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City Of Manchester Stadium

Posted on January 29, 2008
Filed Under Manchester City

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Name: City of Manchester Stadium
Nickname: COMS, Eastlands, The Blue Camp
When Built: 1999
Capacity: 47,726
Record Attendance: 47,321 – December 30, 2007 – Manchester City vs Liverpool

Address: Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF

Description: The club is a continuous oval bowl, with three tiers at the sides and two tiers at each end. Initially, all stands were named by compass direction, but they’ve changed name soon after. The west stand was renamed Colin Bell Stand after the former player, the Sound Stand was renamed Key 103 Stand, the North Stand is where the family stand is designed and the East Stand is unofficially named Kippex. Since it looks like nou camp bowl but it’s blue, the stadium’s called the Blue Camp.

Brief History: The stadium was initially designed for Manchester’s bid to host the 2000 summer Olympics but it was used only in 2002 for the Commonwealth Games. After these games, the stadium was converted for use as a football ground, and became the home of Manchester City FC who moved here from the Maine Road in 2003, signing a 250 year lease with Manchester City Council. City of Manchester Stadium became the 5th biggest stadium from Premier League and the 10th largest stadium in the United Kingdom. In 2006 it was announced that the stadium will host this year’s UEFA Cup final.

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