Etihad Stadium

The Etihad Stadium is the home of Manchester City, originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and converted into one of the most modern grounds in world football. Its sweeping cantilevered roof and bowl design give it a distinctly athletic, big-event feel that still traces back to its Commonwealth Games origins. The surrounding Etihad Campus has grown into a sprawling training and community complex, reflecting the club's rapid transformation over the past two decades. On matchdays the blue half of Manchester fills a stadium that keeps expanding to match the club's ambitions.

Built between 1999 and 2002 and inaugurated at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, the stadium was converted for football and became City's home from August 2003 after 80 years at Maine Road. It hosted the 2008 UEFA Cup final and has since staged City's most dominant period, including multiple Premier League titles and the 2023 Champions League triumph completing a historic treble. Renamed the Etihad Stadium under a 2011 sponsorship deal, it has undergone continual expansion, most recently the new Pep Guardiola Stand which pushed capacity past 61,000. It stands as the physical symbol of City's rise from a mid-table club to a genuine European power.