Manchester City has marked a significant milestone in the development of the Club’s £300 million entertainment destination with the installation of the final steel on site.
The topping out ceremony signifies the completion of the highest structural point of the development, which will increase the stadium’s capacity to over 60,000, create a new covered 3,000-capacity fan zone, and introduce a state-of-the-art museum experience. The development will also see the opening of The Medlock, a 401-room hotel in collaboration with Radisson, and a range of food and beverage outlets operating 365 days a year.
Club representatives were joined at the topping-out event by apprentices working on the development, construction partner Sisk, and Manchester City Council Leader Bev Craig. They all signed a commemorative piece of artwork that will later be permanently installed within the Club’s new museum.
The completed development will create hundreds of new full-time and part-time jobs and additional casual roles, creating lasting long-term economic and social benefits for the Club’s local community. This will build on the Council’s and Club’s shared priorities for the regeneration of East Manchester. The North Stand will open during the 2025/26 football season, and the hotel, workspace, food and beverage outlets, and the Club’s fan zone will open in late 2026. These new facilities will sit alongside the 23,500-capacity Co-op Live arena, a joint venture between City Football Group and Oak View Group.
Roel de Vries, Chief Operating Officer at City Football Group said, “This is a proud moment for Manchester City and for everyone involved in the Club’s project to create a year-round entertainment destination at the Etihad Campus.
“The delivery of this project will enable us to enhance and expand our offering to our fans and visitors, both on matchday and non-matchday, and create lasting long-term economic and social benefits for our local community, building on the regeneration work City Football Group has delivered in East Manchester since 2008.”
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council said, “This is a major infrastructure investment which will create and support hundreds of jobs, adding to the remarkable regeneration of East Manchester in which the club has played a constructive role.
“It’s great to see this construction milestone reached. It means it won’t be long before those benefits for the city and the community start to be realised.”
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