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Pitch invasion after Manchester City's 3–2 Premier League title victory over Queens Park Rangers in 2012. The first public football match at the stadium was a friendly between Manchester City and Barcelona on 10 August 2003. Manchester City won the game 2–1, with Nicolas Anelka scoring the first ever goal in the stadium. [90] [91]
Announced on 19 September 2011 as part of an 80-acre training facility to cater for around 400 youth players at a time, [3] the campus was opened on 8 December 2014. [4] The stadium, known simply as Academy Stadium, was inaugurated by students of the Manchester Metropolitan University , who played the first official games on the pitch on 14 ...
Etihad Campus is an area of Sportcity, Manchester which is mostly owned and operated by Manchester City.The campus includes the Etihad Stadium, the City Football Academy (CFA) training facility and club world headquarters, [1] and undeveloped land adjacent to both of these facilities.
Sportcity in Manchester is a multipurpose sports and leisure facility. Originally built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, [1] [2] it is in east Manchester, North West England, a mile from Manchester city centre, and was developed on former industrial land including the site of Bradford Colliery.
First proposed during the regeneration of Manchester city centre during the 1980s, the structure was designed by DLA Ellerbe Beckett, Ove Arup & Partners, and Austin-Smith:Lord. The arena is sited in air rights space over the Manchester Victoria railway station and was constructed without disrupting use of the station. The original plans ...
The holding company of Manchester City, Manchester City Limited, is a private limited company, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister ...
It was originally developed as the warm-up track for the 2002 Commonwealth Games held at the adjacent City of Manchester Stadium. It has hosted the AAA Championships and Paralympic World Cup , and was the reserve home ground of the Manchester City reserve team prior to moving to Ewen Fields in June 2010.
In 2001, the Manchester International Convention Centre (MICC) was added, comprising an 804-seat auditorium and breakout rooms and the Great Northern Hall. In 2005, the company running the complex was bought by Manchester City Council. G-Mex was Manchester's primary concert venue from 1986 to 1995.