In the 2007 Premier League survey, Manchester City supporters rated the atmosphere as second worst in the league,In October 2014, the club received two national VisitFootball awards for the quality of its customer care of Premier League fans visiting the Etihad Stadium during the previous season.In July 2011, CoMS was renamed the Etihad Stadium, sponsored by At the beginning of March 2014, the structural framework for a new pedestrian walkway/footbridge over the junction of Alan Turing Way and Ashton New Road connecting the CFA with the Etihad Stadium was lowered into place.As part of Manchester City's commitment to community outreach in their redevelopment plans for the areas of East Manchester adjacent to the Etihad Stadium, other urban regeneration plans incorporated into the overall Etihad Campus development project include the new £43 million Beswick Community Hub,There are many bus routes from the city centre and all other directions which stop at, or close to, SportCity.
Manchester City Football Club have worked in partnership with AccessAble, to produce detailed pan-disability guides for Etihad Stadium.The accessibility information in these guide aims to assist fans with disabilities and provide an additional resource to help home and away supporters plan their visit.Metrolink has a stop at the stadium so it is the easiest way to reach the ground from the city centre. Capacity: 55,017 Record PL attendance: 54,693 v Leicester City (6 February 2016) Built: 2002 Pitch size: 105m x 68m Stadium address: Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Manchester, M11 3FF Phone: +44 (0) 161 444 1894 Manchester City moved into the Etihad Stadium, formerly known as the City of Manchester Stadium, in 2003 after 80 years at their previous home, Maine Road. In 2008, late post-concert pitch renovation, combined with an early start to the football season, led to the pitch not being ready for the first home fixture,Home ground of Manchester City Football Club in EnglandThe Commonwealth Games configuration had two tiers of seatsDuring conversion, the athletics track was excavated and the stadium pitch level reduced to create three tiersIt's the roller-coaster roof, visible from miles around, that is the big giveaway. Please see the public transport section for more information.The station is located at Pottery Lane, Manchester M12 5BY; 15 mins’ walk from the ground.Directions to ground: turn left out of the station; walk along the road and the stadium will be on your left.The station is located at London Road, Manchester M60 7RA; 35 mins’ walk from the ground.Directions to ground: take a Northern Rail train 5 minutes to Ashburys, and follow the directions above. The temporary unroofed north stand it replaced had been dubbed the New Gene Kelly Stand by supporters, a reference to the unroofed corner between the Kippax and the North Stand at the club's former Maine Road home, because, being exposed to the elements, they frequently found themselves "singing in the rain".Other major sporting and sport-related venues located in SportCity in the immediate vicinity of the Etihad Stadium, all legacies of the 2002 Commonwealth Games are the Between 11 March (Commonwealth Day) and 10 August 2002, as part of the preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee, a national Spirit of Friendship Festival was organised.The first public football match at the stadium was a The first competitive match followed four days later, a 2011–12 saw the Etihad Stadium play host to the setting of a number of new club and Premier League footballing records, such as the club becoming the first ever team to win eleven of its opening twelve games in a Premier League season,The record football attendance at the stadium not involving its host team Manchester City is 43,878,In 2003, initial reception by Manchester City supporters was polarised, with some lukewarm about moving from A 2007 Premier League survey found that fans thought sight lines at the stadium were the second best in the Premier League after the In the early years of Manchester City's tenure, the stadium suffered from a poor atmosphere, a common problem with modern stadia when compared with traditional football grounds such as Maine Road. The stadium, originally proposed as an athletics arena in In August 2015, a 7,000 seat third tier on the South Stand was completed, in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season.Plans to build a new stadium in Manchester were formulated before 1989 as part of the city's bid to host the For the February 1993 bid the city council submitted another 80,000-capacity stadium designAfter successful athletics events at the Commonwealth Games, conversion into a football venue was criticised by athletics figures such as The stadium's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister The first public event at the stadium was the opening ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games on 25 July 2002. Postcode for the Blue car park is M11 4DW.Accessible car parking and coach park are available at the Grey car park on Ashton New Road. Entry by patrons is gained by To create the optimum grass playing surface in the stadium bowl, the roof was designed to maximise sunlight by using a ten-metre band of translucent polycarbonate at its periphery.The stadium was named the City of Manchester Stadium by Manchester City Council before construction began in December 1999,Despite being a continuous oval bowl, each side of the stadium is named in the manner of a traditional football ground. CITY FOOTBALL ACADEMY MANCHESTER, ENGLAND OPENED 2014 The City Football Academy (CFA) is a part of the larger Etihad Campus, an area of Sportcity, Manchester which is mostly owned and operated by Manchester City Football Club. Construction work phasing meant the maximum capacity varied over the course of the season.Take That were originally scheduled to play three concerts at the Note: The term 'track and field' normally excludes 'road race' athletics events (e.g., men's Note: 7,000 = capacity after conversion (48,000) less capacity for the Games (officially 38,000 but expanded to 41,000) = number of new permanent seats added (23,000) less the number of temporary seats dismantled (16,000).