naming of the ground

[Witton Warrior]

Nailed it Brian.

I still call the North Stand the Witton End and the Ellis Stand Witton Lane so it will make bugger-all difference to me really

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I can see multinationals climbing over each other to pay money to have their name associated with a club that has just dropped off the league table, is the current by-word for laughing stock and will be playing in the anonymous poor relation to the Premier League next season.

Astute as ever Chico, but I'm backing Brian on this one!

[The Laughing Policeman]

If the current rumours in the take over thread are to be believed, then by the end of the month the stadium could be renamed The Martyrs Of The Peasants Revolution Stadium.
Also I still call the different parts of the ground  by the names I grew up with so they can call the stadium what ever they want to call it it'll still be Villa Park to me.

[villa4thecup]

I have to say that Villa Park is the only name I want the ground to be called, but if changing it means that there are more funds available to build a better team to get us back up the top of the Premiership I'll go along with it.

[mr underhill]

Totally inviolate - ground, club name and colours.

[robbiec]

Totally inviolate - ground, club name and colours.

I'm less concerned about the ground name. Like other's have said, it'll always be Villa park to me so I don't really care. But if we did a Cardiff and stopped playing in our true claret and blue... well that's a bit different.

[levico]

Let me pose the question differently.

If a huge consortium offered to invest heavily in the Villa (and I mean REALLY heavily) but only on the understanding that the name of the ground was changed.

Would you say, no thanks?

[DeKuip]

Let me pose the question differently.

If a huge consortium offered to invest heavily in the Villa (and I mean REALLY heavily) but only on the understanding that the name of the ground was changed.

Would you say, no thanks?

I wouldn't be so polite as to just say "no thanks", I'd tell them where to stick their money.

[chrisw1]

Let me pose the question differently.

If a huge consortium offered to invest heavily in the Villa (and I mean REALLY heavily) but only on the understanding that the name of the ground was changed.

Would you say, no thanks?

I wouldn't be so polite as to just say "no thanks", I'd tell them where to stick their money.

Madness.  I know it's hypothetical, but you would swap potential European and domestic trophies just to keep the name Villa Park rather than, for example, the 'SAIC Stadium at Villa Park'?

Tradition is one thing, but football is about winning trophies. 

I'm sure very few Man City fans were pining for Main Road and trips to Doncaster when they were winning the league and various cups over the last few years.  Same for Aresenal and Highbury.  Yes, they have new grounds, but a prefix to our name would be far less of a wrench surely?

[robbo1874]

Villa Park, will do just fine thank you very much

[Comrade Blitz]

It will always be known as Villa Park whatever happens. Just like Boleyn Park *winky face*.

We should start calling it Aston Lower Grounds again

[LeeS]

However much money you get for naming it, you'd lose in the diminution of the "brand", Aston Villa. In our current dire state, If we have anything left that is worth anything it is our history and our universally admired stadium. The name is all part of that.

Can you imagine anyone saying, "I love that Alibaba Arena. A proper football stadium that is"?

[UK Redsox]

No problem renaming as far as I'm concerned.

Something like "Berkshire Hathaway Stadium at Villa Park" sounds good

[Witton Warrior]

It will always be known as Villa Park whatever happens. Just like Boleyn Park *winky face*.

We should start calling it Aston Lower Grounds again

I'm with Comrade Blitz now - move over Brian - fickle ay we...

[chrisw1]

I love Villa park, but really it's just 4 identikit stands, the oldest of which was built in 1977 and is a bit of a monstrosity.  It does still have the feel of a traditional stadium, but times move on, just as they did when the historic stands of old were replaced with what we have today.

I wouldn't sacrifice the name for trifling amounts of money, but if it was necessary for a major investment - the sort that took us back to European glory, then yeah, you would be mad not to.