Etihad Stadium Tour & Museum

Book a Manchester City Stadium Tour
Since Manchester City moved from their old stadium Maine Road to the City of Manchester, now Etihad Stadium, the club has gone from strength to strength.

City legend Colin Bell

Once the “noisy neighbours” in the words of Sir Alex Ferguson, City now out perform their rivals Manchester United across town at Old Trafford on a regular basis.

As part of that rivalry and desire to expand their fan base, Manchester City now offer a fun tour of their stadium and museum.

Etihad Stadium

The tour begins in the museum which is dedicated to the history of the club. Visitors can learn something of the Maine Road legends of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s such as Colin Bell, Mick Doyle, Tony Book, Joe Corrigan, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee. Before that era, Bert Trautmann, City’s German goalkeeper of the 1950’s is famous for playing on in the 1956 FA Cup Final with a broken neck.

Your tour guide then takes you around the stadium’s impressive facilities including the home and away dressing rooms before going into the stands for a view of the pitch.

Backed by the UAE, Manchester City are now a very rich club indeed with affiliated teams in North America and Australia.

David Villa playing for Melbourne City

Nearby

Sportcity, the complex around the Etihad, 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.

Booking A Tour

Presently the tour costs £17.50 and lasts for around 90 minutes. The tours can be booked online at the official Manchester City site or phone:

Tel: +44 161 444 1894

Home Dressing Room

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

Google map of Etihad Stadium