England(North West England) - Manchester

Manchester  is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England,  It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million.^[6] Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council.
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home ground of Manchester City Football Club and, with a domestic football capacity of 55,097, the fourth-largest in the Premier League and eighth-largest in the United Kingdom.

Broke ground	12 December 1999
Opened	25 July 2002 (as athletics stadium) 10 August 2003 (as footballstadium)
Renovated	2002–2003 (converted to current use)
Expanded	2014–2015 (47,400 to 55,097 seats)
Construction cost	£112 million (athletics stadium) £22 million (football conversion) £20 million (football fit-out)
Architect	ArupSport (stadium design) KSS Design Group (interior fitout) Populous (stadium expansion)
Structural engineer	Arup Associates
General contractor	Laing Construction Ltd. (initial construction), Laing O'Rourke(stadium conversion & later expansion)
Main contractors	Watson Steel Ltd. (initial steelwork construction)