The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home ground of Manchester City Football Club and with 55.097 domestic footballing capacity, the fourth largest in The Premier League and the eighth-largest in the UK.
Built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the stadium has held the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, English international football, rugby league matches, world boxing battles, the last British rugby match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and summer music concerts during the football season ball.
The stadium, originally proposed as an athletic arena in Manchester's bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics, was converted after the Commonwealth Games of 2002 from a 38,000-capacity arena to a 48,000-seat football stadium at a cost to the city council Ã, £ 22 million and for Manchester City worth  £ 20 million. Manchester City F.C. agreed to rent a stadium from Manchester City Council and moved there from Maine Road in the summer of 2003.
The stadium was built by Laing Construction at a cost of Ã, Â £ 112 million and designed and engineered by ArupSport, whose design includes a fixed-roof roof structure that is separate from the main stadium bowl and suspended entirely by twelve exterior poles and attached cables.. The design of the stadium has received numerous accolades and awards, including awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004 for innovative inclusive building design and a special award in 2003 from the Institution of Structural Engineers for its unique structural design.
In August 2015, the third tier of 7,000 seats in the South Stand is completed, at the commencement of the 2015-16 football season. This expansion is designed to fit the existing roof design.
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History
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Plans to build a new stadium in Manchester were formulated before 1989 as part of the city's bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Manchester City Council made a bid that included a design for the 80,000-capacity stadium on the greenfield site west of Manchester city center. Bids failed and Atlanta hosted the Olympics. Four years later the city council bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics, but this time focuses on a 1.6 kilometer (0.99 mile) brownfield site east of downtown in the slums of Bradford Colliery, day as Eastlands. The shift in board focus is driven by the emergence of government legislation on urban renewal, promising important support funding for such projects; the government was involved in funding the purchase and clearing of land in Eastlands in 1992.
For an February 1993 bid, the city council proposed another 80,000-capacity stadium design produced by design consultant Arup Associates, the company that helped select Eastlands site. On September 23, 1993, the game was given to Sydney, but the following year Manchester proposed a similar scheme plan to the Millennium Commission as a "Millennium Stadium", only to reject this proposal. Undeterred, the Manchester City Council subsequently made a bid to host the Commonwealth Games of 2002, again proposing the same venue along with a streamlined stadium plan that came from the 2000 Olympic bid, and this time it worked. In 1996, the same stadium competed with Wembley Stadium to raise funds for a new national stadium, but the money was used to redevelop Wembley.
After a successful athletic event at the Commonwealth Games, the conversion to a football spot was criticized by athletic figures such as Jonathan Edwards and Sebastian Coe, at the time, England still had no plans for a great athletic venue because of the ability to install athletic tracks that had been derived from the design for the Stadium The rebuilt Wembley. Whether one of the two larger stadium proposals developed by Arup has been approved for funding, Manchester will end up with a place that can be adapted to host large-scale athletic events through the use of mobile seating.
British sports want to avoid creating white elephants, so they insist that the City Council agrees to do and fund a lot of work to convert the CoMS from the track and field to the football stadium, thereby ensuring long-term financial viability. Sport England are hoping either Manchester City Council or Manchester City F.C. will provide the additional Ã, Â £ 50 million needed to turn the stadium into an athletic and soccer area of ​​65,000 seats with a moving seat. However, Manchester City Council has no money to facilitate moving seating and a lukewarm Manchester City about the idea. Arup Sport stadium architects believe history shows that keeping track of rarely used athletes often does not work with football - and cites examples like Stadio delle Alpi and Olympic Stadium with Juventus and Bayern Munich moving to a new stadium less than 40 years after inheriting them.
2002 Commonwealth Games
The foundation stone of the stadium was laid by Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 1999, and construction began in January 2000. The stadium was designed by Arup Associates and was built by Laing Construction at a cost of around Ã, Â £ 112 million, Ã, Â £ 77 million of which are provided by Sport England, with the rest financed by Manchester City Council. For the Commonwealth Games, the stadium displays one level lower than a seat that runs around three sides of the athletic track, and the second level to two sides, with a temporary stand open at the north end; initially providing seating capacity for the 38,000 Olympics, then extended to 41,000 through additional temporary seating along the east and south tribunes.
