Man City reveal new proposed designs of their Etihad Stadium expansion plans, with work expected to start on the North Stand.
They’ve unveiled what it will look like when completed – including 3,000 rail seats (around 10,000 across the stadium), but can be increased before opening if there’s demand. There would be only 800 hospitality seats in the North Stand too.
The expansion of the North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will increase the capacity to more than 60,000, with the stand itself featuring a broad range of seating options, including a large rail-seating area.
• Increase stadium capacity to 60k+
• 3000 rail seats
• Alcohol free areas & religious rooms
• Premium seated areas
• 500 seat food hall
• 300-person premium bar
• Stadium ‘roof walk’ experience
CLUB STATEMENT
We are delighted to reveal the seating configuration for the expansion of the North Stand at the Etihad Stadium, which will open during the 2025/26 season.
Once construction is complete, the expanded North Stand will increase the Etihad Stadium’s capacity to more than 60,000, with the stand itself featuring a broad range of seating options, including a large rail-seating area.
The expanded North Stand will also feature family areas, ringfenced tickets for younger generations of City fans, and new and redeveloped concourse areas.
During these discussions, it was clear that fans share our view on the importance of adding rail seating to the expanded North Stand. As such, the Club will introduce a minimum of 3,000 rail seats as part of the expansion, with the option of increasing this allocation ahead of opening should there be further demand.
In doing so, the noise created by the expanded North Stand will complement the rest of the Etihad Stadium, with rail seating sections at opposite ends of the pitch creating an electric atmosphere.
In addition to the atmosphere, the expanded North Stand will create a legacy by establishing new pathways for the next generation of Manchester City fans to enjoy matches at the Etihad Stadium. To achieve this, we will ringfence a significant number of tickets specifically for fans aged 21 or under.
To support more young fans attending matchdays, as well as to cater for the varying needs of our diverse fan base, we will introduce a range of facilities in Level One of the North Stand. These facilities include new breakout spaces, religious rooms and alcohol-free areas, and we will continue to speak with fans to understand how we can best make use of these spaces.
Finally, to establish a variety of different matchday experiences for fans, we will also introduce new premium seated areas in the expanded North Stand. This includes a 500-seat food hall, while a premium bar, located where the previous Hospitality Boxes were, will have space for around 300 fans. At the rear of the stand will be a new sky bar with seats overlooking the pitch. Further information about these areas will be released during the 24/25 season.
The expansion of the North Stand is part of the Club’s wider development of an entertainment destination at the Etihad Campus. Once complete, the destination will include a stadium roof walk experience and a new City Square fan zone with capacity for 3,000 people.
It will also boast a wide variety of food and drink outlets, a new club shop, museum experience, commercial office space, and one of the biggest hotels in Manchester. More information on the plans can be found here.
PROPOSED DESIGNS IN 2023
Jason Hart: We can’t fill the stadium as it is ffs
Lee Williams: We’re going to have the nicest stadium in League 2
Darran Till: 😂😂😂😂 just as United announce plans for their new stadium with a bigger capacity…… how many fans do city need in Div 2 anyway. 👍
Michael Adam: FC Twente fans are excited about this.
Neil Downagain: Won’t matter when they get relegated
Mike Keam: They can’t fill it now!!
Glen Tillotson: Will look great when Halifax Town FC come play a league match
Eugene Garvey: Why expand when they can not sell out now, no point, they just have the fan base say of the likes of Newcastle, Leeds and even everton
Matt Robertshaw: Why?????
David Ritchie: What are they reducing it so it doesn’t look som emptyhad
Nick Moose Lcfc: They don’t fill there stadium as it is 😂😂😂
Sara Wagstaff: 55k – 65k seams to be the new golden zone for premier league team stadiums. Since arsenal, spurs, West ham, Liverpool are all around 60-63k. If Chelsea ever get their plans into action thst could be a 60k+ stadium as well. Yes old Trafford is 74k and the new plan is to go to 100k. And Evertons new stadium is 52,888
Jimmy Holt: Look great in the nation league north
Seb Jones: They can give tickets away to those on Community Service
Ed Morton: It’ll look great in the National North. #115
Steve Hegan: They can’t even fill the present one !!
James Clark: Will they fill it against Darlington?
Matt Pollard: Can’t fill the one they’ve got 🤣
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