punkymonkey666 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 10 hours ago, cb_82 said: One thing I will say having been at West Ham yesterday in the home hospitality is that you can see where we miss out on revenue eg 15k less seats and various lounge/hospitality offerings One I was in was seat, 1 free drink, lounge use and is 2.5k per season so you can see how that soon adds up Free brand new stadium helps too... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 13 hours ago, limpid said: There isn't a debate. The egg came first. But not for this topic. Who laid the egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 20 hours ago, Captain_Townsend said: Absolutely. Which is why the plans we had for redevelopment made sense and at £100m much better value than £800m on a new build. In the short term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 4 hours ago, TreeVillan said: In the short term Makes a change from being accused of being too unrealistic in wanting the North stand done! I respect your views by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villatillidie95 Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 (edited) We really have something brilliant in Villa Park....at Hammers away we were all singing "sold your soul for this shithole"....it dosent seem so bad on Tv but you have to visit that place to see how poor the atmosphere is, how far removed the fans are from the pitch, its terrible. Anyone who has been to upton park and experienced the raucous atmosphere will be shocked on going to london stadium for the first time. I never want villa to move somewhere like that! any redvelopment must keep atmosphere and respect the heritage we have Edited March 19 by Villatillidie95 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, DaveAV1 said: I’m very pleased to say I was there in the Witton Lane with my Dad. He’d bought a ticket outside the ground for face value off a bloke who pointing up at the Holte End said, “the lad won’t see any thing in there today, it’s a madhouse. “ he was probably right and the chap did us a favour. The atmosphere was incredible, as was the result although the neutrals will remember their goal, which to be fair was a great goal by Ted McDougal. How things have changed since then!! UTV!!!! I remember Ray Graydon giving their fullback a hard time and after winning a free kick he picked the ball up and handed it to him with a smile. It was a great moment that probably summed up the spirit of the team back then under Vic Crowe! Wonderful times!!! With more on the way beyond anything we could ever imagine back then and perhaps a reason why we can afford to dare to dream now! UTV !!!!!!!! I can add that I remember Andy Lockhead saying he believed that the Holte actually sucked the ball into the net for his goal. Remembering matches like that puts me firmly into the never leave Villa Park crew but times change so we can’t dismiss the idea totally. Sentimentally plays a part and we should never forget those times but we shouldn’t miss any chance to build some more memories, for those who haven’t been so lucky as those of us who have been previously!! UTV!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjavfc Posted March 20 VT Supporter Share Posted March 20 OK third option: dismantle the Holte End (only stand worth saving) brick by brick and transfer it to a new site and rebuild it along with 3/4 of a brand new bowl stadium. Best of both worlds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Could the club be looking at re-developing the Witton Lane Stand before the North Stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 20/03/2024 at 18:28, mikeyjavfc said: OK third option: dismantle the Holte End (only stand worth saving) brick by brick and transfer it to a new site and rebuild it along with 3/4 of a brand new bowl stadium. Best of both worlds! That would be epic! Would be like Croke Park with Hill 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 17 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: Could the club be looking at re-developing the Witton Lane Stand before the North Stand? Theres not much scope for redevelopment of that due to Witton Lane itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 25 Moderator Share Posted March 25 With the amount of work that's going to be going on around the stadium on the hospitality areas this summer, I can't see us demolishing any stand at Villa Park for some time. If we do, I guess the next natural time to review that is after the Euros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 36 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: With the amount of work that's going to be going on around the stadium on the hospitality areas this summer, I can't see us demolishing any stand at Villa Park for some time. If we do, I guess the next natural time to review that is after the Euros. Do you have any more information about whereabouts in the ground those hospitality areas are likely to be And what the nature of the work taking place will be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 25 Moderator Share Posted March 25 48 minutes ago, Deano & Dalian's Umbrella said: Do you have any more information about whereabouts in the ground those hospitality areas are likely to be And what the nature of the work taking place will be? Only that it seems there will be a lot of work - if I were guessing, I'd be looking at boxes being removed for lounges and current office space making way for hospitality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: Theres not much scope for redevelopment of that due to Witton Lane itself. Yes, it will be more difficult. The club will probably need to buy the houses/road behind the stand too. I am just interested to know whether it could be redeveloped without the stand being demolished/lost of capacity. And with the Trinity Rd hospitality over subcribed - does a side stand make economic sense rather than rebuilding the north? Could Witton fund the north stand rebuild? Liverpool's new main stand is 21k - if a new witton lane stand is similar that would put us at 54k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: Liverpool's new main stand is 21k - if a new witton lane stand is similar that would put us at 54k. Thats 8k seats more than the trinity. If we could purchase a few houses on Nelson Street and a small portion of the park longer term we could theoretically expand the trinity by adding another tier similar to the SAF stand at Old Trafford - just without the horrible sloping roof. We can have a 60k plus Villa Park which would be a whole lot cheaper and easier perhaps than relocation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I was walking underneath Trinity before the Ajax game and I specifically looked at how it ended above the street. With my next to no knowledge of construction, the Trinity stand ends pretty much on the far end of the street. Would we really have to buy houses behind Witton to expand it? There is a green strip of land behind the street at Witton, it seems there is room to have a similar bridge over the street as we do at Trinity end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 25 Moderator Share Posted March 25 20 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Would we really have to buy houses behind Witton to expand it? There is a green strip of land behind the street at Witton, it seems there is room to have a similar bridge over the street as we do at Trinity end? The Doug Ellis stand was initially rejected for planning permission because of light complaints from the houses on the other side of that green strip of land, the compromise the club made at the time resulted in the really cramped conditions in the upper concourses. I suspect we'd have to buy all the way back to Yew Tree Lane to properly expand - especially since if you wanted to expand the Doug Ellis properly, you'd also move the whole stand back about thirty feet so it wasn't in front of the Holte End. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobbyrob Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Easier said than done of course, but It would be nice to be able to buy up all that outlined area. Possibly build a new stadium adjacent ala Spuds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Yes, if the council could CPO that then we’d be good. Hopefully the club have had the sense to buy properties there whenever they became available since the new owners came onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 7 hours ago, blobbyrob said: Easier said than done of course, but It would be nice to be able to buy up all that outlined area. Possibly build a new stadium adjacent ala Spuds. I haven’t counted all the houses. Let’s says there’s 400 houses at 200k each. Offer 10% over. That’s £220k per house. That’s 88 million right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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