The first public event at the stadium was the opening ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games on July 25, 2002. Among the guests in attendance were Queen Elizabeth II's speech, delivered to her in electronic rods, and 'declaring that the Commonwealth of Commonwealth is open'. During the next ten days of competition, the stadium hosts track and field events and all seven rugby matches. Sixteen track matches and a new Commonwealth Games field (six men and ten women) are set in the stadium, eight of which (three men and five women) still exist after the next three Games series in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Before the Olympics The 2012 Summer held in London, the 2002 Summer Olympics is the largest multi-sport event ever staged in the UK, surpassing the 1948 Summer Olympics beforehand in a number of competing teams and athletes (3,679), and it was the world's first multi-sport tournament. includes a number of full medal events for elite athletes with disabilities (EAD). In terms of the number of participating countries, it is still the largest Commonwealth Games in history, featuring 72 countries competing in 281 events across seventeen (fourteen individuals and three teams) of sports.
Convert the stadium
The sections of the track are removed and relocated in other athletic sites, and the internal surface level is lowered to allow for additional seating levels, on the constructed terraces then buried for their original configuration. Three temporary booths with a total capacity of 16,000 dismantled, and replaced with permanent structures with designs similar to those on the southern end. This job took almost a year to complete and added 23,000 permanent seats, increasing the stadium's converted capacity by 7,000 to around 48,000. Manchester City F.C. moved to the ground in time to start the 2003-04 season. The total cost of this conversion is more than Ã, Â £ 40 million, with the conversion path, field, and seating funded by the city council at a cost of Ã, Â £ 22 million; and the installation of bars, restaurants and entertainment areas of the company throughout the stadium is funded by football clubs at a cost of Ã, Â £ 20 million. The Olympics have made a small operating surplus, and Sport England agrees that this can be reinvested in converting athletic heating paths adjacent to the main stadium into the 6,000-seat Manchester Regional Arena at a cost of Ã, Â £ 3.5 million.
Stadium Expansion
The stadium is owned by Manchester City Council and hired by the football club. The 2008 takeover made the football club one of the richest in the world, prompting suggestions that it could consider buying the stadium directly. Manchester City signed an agreement with the Manchester City Council in March 2010 to enable a 1 billion pound worth of rebuilding led by architects Rafael Vià ± on.
During the closed season of 2010, the football pitch and hotel areas are being renovated, with an investment worth  £ 1 million made on the playing surface so as to better tolerate concerts and other events without damage. In October 2010, Manchester City renegotiated the stadium lease, gaining the naming rights to the stadium in return for agreeing to now pay the City Council a fixed annual amount of  £ 3 million which previously paid only half of the ticket sales revenue of matching attendance exceeding 35,000. This new agreement takes place as part of a five year standard review of the original lease and it achieves an estimated Ã,  £ 1 million annual increase in board revenue from the stadium. During 2011-14, the club sold all 36,000 season tickets allocated each season and experienced an average match attendance very close to maximum seating capacity (see table in the previous section). As a result, during the 2014-15 season, the expansion of the stadium is done. The South Stand is extended with the addition of a third level which, along with an additional three rows of field side chairs, increases the stadium's capacity to around 55,000. Construction begins at the South Stand in April 2014 and finishes at the start of the 2015-16 season.
The final phase of the expansion, which receives planning approval at the same time as another but which remains unscheduled, will add a third level of seats to match the North Stand. After this last phase is completed, the total seating capacity of the stadium will reach around 61,000, making Etihad Stadium the second largest arena club capacity in the country.
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Architecture
When planning for development, the Manchester City Council needs a sustainable landmark structure that will become an icon for the once highly industrialized site regeneration around Bradford Colliery, as well as providing viewers with a good line of sight in the atmosphere arena. Arup Associates designed the stadium to be "an intimidating, even intimidating, gladiatorial arena that embodies the atmosphere of a football club" with a field six meters below ground level, a feature of the Roman gladiator arena and amphitheatres. The attention to detail, often absent in the stadium design, has been mentioned above, including the support of cigar-shaped roofs with blue lights, sculptured rain gutters, perimeter roofs of poli-carbonate and louvre that can be opened to help grow pitch grass with equations as well created. to high-tech architecture.
