City Football Academy Arena – design description

The stadium is part of City Football Academy, a sports excellence project covering 80 acres in east Manchester. It will not only be one of 16 full-dimension pitches, but also place of all important youth matches with its 7,000 covered seats.

Under the east stand new Manchester City headquarters are to be created with many offices, some of which are to overlook the pitch. There’s also room for a restaurant/lobby and an impressive media theatre for press conferences. On the opposite side of the pitch facilities for players are to be created along with significant amount of commercial space.