Super supportive fans and very helpful staff…read more The grounds are nice, the stadium area for the local team the Sale Sharks is very clean and it's fantastic are super supportive for all visitors to the stadium grounds. While we were watching Noah, we got to pregame with the Sharks fans in prep for their rugby union match. As the matched approached, more and more fans arriv d, but they were all nice and orderly. I didn't get any flack from wearing my Liverpool gear up here in the Manchester area where the Sharks call home. I did enjoy the pump up songs that the fans here have prepping for their match. There were food trucks all over, and one of the sponsors was Bach 95. The lagers were cold, but warm d up my soul. The kids were thoroughly ashed by this local te, but played it out with their heads held high. British footie is a lifestyle, The stadium support staff wear these jackets that say "I'm here to help." Bathrooms were also small here but clean. I would return to see the Sharks play just on the tailgating alone.

Sal Ford is actually Harrison Ford's brother, and he opened this stadium after the city was named…read moreafter him. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - my family (Mum's side) live about 5 mins from here. Well, maybe 6 or 7 family members do. And while they all like either United or Liverpool, they are even more passionate about - ugh - Rugby. And this team means so much to them (Salford Rugby) because Salford thinks of itself as its own city, and so this Ruggers team (sorry, ew) is the only thing Salford has to be proud about that isn't named after Manchester in a sporting sense. Their stadium is tiny but it feels like home to me because I've been here more than a few times with family. I don't watch Rugby, but if I did, it'd be with my Mancunian family at this stadium. It's a nice facility and the pride of Salford. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** My mother was born in Salford and half of her family still lives there. She used to live in Eccles, and I lived in Salford for a year. I have close connections to the area and have been there many times. So for this reason, I have to give the very presence of a stadium here 4 stars. I don't like Rugby, and it's not the most impressive stadium, but it's new-ish and very popular with the locals, and for that reason, I give it a 4.

What a dream to be able to see a Manchester United game here! We travelled across the world to…read morecelebrate our son's 30th Bday with friends at a Man U game. The nose bleed seats views were not actually bad. Seats were a little narrow and small, but can't complain. FYI alcohol is not allowed inside the stadium for good reason. Lots of yellow jacket security, safety was not an issue. Note most of the stadium was covered, so if rain, you will not be soaked. But do bundle up like we did in the winter time : D After the game, we stuck around a bit for photo opps, but once the game is over , it is literally over, no lingering .. they kinda kick you out. Went to the loo and employees shouted to hurry it up to all of us! Thankfully the merchandise store was open after the game, located outside of the stadium. Easy access to and from stadium with the trams, but expect it to be sardine jam packed.

Iconic! I'm not even a big football gal, but my husband is a die-hard for Manchester United, so…read moreI've always understood the significance of this stadium and the club that occupies it. We were back in the UK visiting his family and decided to go for an official tour. Unfortunately the team was playing in Newcastle during our visit, but the tour alone was genuinely really cool. Plus, they're building a new stadium so it was great to come here before this one gets retired. For it being an older stadium, I thought it was in fantastic shape. Very well-kept. A little smaller than I expected (maybe because I'm used to NFL stadiums?), but it holds 74k+ people, making it the largest club football stadium in the UK! Finding the parking was a tad confusion, but that's always the case at big statiums isn't it. Once we did, we made our way around to the 'tour" entrance and were immediately greeted by the sweetest of staff! They set us up with ourlayard passes and took us straight to where the tour kicked off, which was up in the stands overlooking the field. Along the way our wonderful guide talked through tons of fascinating and fun history, we got a chance to go down along the pitch, sit in the team's seats, come out through the famous tunnel, and even explore their changing room. There's also a full museum on the second floor to explore as part of your ticket, adjacent to the on-site restaurant. It was packed with memorabilia and more history to take in. Even if you're like me, and not necessarily a huge football fan, taking the tour is worth it.

These days it's Manchester Divided, with half of MCR pretending to like City and wearing those…read morefaded blue kits that look like Chelsea kits that were washed with bleach too many times. Despite being a huge Liverpool fan, I have nothing against Manchester United and they've been doing quite well recently. They have a great Dutch manager and deserve the Champions League place they seem to have earned. I don't like some of the ugliness from some of the fans towards Liverpool, their own players, and so on, but that is everywhere including at LFC. I like the team a lot better than the new money of the evil empire of Manchester City, and as much as I didn't love Alex Ferguson, he was a socialist and he was one of the best managers of all time - clearly.