The iconic roof design
Toroidal-shaped stadium roofs are held together by a voltage system, which has been described as "ground-breaking" by New Steel Construction magazine. The focal point of the stadium's architecture is the roof and supporting pole separated from the concrete bowl. The catenary cable is located around the inside of the roof structure which is tied to the poles via a forestay cable. Backstay cables and angular connections from poles connected to the ground to support the structure. With the expansion of the South Stand by 2015 to accommodate the third level of seats, the original roof of the southern end is dismantled; but with the southern poles and the remaining angular ties, so keep tying the catenary wires that are now running under the new roof. The new South High Stand roof is a separate structure, with its own collection of masts and wires; and it is expected that partner arrangements will be adopted for the proposed North Stand expansion.
The cable is attached to twelve poles that surround the stadium with a rafters and purlin for additional rigid support. Double cigarette poles as visual features, with the highest at 70 meters (230Ã, ft). Access to the upper level of the seats is provided by eight circular ramps with a conical roof that resembles the tower above which eight of the twelve rising poles provide a support structure for the roof.
The roof of the south, east and west tribunes built for the configuration of the athletic stadium is supported by the cable network system. The stand is open while at the north end is built around a pole and binding cable that will eventually support the North Stand roof. After the game, the track and field are excavated. The temporary bench at the far north end is removed and the North Stand and lower level seats are built on prepared excavations. The North Stand Roof is finished by adding rafters, purlins and cladding.
Facilities and pitch
The stadium has facilities for players and match officials in the underground area beneath the western tribune, which also contains a kitchen that provides food for up to 6,000 people on match days, press rooms, onshore staff storage, and jail cells. The stadium also has conference facilities and is licensed for wedding ceremonies. Out of the hospitality suite, kitchen, office, and concession concourse is achieved by KSS Architects, and includes communication cabling and automatic access control systems.
The interior of the stadium consists of a continuous oval bowl, with three tiers of seating on the sides, and two tiers at each end. Signed in by the customer is obtained with a contactless smart card rather than a traditional manned door. The system can receive up to 1,200 people per minute through all entrances. A service tunnel under the stadium provides access for emergency vehicles and visiting team trainers to enter the stadium directly. Once inside the stadium customers have access to six themed restaurants, two of which have a field view, and there are 70 executive squares above the second level of seats in the north, west and east stands. The stadium is equipped with a ready-made generator if there is a major power failure. It is capable of keeping the electric stadium running as well as the spotlights at 800 lux, the minimum level set by FIFA to continue broadcasting live football.
To create an optimal grass playing surface in a stadium bowl, the roof is designed to maximize sunlight by using a transparent 10 meter polycarbonate tape at its edges. In addition, each corner of the unoccupied stadium has a perforated wall with adjustable moving louvr to provide grass ventilation and general airflow through the stadium. Drainage and under-pitch heaters are installed to provide optimal growth conditions for grasses. The pitch has a standard dimension of UEFA 105 to 68 meters (115 x 74d). and covered with a natural grass reinforced by an artificial fiber made by Desso. The game field is illuminated by 218 2000 watt spotlights, spending a total of 436,000 watts. The surface of the playing grass is recognized as one of the best in English football, and has been nominated five times in the last nine seasons for the best Premier League pitch, an award won in 2010-11 among other awards.
Name
The stadium was named City of Manchester Stadium by Manchester City Council before construction began in December 1999, but has a number of commonly used alternatives. City of Manchester stadium shortened to CoMS when written and spoken. Eastlands refers to sites and stadiums before they are named SportCity and CoMS, and are still used generally for stadiums and entire complexes, such as SportCity but with fewer frequencies. The stadium is also officially named as the Manchester City Stadium for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The football club, under its new ownership, renegotiated its 250-year contract with the city council in October 2010, gaining the naming rights in return for a substantial lease increase. The stadium was renamed the Etihad Stadium by the club in July 2011 as part of a ten-year agreement with the Etihad Airways team kit sponsor. The agreement includes sponsorship of stadium names, extending team kit sponsorship for ten years, and includes plans to relocate the club's academy and training facilities to the Urban Soccer Academy on the construction of a new campus adjacent to the stadium.
