allani Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 22 minutes ago, sidcow said: Nah. It's a "Welcome to Villa Park" Needs to be more intimidating, like a Lion biting the head off a footballer, loads of blood. That's what we need. Why not a couple of hungry lions in the tunnel on the same side of the tunnel as the opposition players line up. A few timely growls should pit the ****s up a few players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, sidcow said: With unchecked Russian money before FFP was a thing, developing a monetised global fanbase using that unchecked money. And with London money we'd probably need at 52,000 stadium to get even close to their income from 40,000 seats. Sure, but how much revenue are we talking here, given the outlay and the 2 seasons without a stand? How long does it take to pay for itself? There's a reason the big US sports teams hold their cities to ransom and threaten to move if the city doesn't contribute to stadium work. It's basically never a great financial move to build a stadium. They're almost always built with public money playing a big part. We'll eventually have to rebuild the stand but the financial realities will always exist. It's easy for me to say when i'm 16000km away and don't have to deal with the stand I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: At the 76'ers they have a high five tunnel - where you get to high five the players as they run out onto the court. They charge $6,000 a game for it. Man City and Spurs have their tunnel clubs, both sell for four digit prices on a game by game basis. It's really simple, if Heck doesn't like a thing it's because it doesn't make money. What’s the tunnel club? Is this something we are looking at as well for a match day experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted January 14 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 14 7 minutes ago, thabucks said: Brighton have introduced one this season so I’d expect if we have the space we will introduce one in the coming seasons … https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/3226126/introducing-the-tunnel-club £11,450 per person per season. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: £11,450 per person per season. I’d pay that. Can someone sponsor me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 8 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: £11,450 per person per season. If Brighton can sell tickets at that price and there’s no doubt we would be able to given our history compared to theirs. I was surprised when the first set of plans came out for the New North Stand that a tunnel club wasn’t part of them but when revised when Villa Live was dropped to include a tunnel club hospitality option. It would interest me in a few years for sure if we do develop one. Edited January 14 by thabucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Just now, Sulberto21 said: I’d pay that. Can someone sponsor me? Me. But I won't be able to eat for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 16 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: Me. But I won't be able to eat for the year. Seat or eat … hmmm dilemma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Apologies for posting here and if there is better thread for my post, then I’m happy for it to be moved etc. I’m going with my son to Villa Park this Friday for a stadium tour. Never done one before and very much looking forward to it. Was wondering whether you get much insight into the future redevelopment side of things? Anyone been on the tour recently? Hoping to find out some bits off the tour guide that perhaps isn’t in the public domain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, ferguson1 said: Apologies for posting here and if there is better thread for my post, then I’m happy for it to be moved etc. I’m going with my son to Villa Park this Friday for a stadium tour. Never done one before and very much looking forward to it. Was wondering whether you get much insight into the future redevelopment side of things? Anyone been on the tour recently? Hoping to find out some bits off the tour guide that perhaps isn’t in the public domain? I went last December, the rest of the group was stuck in traffic so it was just me and the guide, she said we would be building the new stand behind the old one which has never been on the table as far as I'm aware. I don't think they're told much tbh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 19 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: £11,450 per person per season. Do they look at you through the one way glass or do you look at them... surely this is aimed at celeb fans, either that or I live in a different world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 15 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15 23 hours ago, FLVillan said: 100% on this one. Before the Holte was demolished post-Taylor report, the official capacity was 48,000. And I would bet my house on that figure being exceeded many times, especially during the period from 1978-1983 when the Holte was stuffed full and they always announced the attendance as 47, 9** or 47, 8**. They were clearly fudging those attendance figures (as did all clubs in that time period). Infrastructure and roads around the ground were far worse in those days. 47,998 against the Albion nigh on 55/60k more like 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 15 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15 But to counter, there are a lot more cars on the road now Hi Sid 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 When delaying / shelving the new north stand did any mention get made to the halfway line trinity road stand longue still going ahead ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Always wondered if the new Trinity Road Stand Roof could incorporate a modern take of the old trinity road roof … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLVillan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, thabucks said: Always wondered if the new Trinity Road Stand Roof could incorporate a modern take of the old trinity road roof … They could have done it. But Ellis was the Chairman. It's a bit of a shame that social media wasn't around when the scandalous decision was made to demolish that stand with no attempt made to preserve that roof mosaic or the one on the back of the stand. Honestly though, I have mixed feelings, as that mosaic is the entire reason why we have such a crap badge now. Lerner decided that yellow on light blue was a nod to our history while not realizing that the Trinity Mosaic was a one-off, a unique piece of artwork that had never been used as the official club badge on any of our kits. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I attended games during the rebuild of the Trinity in 2000-2001 which is why I find Heck, and younger fans, talking about what a shame it would be to have part of the ground as a building site so hard to reconcile with my memory of that era. There is no use kicking the can down the road on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Suspect alot of its also to do with transport infrastructure and General election this year / BCC being bankrupt will have had an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 hours ago, thabucks said: When delaying / shelving the new north stand did any mention get made to the halfway line trinity road stand longue still going ahead ? I was wondering about this. I found an old birmingham mail article yesterday where season ticket holders were understandably upset about being chucked out of their seats for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Have we stalled on the north stand because of FFP? Just reading up on Evertons latest FFP woes Quote , alongside losses incurred from the stadium build at Bramley Moore Dock, mean that the club have fallen foul of Premier League rules again, https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-live-ffp-28445538 Would make sense if that is the case and we have to operate within FFP. I seem to recall stadium renovations but being part of FFP but I'm confused now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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