First time at the Manchester United game and I loved my experience. To be honest, I think the best…read moreway to understand British culture is by going to the games of different football matches around the country if you can afford it and are lucky enough to buy the tickets. By the way, if you are unaware of football culture in the UK you will know that (A) it is incredibly difficult to buy tickets and (B) football fans are insane and that's honestly half the fun of it. Here's some of my favorite moments. - The stadium is incredibly packed and you can feel the energy of the crowd unlike any other. Apparently there are around 75,000 seats in the stadium and 6,000 staff working around the clock so you can really understand the energy in there. Some people literally stand up the entire time of the game and the energy is really unlike anything you'll ever experience. - I appreciate the songs that the crowd sings, its honestly quite interesting to see a bunch of grown men sing songs about the red army. - Also itself is absolutely glorious. There's honestly no bad seats here and you are really able to see the game with crystal clear views. Overall, no complaints with the ManU game even if you are not super knowledgeable about football or the club. Would highly recommend just to experience the environment and to further understand UK's football culture.

The ODEON at The Trafford Centre is a large cinema, with 20 screens, with some offering IMAX and…read moreDolby. It's a huge cinema which can be seen around the mall. It's easy to get into the cinema, just head up the escalators from The Orient, there are also elevators available, but ever since I got stuck in one of their lifts due to an "overheating" issue, I prefer to avoid them when possible. In the worst case scenario, there are always the stairs. Due to the size of the cinema, there is a generous schedule for movies showing here, with the most popular and in-demand films, showing multiple times, from the early morning, up until the late evening. Due to a large number of showings, it felt a lot more spacious and chilled out inside the auditorium, allowing an enjoyable and comfortable movie experience as it wasn't too busy inside. Prices seem to be pretty reasonable, my tickets before promotions came to £12.50 each for a premium seat, with the seats being very comfortable. There are plenty of areas to get tickets, I had ordered mine in advance via the ODEON app and was able to get through the area in a matter of seconds, with a friendly attendant just scanning my ticket. As always, there are the typical movie snacks and drinks as you go into the cinema, there is a Costa, right next to the ticket check area though, offering a selection of food and beverages. PRO TIP: If you save your acquired beans on your Costa coffee card, you can get a drink to take into the cinema without having to pay the movie prices. The toilets inside the cinema were very poor, there are two sets of toilets, one is near the screens, with the other being before the ticketed area on an upper level. The toilets were bizarre, they had put the disabled RADAR lock on all the toilets, including the non-disabled standard men's and women's toilets, I can totally understand locking the disabled toilet, but there is no need to lock the standard toilets, and to make matters worse, due to the lift being out of order, the only way to access the toilets was via stairs... Friendly staff, competitive ticket pricing, with a good number of evening showings offered make this one of my favourite cinemas in Manchester. 4*

Just a quick addition to the previous review, about a not so recent development at Odeon trafford…read morecentre which many folk might not be aware of. They now have an IMAX screen! Now before I go into a conclusive statement about this place, I need you to answer a few questions. Only if the answers to all the questions are affirmations will the statement be valid for you. Are you a big movie geek? Have you been going to the Odeon IMAX for a while? Do you have a good memory? If the answer to these questions is yes, you probably won't enjoy going to the IMAX Trafford centre. As a movie geek the cinema going plays a very important role in my seratonin dispersement cycle of life. I look forward to it, I get there early, I get my favourite seat and I go during weekdays to allow for the fact that I'll have most of the place to myself. Ideally I'd like no one else there but that's never happened despite my best efforts. Been close a few times, only to be foiled in the last minute by some other movie geeks with the same idea. (My record is 3 people. Me + sibling and one other sole movie geek. It was an afternoon showing of Silent Hill, if you're wondering...It wasn't as bad as I thought) I do what I do, so I can enjoy the escapism in all its glory without interruption from people who treat the film as a secondary source of entertainment to their popcorn eating or facile chitchat. My visit to this particular IMAX therefore as always had to accommodate all these factors. So when a midnight showing of Gravity popped up on a Saturday night, few friends and I decided to give it a go. It'd be quiet, they hadn't seen the film (I had, twice, once at printworks IMAX, it was epic, why not again) and all of us were excited about having the choice and convenience of two IMAX screens in Manchester. Bearing in mind that all of us were movie geeks, we'd all been going to the other IMAX for a while, and we all had good memories, the visit was a BIG disappointment. Despite the tickets being the same price as the Printworks, the screen was (in comparison to Printworks) miniscule. Don't get me wrong, it was a very large screen, but to add the "MAX" to it was an insult really. We walked in, froze and gawked at the screen for few minutes.(not in a good way) Like children nestled onto the back seats of a car without ice-creams they coveted, we sulked all the way through the movie and literally became those people we so hated ourselves. We ate popcorn and we chitchatted throughout the whole film. We became the riffraff and the riffraff became the movie geeks, shushing us at every give opportunity. The world turned upside down that night. So, if you're not that bothered by the rudimentary definition of "IMAX" when it comes to cinema screens, by all means go check out the IMAX experience at Trafford centre. But, just know you're being short-changed.

My dad is a big Manchester United fan. I really enjoyed the museum and stadium tour. The tour guide…read morewas very lovely and gave us plenty of time to take as many photos as we wanted. I really loved the atmosphere. We were with a great group full of other people doing the same tour. Definitely an experience I will never forget.

