm sincerly hoping that the right (and very special) architects are called on here, that will make the difference. Think Manchester not Trafford...a god awful food court (see the aforementioned Traffic Centre) won't turn the eyes of Europe onto East Manchester/Manchester City region.
 
ManCityX said:
The lack of a roof is in contravention of EPL rules and wont be allowed.

LOL

Obviously if you're building you can.

OBVIOUSLY!!!
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Nope, you cant.

If you were to be re-modeling PART of a stadium then perhaps,as the MAJORITY of seats would still be covered.

The suggestion was to remove the entire roof and that WILL NOT under ANY circumstances be allowed, according to EPL.

Is that obvious enough?
 
fulhamroad22 said:
A 100,000 seater stadium would look ridiculous. There would be at least 40,000 empty seats for most games, thats like a whole Stamford Bridge or Villa Park's worth of empty seats.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a viable option.
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Depends on the finance available.

You build something spectacular like that it will fill itself. I know loads of people at work who call themselves City fans but who don't go to games. You build a stadium like that and it would create 10s of thousands of new supporters. Look at Sunderland. They couldn't fill Roker Park and then they went to SOL and got 49k for a couple of years and 30k for reserve games.

And then you have a huge number of fans who have been priced out of football
 
Marvin said:
fulhamroad22 said:
A 100,000 seater stadium would look ridiculous. There would be at least 40,000 empty seats for most games, thats like a whole Stamford Bridge or Villa Park's worth of empty seats.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a viable option.
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Depends on the finance available.

You build something spectacular like that it will fill itself. I know loads of people at work who call themselves City fans but who don't go to games. You build a stadium like that and it would create 10s of thousands of new supporters. Look at Sunderland. They couldn't fill Roker Park and then they went to SOL and got 49k for a couple of years and 30k for reserve games.

And then you have a huge number of fans who have been priced out of football
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that would only last for so long though it be a novetly for a couple of season the way coms was the only thing that would fill it is success on the pitch and even at that i cant see another 50k

1 thing i could see is 10k+ rags scouser etc coming when they play us to fill the ground
 
Real madrid season tickets are no where near as expensive as the average prem ones.

The way to fill big stadiums is to keep prices cheap..Some rags have already jumped on the £200 season ticket price..

I bet if they could pay £200 for a swamp season ticket they'd take it..
 
samharris said:
Real madrid season tickets are no where near as expensive as the average prem ones.

The way to fill big stadiums is to keep prices cheap..Some rags have already jumped on the £200 season ticket price..

I bet if they could pay £200 for a swamp season ticket they'd take it..
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200 pound still wont fill a 100k stadium for city people would still pick and choose their games chelsea united arsenal spurs liverpool and you got what you wanted the likes of wigan hull bolton sill be empty
 
dw7 said:
Marvin said:
Depends on the finance available.

You build something spectacular like that it will fill itself. I know loads of people at work who call themselves City fans but who don't go to games. You build a stadium like that and it would create 10s of thousands of new supporters. Look at Sunderland. They couldn't fill Roker Park and then they went to SOL and got 49k for a couple of years and 30k for reserve games.

And then you have a huge number of fans who have been priced out of football
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that would only last for so long though it be a novetly for a couple of season the way coms was the only thing that would fill it is success on the pitch and even at that i cant see another 50k

1 thing i could see is 10k+ rags scouser etc coming when they play us to fill the ground
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You are right, but if the new fans were watching a winning club they'd stay. Can you imagine the experience of watching your team win in an arena like that? There'd be nothing else to match it. Would be the only attraction.

Sunderland still getting 40k crowds and they have a dire team to watch. They gained 20ksupporters. City gained 10k with our move from Maine Rd. I appreciate this is on a different scale

When as a little boy I first started watching City it wasn't the team in blue, but the sheer size and drama in the stadium. I particularly remember the little gloing ends of the cigarettes dotted aroud the ground. I know we're into none-smoking now, but the point is watching a game in an arena like that would be unforgettable, and if the team at the centre is winning you'd be back week after week
 
you sure would it be unbelivable success brings a lot of things. im sure there are 1000's on non barca fans in the nou camp (not including away fans) but just go for the stadium i know i'd be 1 of them anyway if i went to the nou camp.

i agree with the sunderland comment but these are the most fickle fans in england imo when their doing well they be there but when their doing shit their nowhere to be seen
 
If a new stadium is to be built then I'd expect capacity to be a non-issue. Modern stadiums - like the Millenium Stadium - can close off sections of the ground anyway. What really matters for our owners IMHO is, if they can achieve success on the the the pitch, the next generation of football fans in Greater-Manchester has the chance to be blue.

I'd also expect the new stadium, if it goes ahead, to be designed in such a way that it's capabable of hosting football, athletics, boxing, music events and major conferences. So a retractable pitch, the best conference facilities and maybe even retractable stands.

Our owners bought MCFC to shine some of the attention on their region, their Emirate. So, I'd expect them to want the world's flagship sporting events at their stadium.
 
Large stadiums don't create more support.

We don't want to end up like Darlington.

We only took 6.5k to the Millenium in our first European away for a generation only 3 hours drive away.
 
You don't need to fill a 100k stadium week in week out for it to look and sound impressive.

Get your cameras right so empty seats are out of shot. Dim lighting in sections that are closed off and have them painted a dark colour so empty seats don't stand out.

Stack the lower tier and fill the ground upwards, get the acoustics right and it could still be superb

I've sat in many a 40k plus crowd at the MCG (capacity now over 100k), atmosphere has been great and it hasn't looked stupid at all.

Then for those games we can draw 100k too.....wow.

It would be worth it just for that.
 
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