Despite continuous oval bowls, each side of the stadium is named by means of a traditional soccer field. All sides are initially named by the direction of the compass (North and South Stand Stand for the ends, East Stand and West Stand for sides). In February 2004, after a vote by fans, the West Stand was renamed the Colin Bell Stand in honor of the former player. The vote was almost canceled (and the booth was named after Joe Mercer) because suspicions had been hijacked by rival fans who wanted to dub the booth renamed The Bell End. However, the club's core supporters insist they still want a booth named after their hero. The East Stand is unofficially known by fans as Kippax as a tribute to the vocal eastern tribune at the Maine Road ground club.
The North Stand is the only part of the stadium built after the Commonwealth Games, during the conversion of the stadium. The temporarily untreated untamed northern gate has been dubbed the Gene Kelly Stand New by supporters, referencing to an unfiltered angle between Kippax and the North Stand in the former Maine Road club house, because, exposed to the elements, they often find themselves "singing in rain". Beginning in the 2010-11 season, seats in the North Stand are limited only to supporters accompanied by children, resulting in the end of this land now commonly referred to as the Standing Family. Although the North Stand has never been officially renamed and is still frequently referenced as such, most of the external ticketing offices and stadium guides, in addition to the club itself, are now primarily labeled and refer to this section of land as the Standing Family when discussing seating and sales tickets. The supporters were originally dubbed South Stand the Scoreboard End (former name of the North Stand on Maine Road), and accommodated the majority of City's more vocal fans. Supporters of the visiting team are usually also allocated seats at this stand. From 2003 to 2006, the name was changed to Key 103 Stand for sponsorship reasons, although this was ignored by regular customers.
SportCity
The stadium is the centerpiece of SportCity, which includes several other important national sports venues. Adjacent to the stadium is the Manchester Regional Arena, which serves as a warm-up line during the Commonwealth Games and is now a 6,178-capacity venue that hosts national athletics trials, but previously also hosts both women's Manchester City teams and reserve teams under 21. The Regional Arena has regularly hosted the AAA Championships and the Paralympic World Cup, and currently hosts the Manchester Rangers amateur rugby league team.
National Squash Center and National Cycling Center, which includes Manchester's Velodrome and National Indoor BMX Arena, all a short distance from the stadium. The Squash Center, which hosts the British National Squash Championship since 2003 added to the SportCity complex for the Commonwealth Games along with CoMS. Velodrome, another exhibition venue used to stage all track racing events for the Olympics, is already there and has been the site of British Cycling, the governing body for cycling in Britain, since it was built in 1994, as part of a failed Manchester. Olympic 2000 bid. Prior to the completion of Lee Valley VeloPark for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Velodrome was the only standard Olympic track in the UK. BMX Arena collocation has the only BMX track in a permanent room in the United Kingdom and provides seating for two thousand spectators. It was added to the National Cycling Center at SportCity in 2011.
Other major sports and sports venues located at SportCity in the immediate vicinity of Etihad Stadium, all the heritage of the Commonwealth Games 2002 is the British Sports Institute, west of the stadium, adjacent to the southwest corner of the Regional Arena; Manchester Regional Tennis Center, adjacent to the north end of the stadium; and Manchester Tennis & amp; The Football Center, also adjacent to the stadium, is operated and maintained by the Manchester Sport and Leisure Trust.
General sculpture
Between March 11 (Commonwealth Day) and August 10, 2002, as part of preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and to celebrate the Jubilee Golden Queen's Honor, a Spirit of Spiritual Friendship Festival was held. On July 9, a few weeks before the Olympics began, a statue outside the new national headquarters of the Sport Institute of SportCity at SportCity was unveiled by medium-range runner Steve Cram MBE. The statue, made in late 2001, was made in about eight weeks by Altrincham-based artist Colin Spofforth, who has handed over to Manchester City Council his idea for a fast-paced, heroic-size runner as a means to celebrate beauty. , the strength and determination of competing athletes. Reached a thirty-foot, seven-ton, and entitled The Runner , a larger bronze statue larger than a man who ran on a bronze globe, at that time, the largest sports sculpture in the United Kingdom.. It describes when runners leave the block once the starter gun has been fired.