It has been four years since I last participated in the Manchester United Museum and Tour, but it…read morewas great to be back. The tour guides are part of the woodwork, and Manchester United through and though. they are full of insight and personal knowledge. True embodiment of fans. It is always great to see the clubs history, memorabilia, and the many many trophies won over the years, but it is truly magnificent to see everything on display. Weaving in and out, and around the stadium, you get a full understanding of the magnitude of the club and stadium. The best part is walking out to the pitch (obviously without stepping on the pitch, but veering to one side towards the Manager's dugout). What's new: An exhibit dedicated to Ryan Giggs. Brilliant! The tour ends with a little VT of United's success, and I am not ashamed to say that it brought a tear to my eye. (I look forward to those days returning :)) This tour is great for fans, but it is also great for visitors. If in Manchester, visit Old Trafford, the Theatre of Dreams.

It's still with a huge amount of caffeine in my veins that I'm writing this review. Five stars, one…read moremore deserved than the next, for Cup North: pure passion for coffee is exuded by this event! Great venue and decor, wide spaces and rare queues made my experience absolutely enjoyable. Talking to baristas and sellers has been very straightforward, and they all were keen to share their expertise in the field of coffee, often telling about their trips around the world (South America, Africa...) in the search of quality. Baristas, just like sommeliers, guided you through your tastings, in order to make you get all the shades of flavours and aroma. Cold brewed coffee has been a special discovery: different from everything I have ever tried so far, it's got an extravagant bitter note that makes you wonder if you're drinking an actual coffee. Most importantly, you could also brew your own coffee! (while a barista was overviewing, of course) The final tasting and the chemical analysis revealed that mine was a bit weak, but I am sure I'll do better next year. Well, I will probably stay up all night, but it's definitely worth it! ;)

An okay event in a quirky environment…read more I missed Cup North in its first incarnation so I was looking forward to seeing what all the fuss was about. Billed as a coffee festival, I was expecting to be blown off my socks by sights and sounds and, most of all, scents and tastes of my beverage of choice. My take-away? Nice try, better luck next time. I have to ask the question why hold a coffee festival in Manchester but have so little involvement from North West and Mancunian producers, venues and innovators? Manchester Coffee Company seemed the only roaster in evidence, despite there being four or five in the city alone, and there were no Manchester coffee houses in sight. As for the event itself, it seemed to be aimed at professionals more than customers, with roasters and distributors, equipment manufacturers and wholesalers, rather than domestic machines and retailers. I had an okay time and I won't be hurrying back to the next event, but if you're looking to learn a little more about coffee, then Cup North might start you on the path. As someone who knows a fair amount about the history of coffee in the West, I was a little disappointed by the experience (the first event staff member I met was condescending and incompetent in turns), particularly by the lack of North West-based businesses.

This is the outlet at the Lowry. We hadn't been here in a few years certainly long before wu flu…read morestruck. I'd guess it's now half empty store wise. Key shops like M&S Clothing, Black & Decker, Tefal and many more all long gone. Harry Ramsden's fish & chips still there along with subway. A chicken shack of sorts, an independent Indian and a BK. The Indian has most food pre cooked and heated on order so no thanks. When there's a Harry's I'm afraid this sort of competition has no chance with me. They used to have a spud u like but it's gone as has an ice cream parlour. The Cadbury alleged chocolate shop is still there but prices are rip off with supermarkets offering identical products much cheaper. Costa coffee is still there and they are now advertising the fact that they are selling M&S food so at least that's quality food. I'm not sure I'd make another trip back here but they still do the artisan market days so that would bring me back.

A wonderful modern theatre in Salford at the Lowry Centre. The Lyric Theatre is the biggest of the…read moretwo theatres inside of the huge Lowry Centre. It hosts many amazing plays, musicals and many other entertainment options. I have been to see two National Theatre productions here which include the amazing War Horse and recently the Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. It also has a couple of restaurants and cafes and amazing views to go with it. I have sat in many places in the Lyric theatre and there really isn't one bad seat plus the seats are really comfortable! All the staff who work here are really friendly and they seem to love there job. So take a look at the Lowry website to see if theres a show coming your way soon. Even if you're not sure that you might like the theatre, give it a go you may love it! The Lowry also hosts many art exhibitions which currently has Behind the Mask, the biggest collection of BAFTA-winning actor portraiture ever assembled, which has come to The Lowry for its first time out of London which is worth the trip out of town alone! You can easily get to the Lowry from the city centre of Manchester on one of the Metrolink trams which head towards Media City UK!

Dela salle fc is a fantastic club, football starts from 4 yr old holding group all the way up to…read moreopen age. The club is run profesionally and has been awarded charter standard development status from the FA. Please visit our website http://www.delasallefc.co.uk for more info