Sisk and Manchester City marked a significant milestone in the development of the Club’s £300m entertainment destination, as they celebrated the topping out of the project, with the installation of the final steel on site.

The topping out ceremony signifies the completion of the highest structural point of the development, which upon completion will increase the stadium’s capacity to over 60,000, create a new covered 3000-capacity fan zone, and introduce a state-of-the-art museum experience.

The development will also see the opening of The Medlock, a 401-room hotel in collaboration with Radisson, as well as a range of food and beverage outlets operating 365 days-a-year.

Club representatives were joined at the topping out event by apprentices working on the development, construction partner, Sisk, and Leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, who all signed a commemorative piece of artwork which will later be permanently installed within the Club’s new museum.

To date, the project has hired 86 apprentices/trainees across Sisk and its supply chain partners of which 62 coming from within Greater Manchester region. The completed development will bring hundreds of new full-time and part-time jobs, as well as additional casual roles, to create lasting long-term economic and social benefits for the Club’s local community, building on the Council’s and Club’s shared priorities for the regeneration of East Manchester.

The North Stand itself will open during the 2025/26 football season, with the hotel, workspace, food and beverage outlets and the Club’s fan zone, opening in late 2026.

These new facilities will sit alongside the 23,500 capacity Co-op Live arena – a joint venture between City Football Group and Oak View Group.

Alan Rodger, Managing Director UK North & Sisk Infrastructure, said: “The topping out of Manchester City’s entertainment destination marks a significant milestone for Sisk and the club.We have achieved some very visual planned milestones recently including quad pod steel and façade installations, and the project is gathering real momentum heading into the football off-season.

“We would like to thank all our staff, supply chain partners, designers and consultants for helping us reach this stage and we look forward to the next phase of the project.”

Chloe Rimmer, PlanBEE apprentice, Roel De Vries, COO, City Football Group and Rory Thompson Assistant Site Manager Sisk

Commenting on the topping out ceremony, City Football Group, Chief Operating Officer, Roel de Vries, said: “This is a proud moment for Manchester City and for everyone involved in the Club’s project to create a year-round entertainment destination at the Etihad Campus.

“The delivery of this project will enable us to enhance and expand our offering to our fans and visitors, both on matchday and non-matchday, and create lasting long-term economic and social benefits for our local community, building on the regeneration work City Football Group has delivered in East Manchester since 2008.”

Leader of Manchester City Council, Cllr Bev Craig, said: “This is a major infrastructure investment which will create and support hundreds of jobs, adding to the remarkable regeneration of East Manchester in which the club has played a constructive role.

“It’s great to see this construction milestone reached. It means it won’t be long before those benefits for the city and the community start to be realised.”