And we'll send out breaking news alerts for any stories we think you can't miss. BusinessLive is your home for business news from around the North West- and you can stay in touch with all the latest news from Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria through our email alerts. Honours Manchester City Council has confirmed that a planning application to add up 14,500 extra seats at the venue has been approved. Visit our email preference centre to sign up to all the latest news from BusinessLive. Though Maine Road was redeveloped several times over its 80-year lifespan, by 1995 its capacity was restricted to 32,000, prompting the search for a new ground which culminated in the move to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003. When the work – which could begin as early as next summer – is completed, City will boast the second largest club ground in England – behind Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium, whose official capacity is just under 75,000. All-seater stadiums for clubs in England’s top two divisions became a requirement following the Taylor Report in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Plans for a new £350 million music and indoor sports arena next to the Etihad Stadium have been approved by Manchester Council today. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. It is believed construction work would take two years, meaning an expanded stand could be ready in time for the 2021/22 season, if work was to get under way next year. The work will also continue City's remarkable development on and off the pitch since their takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008. The CFA, which will become the training base for all the club's teams and house medical and accommodation facilities, is due to open later this year. “These concerns are backed by compelling evidence that shows there is simply no market for a second major arena in Manchester. AO Arena said they were “disappointed” by this afternoon’s decision which they say has now put their own expansion plans “in jeopardy”. Plans for a new 23,500 capacity arena near the Etihad Stadium have been approved. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. New 18,000-capacity indoor entertainment venue in Abu Dhabi officially named Etihad Arena The new venue is part of the Dh12 million Yas Bay mega project South of Yas Island Master Plan. 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However OVG insist the city can accommodate more than one arena, as in the case in Birmingham and London. Manchester Council gave the £350m music and indoor sports arena next to the Etihad Stadium the green light today, the Manchester Evening News reported. The arena said they are “considering our position, and will review all options to ensure the future of Manchester Arena, and our city centre economy, is secured, despite the pressures posed by the approval of this application”. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. According to the Mail on Sunday, the Blues are looking to expand the north stand – to take the stadium’s capacity to 63,000 – and consulting fans over the possibility of incorporating safe standing area. The expanded Etihad would hold more fans than Arsenal’s Emirates stadium (58,897), the unloved London Stadium (60,100) – the 2012 London Olympic venue now home to West Ham United – and Tottenham Hotspur’s still unfinished new White Hart Lane (62,062). With a temporary stand at one end, the original Eastlands stadium seated 38,000 for the games. In 2015, by which time the ground had become the Etihad Stadium and the club, with the riches from Abu Dhabi, had joined the Premier League elite, a £60 million project added a third tier to the south stand, upping total capacity to 55,000. The stadium that hosted the Games was a scaled-down version of the 80,000-capacity design conceived for Manchester’s failed bid to host the 2000 Olympics, awarded to Sydney. 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