The project, which will boast 15 full-size and two half-size football pitches as well as accommodation for 40 youth-team players, will contain a 7, 000-capacity stadium for youth team matches, a separate building for the first team and a bridge linking the Etihad Stadium to the area -- which will be known as the Etihad Campus.

CNN: October 10, 2012 -- Updated 2153 GMT (0553 HKT)

He said alternative use would have to be found for some of the accommodation previously filled by the youth market.

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Le Tour Traveller's Rest, housed in a former towel factory, is Shanghai's best youth hostel and leaves most of the city's budget accommodation hanging out to dry.

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