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City of Manchester Stadium
Football stadium in Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The City of Manchester Stadium (currently known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons)[3] is the home of Premier League club Manchester City, with a domestic football capacity of 53,600,[2] making it the 7th-largest football stadium in England and 11th-largest in the United Kingdom.[4]
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Full name | City of Manchester Stadium |
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Location | Etihad Campus Manchester M11 3FF |
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Owner | Manchester City Council |
Operator | Manchester City |
Executive suites | 70 |
Capacity | 53,600 – Domestic football[2] 60,000 – Music concerts 41,000 (2002 Commonwealth Games) |
Record attendance | 54,693 (Manchester City vs Leicester City, 6 Feb 2016) |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)[2] |
Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
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Broke ground | 12 December 1999 |
Opened | 25 July 2002 (as athletics stadium) 10 August 2003 (as football stadium) |
Renovated | 2002–2003 (conversion) |
Expanded | 2014–2015 (47,400 to 55,100 seats) 2023–2026 (55,100 to 61,470 seats) |
Construction cost | £112 million (athletics stadium) £22 million (football conversion) £20 million (football fit-out) |
Architect | Arup (stadium design) KSS Design Group (interior fitout) Populous (stadium expansion) |
Structural engineer | Arup |
General contractor | Laing Construction Ltd. (initial construction), Laing O'Rourke (stadium conversion & later expansion) |
Main contractors | Watson Steel Ltd. (initial steelwork construction) |
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Manchester City (2003–present)
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Built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[5] the stadium has since staged the 2008 UEFA Cup final,[6] England football internationals,[7] rugby league matches,[8] a boxing world title fight,[6][9] the England rugby union team's final group match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup[10] and summer music concerts during the football off-season.
The stadium, originally proposed as an athletics arena in Manchester's bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics,[11] was converted after the 2002 Commonwealth Games from a 38,000 capacity arena to a 48,000 seat football stadium at a cost to the city council of £22 million and to Manchester City of £20 million.[12][13]Manchester City agreed to lease the stadium from Manchester City Council and moved there from Maine Road in the summer of 2003.[14]
The stadium was built by Laing Construction at a cost of £112 million[15] and was designed and engineered by Arup,[13] whose design incorporated a cable-stayed roof structure and supported entirely by twelve exterior masts and cables.[16] The stadium design has received much praise and many accolades, including an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004 for its innovative inclusive building design and a special award in 2003 from the Institution of Structural Engineers for its unique structural design.[5][17]
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.[18] The expansion was designed to be in keeping with the existing roof design. A £300 million redevelopment programme of the existing North Stand entailing the construction of a new hotel with 400 rooms, covered fan park for 3,000 people and increased net capacity to 61,474 commenced in July 2023 and will be completed by the end of 2026.[19][20][21]