2018: So what now for Villa Park redevelopment?

[Waghorn]

Hopefully they'll leave the ground as it is now. This is the only good thing to come out of us not winning the World Cup in 2018. We struggle to sell out as it is. I like having open corners too, it's the sign of a proper football ground.

As for these ideas of filling the Holte corners in- what a horrible idea. A stand like the Holte should be a single bank- it's bad enough it being a two-tiered affair.

[villajk]

I'd rather not have 10,000-15,000 empty seats every week.

I thought you were a massive fan of empty seats.

haha, very good.

[levico]

If the money still exists - invest in the team (ASAP)

[The Man With A Stick]

What's the point?  It's not like there are any FA Cup semis up for grabs now they're all at Wembley.

[pedro25]

Could we renovate the North stand but leave the capacity around the same level, but with the ability to increase it fairly easily if desired.

[saunders_heroes]

The North Stand is tatty and ugly. Redevelop it for those reasons alone.

[Toronto Villa]

I imagine there was a plan A and a contingency plan based on the bid going shit shaped. The contingency may now be to make aesthetic changes to the North. Essentially modernize it without blowing it up. It could do with a facelift if nothing else.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Id fill in the sides by the Holte and press the FA to allow standing at the lower North. That would take us up to 45000+ and the North stand could be developed when we have spare cash

I don't like the idea of filling in the corners. Let's be different, let's keep it as it is. We don't need more seats at the moment anyway.

[TimTheVillain]

Id fill in the sides by the Holte and press the FA to allow standing at the lower North. That would take us up to 45000+ and the North stand could be developed when we have spare cash

Agree, not with seats though - with some material like Ibrox.

[dave.woodhall]

How much space is there in the corners now anyway?

[The Left Side]

I think the North Stand certainly needs upgrading/rebuilding, if you build it we will come... 6th in the league!

[PeterWithe]

We don't sell out the corporate seats we already have. An additional 1500-2000 and going to be even harder to sell at the moment.

Is it not the case that all the corperate seats are sold on a seaon long basis, its just that loads dont turn up for certain fixtures?

[TheSandman]

We don't need extra seats as things stand. The only ways we won't is if we improve on the pitch (and I mean from 6th not our current 15th place) or cut ticket prices.

The North stand does need some work but one of the few things it has to commend it is low prices. If we develop it and improve the stand prices will probably go up.

At the end of the day 43,000 or so is what we need.

[cdbearsfan]

All the clubs who consistently finish above us either have bigger grounds than us, are planning to move to a bigger ground than us,  play in London so can charge much more than us or a combination of these.

If we want to finish above them we need a bigger ground.

I would wait till the team is doing a bit better and the recession shows signs of ending first though.

As for how we would fill it... win loads of matches, sign exciting players. That'll do it.

[The Situation]

The North Stand looks ugly, out-dated... it needs to go and a new stand with corners to replace it. We should also fill the corners around the Holte End and put seats in, I can picture it in my head right now... looking really good.