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The ''Etihad Campus'' is an area of Sportcity, Manchester which is mostly owned and operated by Manchester City Football Club. The campus includes the ''Etihad Stadium'', the ''City Football Academy (CFA)'' training facility and club world headquarters, and undeveloped land adjacent to both of these facilities. These two main portions of the campus site are linked by a 60-metre landmark pedestrian walkway/footbridge that spans the junction of Alan Turing Way and Ashton New Road. The term ''"Etihad Campus"'' embraces both the stadium - which already existed when the name was coined in 2010 - as well as much of the surrounding undeveloped land that existed at that time, although the term is also frequently used as a direct synonym for just the ''CFA'' portion of the entire planned campus. The development of the southeastern portion of the ''Etihad Campus'' site is focused on the regeneration of the Clayton Aniline site which consists of 80 acres of Brownfield land. The initial phase of the campus development included the construction of the new Manchester City training facility which was completed and officially opened in December 2014. Adjacent to the ''CFA'' facility is the ''Connell Sixth Form College'' - named after Anna Connell, the founder of ''St Mark's Gorton'' which later became Manchester City Football Club - which forms part of the Beswick Community Hub. The construction of the college was jointly funded by Manchester City F.C. and Manchester City Council and it opened to receive its first students in August 2013. The Beswick Community Hub is being developed on 16 acres of the 80 acre site originally purchased by the football club in order to develop its ''CFA'' facility, but like the footbridge linking the ''CFA'' to the ''Etihad Stadium'', the club has donated this portion of its land purchase back to the local community so that it can be jointly developed with Manchester City Council to form a southern gateway approach to the completed ''Etihad Campus''. Also part of the jointly funded and developed Beswick Community Hub, located across from it on the western side of Alan Turing Way, is the new ''Beswick Leisure Centre''. The construction of the leisure center is also complete and it opened to the public in October 2014. Two further pieces of the jointly funded and developed community hub will be the ''Manchester Institute of Health and Performance (MIHP)'', currently under construction and for which the official opening is scheduled for early 2016, and beyond the completion of the ''MIHP'' there are plans to develop commercial office space, shops and retail opportunities on the northwestern side of the hub.〔 The transformation of East Manchester forms a key part of the city's core development strategy for the Manchester region from 2012 to 2027, and likewise the scheme forms an integral part of Manchester City's aim to develop a homegrown squad by 2027, as well as the club's goal of increasing the seating capacity of the ''Etihad Stadium'' to keep pace with the burgeoning demand of its growing local fan base. It is anticipated that the stadium's second phase of expansion to around 61,000 will complete within the next year or so. ==Background== East Manchester has historically been used for industrial use. The site which the ''Etihad Stadium'' sits on was contaminated for the construction, and so a non-occupied use was required. Areas east of the city have undergone privately funded regeneration, such as the New Islington project by developers, Urban Splash and the NOMA scheme east of Manchester city centre - but the area has remnants of industrial usage and land is often brownfield. The site on which the new training and community facility will be situated was previously home to Clayton Aniline Company, a company which produced dyestuffs. The firm disbanded in 2004 leaving the Clayton Aniline site derelict. Since being taken over in 2008, the club have embarked on a large spending spree to reach the pinnacle of English football. In 2011, the club won the FA Cup - ending the club's 35 year trophy drought - and then won the Premier League in 2012. The investment has come at a cost, with the club spending a net-£330 million on infrastructure, debt and transfers. The club hope prize money (from the Champions League particularly), increased commercial revenue and ticket sales will turn the club into a profit-making entity which provides a return on investment. As early as September 5, 2008, just days after the takeover the new owners were reported to be exploring the possible expansion around the stadium. In July 2011, it was announced the area where the developments will be built will be called the Etihad Campus. In return Etihad Airways will pay sponsorship to Manchester City F.C. for ten years. In return to Manchester City Council who own the stadium, Etihad will create a British hub for Etihad Airways at Manchester Airport (majority owned by Manchester City Council) creating further jobs and helping to fuel the £600m Manchester Airport City development.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Etihad Campus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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