paul514 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 6 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Bodymoor Heath maybe. Not that it matters, I don't think there's a new stadium on the horizon. Was that a serious suggestion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Would love us to go down the new stadium route. Time to retire Old Villa Park and Build a new Villa Park. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 18 hours ago, paul514 said: such as? Buckinghamshire where we’ll known Villa fan Christian Purslow is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 6 hours ago, nick76 said: I never want to move from Villa Park but if we had no choice, I definitely don’t want to be in the City or close to it, I couldn’t think of anywhere worse. It would be far better on a big piece of land just outside the city that could be catered for a massive stadium properly, with proper travel infrastructure built and also close links to the motorway. The city idea would just be a complete nightmare. Years ago the Smithfield development could've been a chance, certainly a big enough site within 10 minutes walk of New Street. You have Newcastle as 52k city centre stadium which seems to work pretty well so that's why a few push for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Years ago the Smithfield development could've been a chance, certainly a big enough site within 10 minutes walk of New Street. You have Newcastle as 52k city centre stadium which seems to work pretty well so that's why a few push for that. Probably worth noting that Newcastle have recently started floating the idea of leaving SJP though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 23 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Probably worth noting that Newcastle have recently started floating the idea of leaving SJP though. A lot of clubs are to match the revenue needs clubs have now a handful have got these revenue making machines. Otherwise we all get left behind. its got to be a place for all week long not for once every two weeks. So business conferences and concerts etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 22/01/2024 at 03:09, paul514 said: such as? Walsallshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Follyfoot Posted January 23 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 23 17 hours ago, nick76 said: I never want to move from Villa Park but if we had no choice, I definitely don’t want to be in the City or close to it, I couldn’t think of anywhere worse. It would be far better on a big piece of land just outside the city that could be catered for a massive stadium properly, with proper travel infrastructure built and also close links to the motorway. The city idea would just be a complete nightmare. Commercial nightmare, our average attendance would be zero and matchday income would be zero as we are not allowed in town. Also don't Shelby Investments/Robert Wagner own all of Brum now 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I’d have us move the stadium without hesitation… If we can reconstruct some of the core foundations which gives Villa Park the appearance that it has - ie, the Holte end, then where it is makes no odds to me. If location means better transport links, larger capacity and all sorts of other stuff, then, that’s what needs to happen. Im guessing this isn’t in the thinking at all though, and neither is increasing capacity of the current stadium. GLOBAL REVENUE STREAMS are the buzz words for the foreseeable. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravella82 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tayls said: I’d have us move the stadium without hesitation… If we can reconstruct some of the core foundations which gives Villa Park the appearance that it has - ie, the Holte end, then where it is makes no odds to me. If location means better transport links, larger capacity and all sorts of other stuff, then, that’s what needs to happen. Im guessing this isn’t in the thinking at all though, and neither is increasing capacity of the current stadium. GLOBAL REVENUE STREAMS are the buzz words for the foreseeable. If a new stadium was to be built elsewhere an Architect would be given a clean slate based around wherever that new location is. It would bear no resemblance whatsoever to what The Holte end looks like now. Nor should it. The Holte End was designed as it was to accompany the old Trinity Road Stand and the Old Trinity Road Stand was designed as it was to represent it's proximity to Aston Hall. Any designs belong to the locations in which they are situated. (It's just Cheapskate Owners that create eyesores by refusing to hire architects!) Edited January 23 by Caravella82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 43 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said: Clearly the money doesn't line up though. If it was as simple as build a bigger stand and have more money, Ellis would have done it. Every single major stadium work anywhere involves significant public funding. The only one I can think of that didn't was Metlife stadium in New Jersey in 2010, but that was shared between two teams. We missed our chance to have a public funded stadium with the commonwealth games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 24 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, Villa_Vids said: We missed our chance to have a public funded stadium with the commonwealth games. Birmingham got the Commonwealth Games as a backup option when Durban pulled out, and the bid was based on utilising existing facilities spread across the region (and country given the velodrome used was the London one) and keeping costs down through limited renovation rather than new build (with the exception being the athlete accommodation, which was always going to be used afterwards as flats anyway). There wouldn't have been a chance that there was a new stadium coming out of Birmingham 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 5 minutes ago, Chindie said: Birmingham got the Commonwealth Games as a backup option when Durban pulled out, and the bid was based on utilising existing facilities spread across the region (and country given the velodrome used was the London one) and keeping costs down through limited renovation rather than new build (with the exception being the athlete accommodation, which was always going to be used afterwards as flats anyway). There wouldn't have been a chance that there was a new stadium coming out of Birmingham 2022. Fair enough. Sounds like Heck's plan here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 24 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: We missed our chance to have a public funded stadium with the commonwealth games. Not to disrespect the commonwealth games, but the Alexander is in no way even close to what a Premier League club needs. Unless there was some sort of a join public/private project (wouldn't happen) the public would not fund anything even close to what Villa might need. I will risk assuming that 1 top premier league game is watched by more people around the world than the entire athletics season (taking away Olympics). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 23 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Not to disrespect the commonwealth games, but the Alexander is in no way even close to what a Premier League club needs. Unless there was some sort of a join public/private project (wouldn't happen) the public would not fund anything even close to what Villa might need. I will risk assuming that 1 top premier league game is watched by more people around the world than the entire athletics season (taking away Olympics). Can you imagine the trogs down small heath if the council agreed to part fund a new stadium for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 22 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Not to disrespect the commonwealth games, but the Alexander is in no way even close to what a Premier League club needs. Unless there was some sort of a join public/private project (wouldn't happen) the public would not fund anything even close to what Villa might need. I will risk assuming that 1 top premier league game is watched by more people around the world than the entire athletics season (taking away Olympics). It happened in Manchester but I agree it is highly unlikely to happen again or here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villa_Vids Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 Utd are looking at building a new 90k stadium. With Everton moving too. Maybe we really need to consider a new stadium. We don't want to be left behind by the others. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 21 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: We don't want to be left behind by the others. Unfortunately, some people may only accept this when it's too late, across the board of our operations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 34 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: Utd are looking at building a new 90k stadium. With Everton moving too. Maybe we really need to consider a new stadium. We don't want to be left behind by the others. Yup it’s time to accept that we need to move with the times if we are to remain a competitive premier league side as hard as that may be to accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Agreed, time to move to a new stadium with enhanced hospitality options and 60,000 standard seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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