sidcow Posted February 7 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Ask Coventry how this went Coventry didn't own their stadium. They were tenants. I'm not sure they'd be in any better position at Highfield Road mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Something like this to put Villa on the map. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 6 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Something like this to put Villa on the map. Pff, No theme park? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 7 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7 8 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Something like this to put Villa on the map. I think buying every premises and turning Perry Bar and Newtown in their entirety into a forest might be considered a bit ostentatious for the redevelopment of a football stadium? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: I think buying every premises and turning Perry Bar and Newtown in their entirety into a forest might be considered a bit ostentatious for the redevelopment of a football stadium? Save The Villa, Save The Planet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapleVilla Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, sidcow said: Coventry didn't own their stadium. They were tenants. I'm not sure they'd be in any better position at Highfield Road mind. New stadium is in a slightly better area to be fair! If they were still in Hillfields, it might be a bit better nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejs1111 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Villa are looking to buy stadium ground in NW London. Problem solved. Changing the name to London Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) This was a very good chat. They basically picked a scenario where one person had to make arguments FOR and AGAINST moving from VILLA PARK. Good arguments for both scenarios in honesty which left me conflicted. I;m thinking and hoping that the owners and Aitoros etc actually have a grand, groundbreaking plan to be able to redevelop VP in ways we never thought possible. ( I. E even better than original " suspended " plan. Edited February 8 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 13 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: Villa park has no presence on the big nights. Tonight showed. We won't miss it. What would create a presence though? If by this you’re suggesting a new 60,000 seater bowl / Villa Park, it won’t. Have you seen any West Ham games on TV or Live? A night like last night will happen in any stadium, regardless of size. Inter Milan, Ajax, Athletico Madrid, Everton on our first home game back in the Premier League, etc etc. Many many glorious nights under the lights at Villa Park and some loudest I’ve witnessed. Honestly, don’t see how a new stadium automatically means an improved atmosphere? Edited February 8 by ferguson1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 If we move VP from Aston to say the NEC will we change our name like Wimbledon did to MK Dons?.....seeing as we won't be in Aston anymore....perhaps this will be another one of those fan feedback things like the debacle of the badge, terrace view etc etc Will this then give SMA the green light to claim the city as their own...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 14 Moderator Share Posted February 14 4 hours ago, dukes said: Add also the cost of building stands while keeping the ground open, and i do wonder if the redevelopment of the ground might be having a total re-think. I can see us moving to a new ground near to the NEC (as Doug Ellis once wanted), or being held back more and more by our desire to stay at our spiritual home (none of which is even the same as when i was a kid, and hence nothing to be nostalgic about).. The NEC gets mentioned a lot, but I'm not sure it's viable now - the chunk of land that would be perfect (the one once suggested for the national stadium before Wembley took it) has gone to HS2 - there will be a large station on it - you're then looking at patches of land that are further out, and once you get a distance from the NEC all of the potential transport links worsen. The NEC Group have been looking to develop housing on some of the smaller patches of land and the big patch on the other side of the M42 is gone to HS2. I'm not sure there's a viable site at the NEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: The NEC gets mentioned a lot, but I'm not sure it's viable now - the chunk of land that would be perfect (the one once suggested for the national stadium before Wembley took it) has gone to HS2 - there will be a large station on it - you're then looking at patches of land that are further out, and once you get a distance from the NEC all of the potential transport links worsen. The NEC Group have been looking to develop housing on some of the smaller patches of land and the big patch on the other side of the M42 is gone to HS2. I'm not sure there's a viable site at the NEC. Also why would the NEC support the development of a rival multi use entertainment venue on their doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 14 Moderator Share Posted February 14 41 minutes ago, thabucks said: Also why would the NEC support the development of a rival multi use entertainment venue on their doorstep. Well they're currently prepping to be sold by Blackstone so it might not be completely out of the question that they'll be selling bits off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 14 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14 9 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Well they're currently prepping to be sold by Blackstone so it might not be completely out of the question that they'll be selling bits off. Ahh. Here's where we find that it's sold for several multiples of what BCC sold it for a few short years ago in a firesale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 17 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: The NEC gets mentioned a lot, but I'm not sure it's viable now - the chunk of land that would be perfect (the one once suggested for the national stadium before Wembley took it) has gone to HS2 - there will be a large station on it - you're then looking at patches of land that are further out, and once you get a distance from the NEC all of the potential transport links worsen. The NEC Group have been looking to develop housing on some of the smaller patches of land and the big patch on the other side of the M42 is gone to HS2. I'm not sure there's a viable site at the NEC. I find it hard to believe there isn't another suitable plot of land in that general area, and surely having a HS2 station, an Airport and main railway stations as well as access to the M40, M42, M6 and M5 close by make the area ideal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, dukes said: I find it hard to believe there isn't another suitable plot of land in that general area, and surely having a HS2 station, an Airport and main railway stations as well as access to the M40, M42, M6 and M5 close by make the area ideal ? Go on Google maps, switch to satellite View and you can see there just isn't the necessary space around there, without knocking something else already there down. Or as OBE said, moving too far away from the reasons you'd want to be there. That's before you even get in to the fact that it's then further away from Aston than the blues ground would be. Where we are, is realistically the biggest plot of land with minimal impacts to anything if we want to expand it/rebuild it, and comfortably the only location in Aston that a stadium could be. If we want to keep our beautiful name, I don't think we can move that distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Saw an update on the Everton new stadium yesterday and it made me feel a bit jealous I'll admit It's in a bloody nice location by the sea too ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 5 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: It's in a bloody nice location by the sea too ain't it? Only for the next few decades. Not very future proof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 It doesn't have beautiful parkland, next door and a stately home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 8 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Only for the next few decades. Not very future proof If the Associations have their way, we'll have Scuba Football by then anyway. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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