The City of Manchester Stadium, currently known as Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, and commonly shortened as The Etihad, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City, with a domestic football capacity of 53,600, making it the 7th-largest football stadium in England and 11th-largest in the United Kingdom. Built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the stadium has since staged the 2008 UEFA Cup final, England football internationals, rugby league matches, a boxing world title fight, the England rugby union team's final group match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and summer music concerts during the football off-season. The stadium, originally proposed as an athletics arena in Manchester's bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics, was converted after the 2002 Commonwealth Games from a 38,000 capacity arena to a 48,000 seat football stadium at a cost to the city council of £22 million and to Manchester City of £20 million. Manchester City agreed to lease the stadium from Manchester City Council and moved there from Maine Road in the summer of 2003. The stadium was built by Laing Construction at a cost of £112 million and was designed and engineered by Arup, whose design incorporated a cable-stayed roof structure and supported entirely by twelve exterior masts and cables. The stadium design has received much praise and many accolades, including an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004 for its innovative inclusive building design and a special award in 2003 from the Institution of Structural Engineers for its unique structural design. In August 2015, a 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed, in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season. A £300 million redevelopment programme of the existing North Stand entailing the construction of a new hotel with 400 rooms, covered fan park for 3,000 people and increased net capacity to approximately 61,000 commenced in July 2023 and is projected to be completed by the end of 2026. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article MapGamesCountry venues View Larger Map | Get Directions Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- Legia Warszawa - FC Aktobe Paksi FC - CFR Cluj Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Ilves St Patrick's Athletic - FC Hegelmann --- Tomorrow Top Games --- Atlético Paranaense - Goiás Bohemian FC - Galway United FC CRB - Coritiba FC Juárez - América Llaneros FC - América de Cali Once Caldas - Atletico Nacional Puebla - Atlas Talleres de Cordoba - San Lorenzo --- Recent games --- Chile - Primera DivisiónPeru - Liga 1Peru - Liga 2Peru - Liga 3USA - Major League Soccer------ - Africa Women Cup of Nations------ - Champions League Qualifying------ - Club World Cup------ - CONCACAF Gold Cup------ - Womens Euro select match 06-Jul --- U.C. 2:0 Colo Colo select match 06-Jul --- Sp. Boys 1:2 Cusco06-Jul --- Atl. Grau 2:0 Juan P II06-Jul --- Garcilaso 0:1 Universit select match 06-Jul --- Comercio 1:1 Dep. Moq.06-Jul --- Coopsol 2:0 USMP06-Jul --- Santos 2:0 Cantolao06-Jul --- EGB Tacna 2:1 Comerc FC select match 06-Jul --- Huaral 2:1 Municipal06-Jul --- Ecosem 2:1 M Pangoa06-Jul --- Nacional 2:0 Cien/no B06-Jul --- Juv. Alfa 4:2 S Antonio08-Jul --- C. Civil 3:0 Rauker08-Jul --- H/ncayo B 2:3 Nuevo SC08-Jul --- J Cautivo 1:1 UCV B08-Jul --- Dep. Lute 2:0 J. Aurich select match 09-Jul --- LAFC 3:0 Colorado09-Jul --- N England 1:2 Int Miami select match 06-Jul --- Senegal 4:0 DR Congo06-Jul --- Nigeria 3:0 Tunisia06-Jul --- Algeria 1:0 Botswana07-Jul --- S. Africa 2:0 Ghana07-Jul --- Mali 1:0 Tanzania select match 08-Jul --- KuPS 1:0 Milsami08-Jul --- Noah 1:0 Buducnost08-Jul --- Iberia 1:3 Malmö08-Jul --- Levadia 0:1 FK RFS08-Jul --- Olimpija 1:1 Kairat08-Jul --- Víkingur 2:3 Lincoln08-Jul --- Drita 1:0 Differdan08-Jul --- TNS 0:0 Shkendija08-Jul --- Virtus 0:2 Zrinjski08-Jul --- Egnatia 1:0 Breidablk09-Jul --- Žalgiris 2:0 Hamrun09-Jul --- Ludogrets 1:0 D.Minsk select match 08-Jul --- Fluminense 0:2 Chelsea09-Jul --- PSG 4:0 R. Madrid select match 06-Jul --- USA 1:2 Mexico select match 06-Jul --- Norway 2:1 Finland06-Jul --- Switz 2:0 Iceland07-Jul --- Spain 6:2 Belgium07-Jul --- Portugal 1:1 Italy Stories Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games Taiwo Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest