There's no way we'd get permission to expand the ground without some seriously improved transport links, for a start.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 14, 2018, 10:25:21 PMGood luck to anyone who tries sorting it. The other problem is that we've got a three-sided plot and all three sides have restricted room for growth. Even if you re-submitted Doug’s plan to wrap around the Trinity to replace the North Stand that gives you 53,000 so I don’t often disagree with you but on this Dave we have the bulk of the space already. However a stadium done without changing the Witton Lane stand would look odd so that’s the only side we need to work on in respect of land purchase and requires the acquisition of no more than 100 houses ,without checking the land registry site we might even own some already ! Like I say ,bring it on, there’s hardly a shortage of land around us for car parking and 21 st century transportation improvements .
Good luck to anyone who tries sorting it. The other problem is that we've got a three-sided plot and all three sides have restricted room for growth.
Quote from: brentastonb6 on February 14, 2018, 10:38:28 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on February 14, 2018, 10:25:21 PMGood luck to anyone who tries sorting it. The other problem is that we've got a three-sided plot and all three sides have restricted room for growth. Even if you re-submitted Doug’s plan to wrap around the Trinity to replace the North Stand that gives you 53,000 so I don’t often disagree with you but on this Dave we have the bulk of the space already. However a stadium done without changing the Witton Lane stand would look odd so that’s the only side we need to work on in respect of land purchase and requires the acquisition of no more than 100 houses ,without checking the land registry site we might even own some already ! Like I say ,bring it on, there’s hardly a shortage of land around us for car parking and 21 st century transportation improvements .53,000 is the figure I believe we've already got in principle, but expanding Witton Lane would involve getting rid of parkland (never easy now) and moving into residential areas, which is an absolute minefield. The days of buying up houses on the cheap have gone and you're looking at that whole area around Holte Road suffering substantial upheaval, and that's no going to happen without years of planning battles. There's also a massive shortage of car parking and room for transport - that's what the problems would be about.
Please don't go down the "We were here first" route. It's a fatuous argument and one that always reflects badly on us. You'd be looking at potentially hundreds of houses being affected and that's an incredibly difficult set of logistics to balance not least because they could look at our past attendances and say that a large increase in capacity isn't justified. We're not Spurs or Arsenal with huge waiting lists for tickets and we're not the Manchester Commonwealth Games bid. In any case, let's not walk before we can run; there's no evidence to say that we would ever need a stadium holding much over 50,000 at the most.
I doubt there's a club on earth who won't say they have potential. Equally, and I could be wrong but I don't think there's a club that have substantially expanded or moved their ground without it being full on a regular basis for years beforehand.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 15, 2018, 12:23:57 AMI doubt there's a club on earth who won't say they have potential. Equally, and I could be wrong but I don't think there's a club that have substantially expanded or moved their ground without it being full on a regular basis for years beforehand. Southampton’s Dell, Leicester’s Filbert Street and Derby’s Baseball ground weren’t lock outs week in week out before they all moved to larger premises . Let’s wait and see what happens - at least it isn’t dull and at least we are trying to move forward. Like I’ve previously stated I hope and believe that the club are and will be working with the community to achieve a win win situation. .
I'd love to be in a crowd of 50/60,000+ at Villa Park. One day...