From 2005 to 2009, a statue of Thomas Heatherwick, B of the Bang , is located southeast of the stadium at the intersection of Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way. Built after the Commonwealth Games to commemorate them, it is the highest statue in Britain. However, many structural problems caused the 184Ã, ft statue dismantled in 2009 for security reasons. In 2014, money recovered by Manchester City Council as a result of a long legal battle due to this disaster was used to fund a new public statue of  £ 341,000 a few hundred meters further south.
Stadium first
The first public football match at the stadium was a friendly between Manchester City and Barcelona on 10 August 2003. Manchester City won the game 2-1, with Nicolas Anelka scoring the first goal in the stadium.
The first competitive match was followed four days later, a UEFA Cup match between Manchester City and the Welsh Premier League team The New Saints, which City won 5-0 with Trevor Sinclair scoring the first competitive goal at the stadium. After starting the Premier League season with away games, Manchester City's first home league match at the new stadium was on August 23, a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth, with Yakubu Pompey scoring the first league goal in the stadium.
2011-12 sees Etihad Stadium host for setting up a number of new clubs and Premier League football records, as the club became the first team to win eleven of its opening twelve games in the Premier League season, and goes on to remain unbeaten at Etihad Stadium in all nineteen Premier League matches played there. The club record of 55 home points from a possible 57 at the stadium is the best record of the Premier League together, and the club record of twenty consecutive home wins at the stadium (going back to the end of the previous season) also sets a Premier League Record in March 2012.
The record of the football presence at the stadium that does not involve the Manchester City home team is 43,878, set in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final between Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rangers on May 14, 2008. As is the custom for such games, the maximum 47,715 physical stadium capacity has been reduced by UEFA to around 44,000 for this final. However, there is no limit that will be able to accommodate a large number of Scottish club supporters, estimated at over 130,000, who travel from Glasgow to Manchester on match day, even though the official club's official ticket allocation is only 13,000 and police requests for fans without tickets to stay at home. The order of great mismatch between the number of traveling fans and those holding tickets ultimately leads to serious incidents of public disturbance in the city center now closely linked to this final, despite the fact that 44,000 or more people watching the match inside the stadium were very good.
Reception
The Commonwealth Games of 2002 were considered successful and the stadium received critical acclaim for its atmosphere and architectural design. It has won numerous design awards, including the 2004 Royal Institute of British Architects Inclusive Design Award for inclusive building design, the 2003 Structural Institute for Specialized Structural Engineering Specialists, and in 2002, a Great Award for the BCI Large Project awarded by the British Construction Industry. In July 2014, the stadium was declared one of the five most famous structures in Britain by the Construction Industry Training Council.
In 2003, initial acceptance by Manchester City supporters was polarized, with some lukewarm people about moving from Maine Road which has a reputation as one of the most atmospheric football pitches in the UK, while others are enthusiastic about larger stadiums and moving back to East Manchester where the club was formed. Since 2010, the club has boasted more than 36,000 season ticket holders each season, which is more than 35,150 of Maine Road's maximum capacity before the club moves home.
The 2007 Premier League survey found that fans consider the line of sight in the stadium to be second best in the Premier League after the Emirates Stadium. Opposition fans generally provide positive feedback, with CoMS coming second to Old Trafford in a 2005 poll to find the favorite football spots of the United Kingdom. In 2010, City of Manchester Stadium was the third most visited stadium after Old Trafford and Anfield by overseas visitors.
In the early years of Manchester City's tenure, the stadium suffered from a bad atmosphere, a common problem with modern stadiums when compared to traditional football fields like Maine Road. In a 2007 Premier League survey, Manchester City supporters rated the atmosphere as the second worst in the league, but the atmosphere has improved significantly and continues.
