Academy Stadium

Academy Stadium

MiniCOMS, Minihad
Full name	Manchester City Academy Stadium
Location	Sportcity, Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°28′52″N 2°11′34″W / 53.48111°N 2.19278°W / 53.48111; -2.19278Coordinates: 53°28′52″N 2°11′34″W / 53.48111°N 2.19278°W / 53.48111; -2.19278
Owner	Manchester City F.C.
Operator	Manchester City F.C.
Capacity	7,000 (5,000 seated)
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Opened	8 December 2014
Construction cost	£200 million (total value of training facilities)
Architect	Rafael Vinoly
Main contractors	BAM Construction
Tenants
Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy Manchester City W.F.C.

Academy Stadium is a football stadium in Manchester, England, forming part of the Etihad Campus. Announced on 19 September 2011 as part of an 80-acre training facility to cater for around 400 youth players at a time,^[1] the campus was completed in late 2014 and unveiled on 8 December 2014.^[2] The stadium, known simply as Academy Stadium, was inaugurated by students of Manchester Metropolitan University, who played the official first games on the pitch on 14 December 2014.^[3]

Although not the biggest building of the facility the stadium still features numerous facilities more common to larger stadia, including a press room, board room, offices and retail space.^[2][4] Situated only 200 metres from the City of Manchester Stadium, the Academy Stadium is linked to the mother ground via a 190-metre bridge across the intersection of Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way.^[5]

The stadium is the new home stadium of the Elite Development Squad and other senior academy teams, and also of Manchester City Women.

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