Etihad Stadium & Sport City Manchester

Sportcity | Move From Maine Road | Stadium Tours | Access

The 53,400 capacity Etihad Stadium (formerly the City of Manchester Stadium), is the home ground of Manchester City football club. In recent years, City have been Premier League champions in the 2011-2012, 2013-14, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2021 and also 2022-2023 seasons. The stadium is part of the Sportcity complex built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

There are plans to increase the capacity to around 61,000 by 2026 to make the stadium the second largest Premier League ground after Old Trafford, home of rivals Manchester United.

Etihad Stadium Manchester

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The Sportcity complex also includes the 6,500 seat Manchester Regional Arena, the National Squash Centre, the Manchester Velodrome, home for British Cycling, the Manchester Football & Tennis Centre, a gymnasium and the English Institute of Sport, which altogether make up the largest sports complex in western Europe.

Etihad Stadium home of Manchester City

Move From Maine Road

Manchester City moved from their previous ground Maine Road in the Moss Side area of Manchester to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003 and the arena was redesigned to accommodate the football club by removing the running track and installing entertainment facilities.

Visit the home dressing room on a stadium tour

Stadium Tours

The Etihad venue has stadium tours on offer and a football museum dedicated to the history of the club. Etihad Stadium hosted the 2008 UEFA Cup Final between Rangers and Zenit as well as international soccer and rugby games, boxing events and music concerts.

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Etihad Stadium & Sport City Manchester

Nearby is Philips Park with 31 acres of woodland and grassland located within an urban environment and home to Manchester’s largest free firework display held annually in November.

Manchester City have been on the up since their move from Maine Road in the rundown Longsight area of the city and the subsequent huge investment in the football club from the Middle East

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

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Access – Getting There

Take bus #216, #230 or #231 from Piccadilly Gardens. The Etihad Campus Metrolink Station of the Manchester metrolink is the closest station. Journey time from Manchester Piccadilly Station is around 9-10 minutes.

Address: Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Ashton New Rd, Manchester, M11 3FF

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