In October 2014, the club received two national VisitFootball awards for the quality of Premier League fan service customers who visited Etihad Stadium during the previous season. VisitFootball, a joint venture between the Premier League and VisitEngland of the national tourism board, has assessed care received by subscribers on the football field since August 2010, and rewards annuals for clubs that provide outstanding customer service. Manchester City has become one of the first four clubs to receive the inaugural VisitFootball awards in 2011, but by 2014, it is the recipient of the Club of the Year and Warmest Welcome awards. According to a panel of experts from the football service industry and customers assessing the services and facilities provided at each of the club's twenty Premier League stadiums, "Manchester City is the gold standard in providing fans with the best match experience."
Etihad Campus
Etihad and CFA Campus
In July 2011, CoMS changed its name to Etihad Stadium, sponsored by Etihad Airways who fought against the competition from Ferrostaal and Aabar to get the naming rights of the stadium. The lucrative ten-year sponsorship deal includes not only naming rights to the stadium itself, but also for the entire complex associated with football for $ 200 million where it will soon be included. In mid-September 2011, a development plan has been announced for the new academy and academy training facility, now known as the City Football Academy (CFA) to be built on a slum adjacent to the stadium and which will include a 7,000 plus fifteen-stadium mini-stadium additional outdoor soccer, six swimming pools and three gyms. The CFA facility is planned not only to become a new base for Manchester City's first-team squad, reserve teams (under 21 young), and all teams of young Academy group, but also new homes from previous freelancers. the affiliated Manchester City Women's team (who re-branded in 2012 as FC Manchester City Woman and more officially merged into Manchester City's affiliate football team). Also fully integrated into the new CFA facility will be the club's world headquarters.
In early March 2014, the structural framework for a new pedestrian walkway/bridge at the intersection of Alan Turing Way and Ashton New Road connecting the CFA with Etihad Stadium was lowered into place. With sponsorship Suisse Power & amp; Gas SA after obtaining the naming rights, the completed SuisseGas Bridge was officially opened and handed over to the Manchester City Council for public access on November 26, 2014. Twelve days later, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne led the official opening of the CFA.
Community Reach/City Regeneration
As part of Manchester City's commitment to reach communities in their rebuilding plans for areas in East Manchester adjacent to Etihad Stadium, other urban regeneration plans are incorporated into the overall Etihad Campaign development project including the new 42 million Beswick Community Hub , which includes Connell Sixth Form College; community recreation center (with swimming pool, dance studio, fitness and health center, rugby field and grass lawn); and the planned Manchester Institute of Health and Performance. On November 26, 2014, the same day the SuisseGas Bridge was officially opened, a collection of globally admired stainless steel sculptures, consisting of three towering metallic chesses called the Hello Effects effect by the creators which is internationally recognized, Ryan Gander - also inaugurated to the public. Assigned by the Manchester City Council to represent both past and current industry sports heritage from the eastern area of ​​Manchester, public artwork is located in front of Connell Sixth Form College, close to the circus center of the Beswick Community Hub and just a few hundred yards to the south of the general sculpture most recently in the area, B of the Bang , has been found.
Transport
The stadium is 2.5 km east of Manchester city center. Manchester Piccadilly train station, which caters to the main railway. It is a twenty-minute walk along a fairly bright route of signs supervised by waiters close to the ground. Piccadilly station also has a Metrolink tram stop (undercroft); from which the usual tram along the East Manchester Line to Ashton-under-Lyne serves the stadium and Etihad Campus, with improved service frequency and tram units doubling on game day. The Etihad Campus tram stops close to Joe Mercer Way to the north of the stadium opened in February 2013, and handles several thousand travelers every day of the game; spectators traveling by tram from downtown Manchester can hop on to the service at Piccadilly Gardens, the journey takes about 10 minutes. The Velopark tram stop is also open in February 2013 and provides access to the southeast approach to the stadium, as well as closer access to other SportCity areas such as Manchester Velodrome and City Football Academy.
There are many bus routes from downtown and all other directions that stop at, or near, SportCity. On match days and events, a dedicated bus service from the city center serves the stadium. The site has 2,000 parking spaces, with 8,000 other spaces in the surrounding area provided by local businesses and schools.
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Other uses
Under the terms of the lease, the stadium is able to host non-football events such as concerts, boxing and rugby fixtures at the prerogative of Manchester City. Manchester City applied for a permanent entertainment license in 2012 in an effort to expand the number of non-football events at the stadium.
