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March 6 – Manchester Metropolis have introduced a partnership with Radisson Lodge Group to develop a brand new 401-room resort on the Etihad Campus, set to open in late 2026.
Named The Medlock – a nod to the River Medlock that runs beneath the stadium – the four-star resort will probably be related to the Etihad Stadium and type a part of the membership’s £300 million growth undertaking.
Designed to function year-round, The Medlock will cater to sports activities and music followers attending occasions on the Etihad Stadium and Co-op Reside, in addition to guests exploring Manchester. The resort will reportedly characteristic a mixture of commonplace and deluxe rooms, suites, and a luxurious penthouse, together with a number of eating choices, convention amenities, and a stadium roof stroll and museum expertise.
Radisson Blu will function the resort as a part of its international portfolio of over 1,500 properties, with trade chief Valor Hospitality overseeing its administration.
With the Etihad Campus shortly establishing itself as a key leisure vacation spot, this newest addition strengthens Manchester Metropolis’s long-term imaginative and prescient of increasing their affect past simply what occurs on the pitch.
Roel de Vries, Chief Working Officer at Metropolis Soccer Group, mentioned: “In the present day’s announcement is an thrilling second as we reveal the title of our resort as ‘The Medlock’ and welcome globally famend hotelier, Radisson Lodge Group to the Etihad Campus.
“Radisson’s enthusiasm and fervour for the Membership’s resort undertaking is obvious, and we firmly imagine that Radisson’s trade expertise along with the Membership’s ambition and imaginative and prescient for the resort is the right mixture.
“We look ahead to working with Radisson Lodge Group as we transfer in the direction of the opening of the resort and a year-round sports activities and leisure vacation spot that our followers and guests from each the UK and world wide can take pleasure in.”
Elie Younes, Government Vice President and International Chief Growth Officer at Radisson Lodge Group, mentioned: “Our manufacturers are at all times related to each our homeowners and our friends. We’re thrilled to collaborate with Manchester Metropolis Soccer Membership and create a worldwide flagship resort inside the world-class Etihad Campus in Manchester.
“This resort is a unbelievable addition to a rising portfolio of a number of stadium-based properties within the UK, just like the famend cricket floor Edgbaston Stadium, the Allianz Stadium Twickenham, house of England Rugby, and worldwide in India and China. We’re grateful for Manchester Metropolis’s belief in our manufacturers, and assured that our longstanding cooperation will unlock additional alternatives to all stakeholders.”
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