The current Etihad stadium was originally built for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. It had nothing to do with City.
The stadium was offered to United, but they didn’t want it. They wanted to say at Old Toilet and to expand it.
If City hadn’t taken the stadium on it would have become a white elephant.
City gave up Maine Road, which was demolished and became housing.
City’s lease agreement on the stadium is for 250 years. If City honour the lease agreement MCC will get £1bill from City which goes back to the residents of Manchester, RED and blue.
City have paid for all of the expansions and upgrades in the Etihad stadium. As well as ploughing £100mill’s into East Manchester, investing in the area, and creating 1000’s of jobs.
Whilst Sheikh Mansour and City have done all of that and much more for Manchester, the Glazers and United have done fuck all for Trafford.