9: The Etihad
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Stop here.
There to your left, climbing high above the old mills in the distance.
12 Masts pointing up to the sky – as high as 70 metres.
A gladiatorial arena.
A new icon.
The home of the commonwealth and now the home of Man City.
A home for music and sport.
There used to be people sitting on the walls around the outside of the
stadium, listening in.
They’ve put a big fence up now so you can’t do it.
But you can hear the concerts from your gardens.
The crowd roaring during the matches.
A stadium of people together.
Jan: Taylor Swifts concert was amazing and I wasn't even like a big fan. I just went because my partner got tickets and it was just brilliant. The football people would send over/ because my kids, my younger kids went to the School of the Resurrection which is just across the way from there, they used to give out tickets to the schools for the kids to go to the junior matches. They have been there, but it's dead expensive int it but I heard it in my garden.You can sit in the garden and listen to them. I can't wait to go and see Coldplay, they're supposed to be touring in 2022, they better had.
Cross the road and head down the smooth tarmacked ramp.
The one with the chipped black railings.