Concert
Outside the football season the stadium hosts an annual summer concert, and is one of Britain's largest music venues, having a maximum capacity of 60,000 for the show. This is where the largest stadium concert in England before the newly built Wembley Stadium.
The first concert was a show by Red Hot Chili Peppers backed by James Brown in 2004. The Oasis concert on the ground was featured on the DVD, Lord Do not Slow Me Down and the band's concert in 2005 set a record of 60,000 attendance. Take That released a DVD of their performances at the 2006 stadium, Take That: The Ultimate Tour . Other artists who have played stadiums are U2, Beyoncà © ©, Jay-Z, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Foo Fighters, Pet Shop Boys, Manic Street Preachers, Bastille, Dizzee Rascal, The Futureheads, Sugababes, Taylor Swift, Sophie Ellis - Bextor, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Muse, Bon Jovi (three times), Robbie Williams, One Direction, and The Stone Roses.
Concerts and boxing matches finally took its toll on the pitch. In 2008, the final post-concert field renovation, combined with the start of the football season, caused the pitch not to be ready for the first home match, causing the club to play UEFA Cup qualifying round first round at Barnsley's Oakwell Stadium and a moratorium to be worn on non staging events - football in Eastlands. In May 2010, the club invested in a new pitch and the summer concert resumed in 2011 when Take That played eight nights, with ticket sales totaling about 400,000.
Other soccer events
CoMS rated the stadium category 4 by UEFA and has hosted several major football matches in addition to Manchester City home supplies. It became the fiftieth stadium to host England's international football match when the English and Japanese national teams played on June 1, 2004. In June 2005, the stadium hosted England's opening match at the UEFA Women's Championships, setting a record of 29,092 attendance for the competition. The stadium also hosts the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, where Zenit Saint Petersburg beat Rangers 2-0.
In May 2011, the stadium hosted the final play-off of the National Conference between AFC Wimbledon and Luton Town; Wimbledon got promotion to the Football League after beating Luton in a penalty shootout. The stadium is used for the play-offs because the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final will take place at Wembley on 28 May 2011 and UEFA rules set the stadium hosting the Champions League final should not be used for other matches over the previous two weeks..
Other sports
In October 2004, the stadium played host to an international rugby league match between England and Australia in the Tri-Bangsa series in front of nearly 40,000 spectators. The stadium recently hosted Magic Weekend for three consecutive seasons (2012-2014). This is a rugby league competition in which all 14 Super League competition members play each other over the weekend. Having recorded the attendance in 2012 - both for one day (32,953) and aggregate for the entire weekend (63,716) - the Etihad Stadium became the preferred venue for this annual rugby league event, setting another attendance record (36.339/64.552) for it on the month May 2014. However, the current construction work involved with the South Stand expansion led to this competition being relocated to St James' Park for the summer of 2015, but is expected to return to Etihad again after the expansion work is completed.
On 24 May 2008, Stockport was born and twice IBF and IBO light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton beat Juan Lazcano in a contest called "Hatton's Homecoming". The fight was held in front of 56,337 fans, setting a record of attendance for the post-World War II British boxing event.
On October 10, 2015 it hosted a 2015 Rugby World Cup match between the hosts of the English and Uruguayan nations. England won 60-3 with 50,778 people attending.
English national football match
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games places
References
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Bibliography
- Further reading
- The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture - Comprehensive Edition . Phaidon Press. ISBNÃ, 0-7148-4312-1.
- Atlas Phaidon Contemporary World Architecture - Travel Edition . Phaidon Press. 2005. ISBNÃ, 0-7148-4450-0.
External links
- Official website of City of Manchester Stadium
- Official Manchester City Football Club website
- Manchester City Stadium tag image on Flickr
- Arup Associates PDF formatted articles about the original design of the stadium
- Arup Associates, the PDF format article on the transformation of the stadium after the 2002 Olympics
- Modern Steel Construction Articles PDF format about the innovative construction of the stadium roof
- YouTube videos depicting MCFC vision for the planned Etihad Campus/CFA development
- A YouTube video depicting the sequential construction steps required to expand the stadium South Stand
- A YouTube video depicting the location of a circus hub the Halo Father Statue of public property
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