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City’s £1bn contract
Date published: 12 March 2010
FOOTBALL:
Manchester City has signed a £1billion agreement with Manchester City Council to develop land around their Eastlands stadium.
The massive scheme will transform one of the poorest areas of the City, creating thousands of jobs as the site is turned into a "world class sports and leisure complex".
In addition, the club will look into the financial viability of extending the stadium from its current 48,000 capacity.
Meanwhile, Patrick Vieira returns from a three–match suspension for Sunday's trip to Sunderland.
Michael Carrick, who served a European ban in midweek, and Ryan Giggs, recovered from a broken arm, could be back for United’s home game with Fulham on Sunday.
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Meanwhile Latics supporters, whose stadiums plans have been 3 times thwarted by archaic development rules, whimsical changes of council control, bungling council committees, nimbys who can't see past their own nose ends and then a neatly timed credit crunch and now the final twist on the Broadway Failsworth proposed development - uncertainty about the actual ownership of part of the site - stand there with their noses pressed up against the window pane ....
By pablatic @ 12/03/2010 23:23:15