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Etihad Stadium

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Manchester City vs Tottenham
Sat 23 Nov 2024 17:30

Established
2003 (21 years old)

Capacity
62,000

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Country
England

Location
Etihad Campus, Manchester

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Coordinates
53°28′59″N 2°12′1″W

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Upcoming

23 Nov	Manchester C	-	Tottenham		5:30pm
26 Nov	Manchester C	-	Feyenoord		8:00pm
04 Dec	Manchester C	-	Nottingham F		7:30pm
15 Dec	Manchester C	-	Manchester U		4:30pm
26 Dec	Manchester C	-	Everton		12:30pm
04 Jan	Manchester C	-	West Ham		3:00pm
25 Jan	Manchester C	-	Chelsea		5:30pm

Past Events

26 Oct	Manchester C	1 - 0	Southampton
23 Oct	Manchester C	5 - 0	Sparta Pragu
05 Oct	Manchester C	3 - 2	Fulham
24 Sep	Manchester C	2 - 1	Watford
22 Sep	Manchester C	2 - 2	Arsenal
18 Sep	Manchester C	0 - 0	Inter Milan
14 Sep	Manchester C	2 - 1	Brentford

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The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, currently known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Manchester City and, with a domestic football capacity of 55,097, the sixth-largest in the Premier League and tenth-largest in the United Kingdom.

Built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the stadium has since staged the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, England football internationals, rugby league matches, a boxing world title fight, the England rugby union team's last match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup 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, 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. Manchester City F.C. agreed to lease the 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 £112 million and was designed and engineered by ArupSport, whose design incorporated a cable-stayed roof structure which is separated from the main stadium bowl and suspended entirely by twelve exterior masts and attached cables. 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.

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. The expansion was designed to be in keeping with the existing roof design.


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