Etihad Stadium

Purpose-built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and converted to football the following year; the North Stand expansion is taking it towards 62,000.

Etihad Stadium has been the home of Manchester City since 2002, and holds 52,900 spectators for football. The playing surface is hybrid grass, and the record attendance of 54,993 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Manchester.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Manchester and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.