brommy Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I doubt it would cost that much to at least repaint the cladding claret and blue or something so it at least looks more in-sync with the rest of the Stadia, and less like a random 1970's council office building. that picture has just reminded me how bloody ugly it is, its truly awful from the outside The photo is old. It's had a couple of clean ups and new signs. Not being a nice looking building doesn't automatically make it an eyesore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 No point redeveloping villa park especially to increase capacity. Its too big for us as it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a few years ago (just before randy took over) a picture was released of a model made up of the stadium with the planned new north stand well to be honest, by looking at that picture, it looks just as awful as the current stand, just bigger the north stand desperately needs redevelopment, its hideous, and it needs the corners filling in, i know with the stadium open it helps 'air' the pitch, but it also gets breezy inside, it should definitely look like the trinity stand, this means losing the wonderful corner flag restaurant, but itll be worth it for a new look stadium another thing that gets to me, its that looking down from google earth etc, the roofing/angles of the corners of the trinity and holte end stands are not cemitrical, completely pointless, yes theres a road in the way, so make the far side corners the same!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a few years ago (just before randy took over) a picture was released of a model made up of the stadium with the planned new north stand well to be honest, by looking at that picture, it looks just as awful as the current stand, just bigger the north stand desperately needs redevelopment, its hideous, and it needs the corners filling in, i know with the stadium open it helps 'air' the pitch, but it also gets breezy inside, it should definitely look like the trinity stand, this means losing the wonderful corner flag restaurant, but itll be worth it for a new look stadium another thing that gets to me, its that looking down from google earth etc, the roofing/angles of the corners of the trinity and holte end stands are not cemitrical, completely pointless, yes theres a road in the way, so make the far side corners the same!! That last paragraph sounds very OCD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 lol, i am abit (vacuumed the lounge about a douzen times yesderday) but surely cemitry (sp?) is most important to an international (lol) football stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 lol, i am abit (vacuumed the lounge about a douzen times yesderday) but surely cemitry (sp?) is most important to an international (lol) football stadium? well unless you google earth it i suppose you wont really notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Cemitry ? That's not even close Edited May 30, 2013 by CI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a stadium has to look good from every angle? :-) a unfortunately, villa park doesnt, it actually quite an ugly stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Villa Park is unique , it's special . I don't want an Emirates or an Etihad identikit bland affair. Sod that 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a stadium has to look good from every angle? :-) a unfortunately, villa park doesnt, it actually quite an ugly stadium It looks ugly if you're focusing purely on the North Stand, other than that it's a really great looking stadium! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 I think filling in those north stand corners would look nice. Keeping the Holte corners would be ideal. The Holte Stands magnificently on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a stadium has to look good from every angle? :-) a unfortunately, villa park doesnt, it actually quite an ugly stadium It looks ugly if you're focusing purely on the North Stand, other than that it's a really great looking stadium! meh. the witton lane and north stand look shit IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 shame theres no room to make the witton lane any bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 a stadium has to look good from every angle? :-) a unfortunately, villa park doesnt, it actually quite an ugly stadium It looks ugly if you're focusing purely on the North Stand, other than that it's a really great looking stadium! meh. the witton lane and north stand look shit IMO 'Shit', really? Where does that leave other stadiums which are undoubtly worse? Shiterer? It increasingly seems that if something isn't good it must be absolutely crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Villa park lost something when the old trinity got demolished. Lerner has done a nice job putting the mosaics and stained glass in the Holte, but its not the same as the Trinity. Villa Park has always been a collection of 4 stands and have lacked a well thought out plan since the days of Rinder. Mind you bar Man U, that has been the case for most other British Clubs. I give you the example of the (Sir?!) Doug Ellis stand obstructing the view of some seats in the Lower Holte, when both stands were rebuilt in the mid 90s- the original thinking was to bolt seats on the Holte terrace before they changed their minds. I think there have been 2 models of potential new north stands- one under Doug which just looked like a extention of the new trinity, and a photo shot at the time of the 2018 world cup bid which looked a bit better. All a bit pie in the sky at the moment though. If anyone is interested in the History of Villa Park may I point you to the excellent 'Villa Park-100 years' by SImon Inglis. It was written in 1997 so there is nothing about Mr Inglis low opinion of the Trinity knock down or discussions of a new North Stand. Edited May 30, 2013 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 The stadium is fine, there's no point improving it if the team is shite. I sat in the North Stand against QPR, yes the seating was a bit cramped but it was fine. I really couldn't give a shit what the outside looks like, that went when they knocked down the original Trinity Road stand and built that plastic fantastic monstrosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1Avfc Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 No point redeveloping villa park especially to increase capacity. Its too big for us as it is! 51,000 capacity Villa Park stadium could be sold out easily, with ticket price reductions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 No point redeveloping villa park especially to increase capacity. Its too big for us as it is! 51,000 capacity Villa Park stadium could be sold out easily, with ticket price reductions. To be fair there have been occasions this season where the club have sold tickets for £10 per person and we still haven't sold out. How cheap do you want them to be exactly lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I doubt it would cost that much to at least repaint the cladding claret and blue or something so it at least looks more in-sync with the rest of the Stadia, and less like a random 1970's council office building. They have recladded the building and cleaned up the concrete. It would help if you picked a photo that wasn't ten years old. It looks more like this these days. Yes, it is still a 1970s brutalist office complex, but it's functional. I'd hope when it does get rebuilt then we will see a red brick facade like the Holte end has but the implication that Villa Park is a bad looking stadium is laughable because even from it's ugliest corner (this photograph) it is still better than most grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 What games were they btw? Out of curiosity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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