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Post by Bluemoon on Jul 7, 2012 19:22:16 GMT 1
Work has begun on the 80 acre site of the Etihad Campus to create one of the most impressive training complexes in the world. The site is currently being prepared for building work to start that will transform the area and allow City's Academy to become a world leader in producing fantastic new talent Young players will be resident on the site, training on pristine, floodlit pitches. The campus will also contain a 7,000-seater stadium for Academy matches. This will mean bigger crowds, better facilities and a terrific venue for all manner of club activities. There will be 16 football pitches and a state of the art first team building with changing rooms, gym, refectory and injury and rehab centre. More from the Official MCFC Website, including picture slideshow of the current work:  |
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Post by trautmansdropkick on Jul 9, 2012 13:43:33 GMT 1
This is going to be an exciting time, watching the development take shape.
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Post by Bluemoon on Sept 14, 2012 22:21:00 GMT 1
From the OS Fly Through Video: Although a lot of hard work lies ahead, some of the City Football Academy foundations have already been laid, opening doors to employment for some local people. “I think the benefits have been very wide, when we commenced on site one of the first things that we did was engage with the local regeneration organisations to look at what opportunities we could create for local people,” said contract supplier Tim Brown. “We got steered towards Job Centre Plus and as a result of that we interviewed quite a number of people and we took on 24 from the beginning - many of which were long-term unemployed and a couple of guys who were young offenders. |
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Post by Bluemoon on Nov 19, 2012 20:15:36 GMT 1
Tram Station Almost Complete |
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Post by trautmansdropkick on Nov 27, 2012 8:07:14 GMT 1
Living in the south of the City, close to the airport, I'll find it brilliant when the tram is fully operational. I can't wait, as the car journey through the Moss and the centre of town (Mancunian Waay) really can be a pain with very heavy traffic (and, I must say, quite a proportion of crap drivers on the roads these days).
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Post by Bluemoon on Jan 18, 2013 23:40:46 GMT 1
Metrolink - Update |
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Post by trautmansdropkick on Jan 21, 2013 18:05:41 GMT 1
It all looks bloody great, I can't wait to use it.
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Post by Bluemoon on May 25, 2013 22:11:10 GMT 1
Manchester City will announce plans for a £50m investment to expand their stadium capacity by 6,000, with an option to go even bigger, as they continue negotiations to bring the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini in as successor to Roberto Mancini, The Independent can reveal. Pellegrini's appointment is neither imminent nor a done deal, despite reports from Spain that he is leaving Malaga to join City on a two-year contract. But City are confident the 59-year-old will join them and are also preparing to build on a high volume of sell-outs at the Etihad by adding a third tier to their South Stand, taking the capacity to 54,000 – leapfrogging Newcastle and Sunderland to command the third highest capacity in the Premier League, after Manchester United and Arsenal. Subject to consultation with the local community in east Manchester, a planning application will be submitted in the autumn which may also include proposals to expand the north side of the ground. That could see the stadium capacity reach closer to Arsenal's 60,300. City's feasibility studies for ways of expanding their ground have included an analysis of lifting off the roof and creating an entire new tier to boost capacity to over 70,000, hugely increasing match-day income. But a more organic type of development – increasing the stadium bit by bit – is considered the best way to accommodate new capacity as the club's growth brings in more fans. The stand, scheduled to open in the summer of 2015 and subject to public consultation work which begins next month, will accommodate a substantial number of far lower priced tickets season tickets costing under £300. The reorganisation of the ground will also see away fans moved – something City fans have been asking for over a number of years. The plans, scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2015 and subject to public consultation which begins next month, include lower-priced season tickets costing under £300. Tickets sold on match days will make up the rest of the extra capacity which the club does now need. Some hospitality sales will also be taken up in the new tier, which the club will show has been drawn up in keeping with the rest of the 11-year-old stadium. The Etihad, which was designed by architects Arup for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, has a capacity of 47,805 and the extra tier will take it well above Liverpool and Chelsea, other clubs who desperately need a way of increasing match-day revenues but do not have the room to expand that City enjoy. City require the team to develop even more radically than their stadium as they seek to boost their domestic and global following to a level where they would be capable of filling a 70,000-seat facility like Manchester United. They are some way off that at this stage. Though the dismissal of Mancini on Sunday, announced late on Monday, has been met with fierce criticism, there is a deep conviction at City that changing managers is the right course of action. It remains difficult to find any players to contradict the more readily available impression that Mancini was unpopular. The Independent's attempts to locate one drew another blank. It seems significant that even the club captain, Vincent Kompany, an articulate and prolific user of social media, has offered no comment or good wishes towards Mancini. Malaga's two remaining La Liga fixtures, at home to Deportivo on 26 May and away to Barcelona on 1 June, are limiting City's ability to deliver Pellegrini, with the Spanish club still seeking a Europa League place. The attempt to recruit the Chilean was said last night to remain "absolutely, certainly not, a done deal". A two-year contract would give Pellegrini significantly less security than Mancini's most recent five-year deal, indicating that City want to see how the appointment pans out rather than making an emphatic statement of intent. Because of Malaga's Champions League ban for next season and Rayo Vallecano's failure to secure a Uefa licence, La Liga's ninth-placed club could qualify for the Europa League. Malaga are sixth, seven points clear of ninth-placed Getafe. |
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Post by Bluemoon on May 29, 2013 19:27:13 GMT 1
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Post by trautmansdropkick on May 30, 2013 9:13:22 GMT 1
It really is beginning to take shape now - can't wait for the opening day.
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Post by trautmansdropkick on May 30, 2013 9:17:19 GMT 1
It really is beginning to take shape now - can't wait for the opening day.
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Post by Bluemoon on Jun 1, 2013 20:29:25 GMT 1
It's coming on nicely
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Post by Bluemoon on Jun 12, 2013 19:32:27 GMT 1
Latest pix: More from the Official Site: |
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Post by trautmansdropkick on Jun 13, 2013 12:14:01 GMT 1
Yeah, saw those this morning on the OS - I can't wait for opening day.
Why don't we have a competition - who will they get to open it Officially?
I guess we'll have all sorts of ideas from Pele to Georgi Kinkladze to Sheik Mansour. Or Patrick Vieira, Micah Richards or Mike Summerbee, etc. You can all take a guess - it should be interesting. Not so much for Who will open it, but, more for whom each of us individually would nominate.
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Post by Bluemoon on Jun 14, 2013 23:35:04 GMT 1
Why don't we have a competition - who will they get to open it Officially? I guess we'll have all sorts of ideas from Pele to Georgi Kinkladze to Sheik Mansour. Or Patrick Vieira, Micah Richards or Mike Summerbee, etc. You can all take a guess - it should be interesting. Not so much for who will open it, but, more for whom each of us individually would nominate. Brilliant idea, I'll vote for Colin Bell |
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