More on the SportCity development plans

An article published by the Building Magazine sheds further light on the scale of the proposed redevelopment of the City of Manchester Stadium:

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=3160099&c=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+everyarticlefrombuilding+%28Every+article+from+building.co.uk%29

According to the article, the owners are looking to add up to another 30,000 capacity to the stadium which would transform the stadium into a 78,000 seater - one of the biggest grounds in the country and the biggest in Manchester!

Furthermore, these plans were drawn up soon into the owner's spell at City, with prospective plans alledgedly used to try and woo Kaka to Eastlands. Besides the audacity of that specific transfer negogiation, this proves the extent to the owner's ambitions to establish City as one of the world's biggest clubs - on and off the field.

To have all this completed within six months of being at the club on top of all the behind-the-scenes changes wrought in that time (improvements were made to Carrington, the website, as well as working on transfer deals) is just another example of the owner's commitment to the club.

It would be fantastic to think of City filling a 78,000 seater stadium every week, but I hope work will be done to ensure that this would be possible, and that the atmosphere would not be lost up in the rafters of the stadium (the extra 30,000 would be built on top of the existing tiers). When the final designs are drawn up, it is imperative that the engineers consider how well the noise would stay inside the stadium. Upon the completion of these plans City will be hosting their games from one of the most impressive set-ups in world football - worthy of attracting players like Kaka regardless of the money that is offered to them.