Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Des Little on June 24, 2010, 09:35:46 PM
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Went past VP on the train today and noticed some scaffolding up at the North Stand/Doug corner. The screen seems to have gone as well. Any ideas on what's happening there?
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I think it's just minor upgrading in the stand?
I think it'll be a while before work on the new stand starts.
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Yeah, someone posted the news about it on a North Stand thread a few weeks ago. Minor enough alterations I think.
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Read elsewhere recently from a visitor to VP......Been to Villa Park earlier and work is progressing on the new entrance to R block and the first signs about what a possible new North stand will look like. Most of the horrible cladding has now gone and so has the TV screen backing up the story on another site that there will be a walkway from the North Stand to the Witton as you can see from the scaffolding.
I also know that the old "Visitors entrance" which is for the lower north is part of the upgrade on the facilities with a modern exterior facia and canopy similar to that outside the Holte Suite apparently. Inside, the dreadful surroundings from entrance to seats in lower north will have new upgraded facilities and improved lighting and roof
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Yeah, someone posted the news about it on a North Stand thread a few weeks ago. Minor enough alterations I think.
That was me I believe. All I was told is that they were removing the TV screen and putting a 'glass walkway' in instead. I have no idea how it will work, what it will be for or what it will look like.
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It'll be a couple of years before the proper rebuild is done, at least.
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It'll be a couple of years before the proper rebuild is done, at least.
Dependent on England's World Cup bid?
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Yeah, someone posted the news about it on a North Stand thread a few weeks ago. Minor enough alterations I think.
That was me I believe. All I was told is that they were removing the TV screen and putting a 'glass walkway' in instead. I have no idea how it will work, what it will be for or what it will look like.
Modernising that corner I was told last Sunday.
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when the time comes to knocking down the North stand,
we could always save demolishion costs by inviting Rangers down again for another friendly match
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I get the impression that the board are a bit disappointed with our crowds since they've taken over and plans to rebuild the North Stand have been put back a couple of years.
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An entertaining winning team will solve the crowds problem, easier said than done though.
I want to see villa win and if they entertain too then great , but I'd happily sit in the rain or on an old wooden seat watching it- get the team right and the fans will come back and then when we get full houses we can improve the stadium.
I suppose mine is an old fashioned view - I remember see us win 4-0 at the old roker park in 1984 with hailstones and a biting wind and no roof or cover, but oh what a great afternoon.
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North stand from the car park looks very run down and unattractive.Hope it will be tided up for beggining of the season.....
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North stand from the car park looks very run down and unattractive.Hope it will be tided up for beggining of the season.....
It has done for quite a few seasons now.
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I get the impression that the board are a bit disappointed with our crowds since they've taken over and plans to rebuild the North Stand have been put back a couple of years.
What was the average last year?
I ask because I'm not actually sure, but I'm fairly certain that it nudged 40k for the two seasons prior to that. Last year probably fell back a bit I imagine, but that could be as much to do with the recession biting than anything else (mediocre home form probably didn't help, mind).
Not wishing to open up this whole hornets nest again, but I'd be disappointed if the board took that approach. Gates have improved since they pitched up in 2006, and improved pretty substantially. Even against less glamorous opposition.
Our recent history in this dept also indicates that averages have gone up after capacity increases even if we weren't selling out prior to that.
That should be a major consideration, rather than waiting until we actually turn supporters (and income) away at the gate due to lack of capacity (a scenario that -in fairness- I've admittedly only seen about five times in my adult life).
Building costs would also be cheaper now I'd have thought.
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
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The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
Give everybody a Vuvuzela.
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The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
Give everybody a Vuvuzela.
The bloke who sits behind me has a voice in the style of Noddy Holder screaming "it's Chrisssstmaaaas" which reaches double the volume of a vuvuzela.
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
relocate the club to another part of the country that has not had the worst of the recession ?
considering the depth of the recession in Birmingham I thought the drop in the average was better than I thought
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
I agree Paulie - it really is that simple
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
I agree Paulie - it really is that simple
It is, isn't it!!! (Rolling eyes emoticon!!)
Ever thought it might actually be quite difficult to win trophies at the top of the English league? How many hundreds of millions have Man City spent and they've won what exactly?!
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
I agree Paulie - it really is that simple
It is, isn't it!!! (Rolling eyes emoticon!!)
Ever thought it might actually be quite difficult to win trophies at the top of the English league? How many hundreds of millions have Man City spent and they've won what exactly?!
Ever thought about actually reading the thread and working out that we're talking about the routes to improving crowds being "simple" rather than the actual winning things before diving in?
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Two ways of increasing crowds from the current level.
1. Win stuff.
2. Buy players people want to come and watch.
The potential is there, but we need a buzz.
I agree Paulie - it really is that simple
It is, isn't it!!! (Rolling eyes emoticon!!)
Ever thought it might actually be quite difficult to win trophies at the top of the English league? How many hundreds of millions have Man City spent and they've won what exactly?!
Ever thought about actually reading the thread and working out that we're talking about the routes to improving crowds being "simple" rather than the actual winning things before diving in?
I've read the thread and know the context. I still think to say this is "simple" is rubbish.
It's hardly rocket science to announce that crowds increase when clubs win trophies or buy exciting players. The club and 99% of fans know this. Sadly, doing either of those things is not "simple" or you and I would both be Premier League winning managers and/or chairmen of very successful football clubs.
Your argument is the equivalent of me saying the answer to global starvation is to grow more food where people are hungry!
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Paulie I've ignored him
Balls
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It's hardly rocket science to announce that crowds increase when clubs win trophies or buy exciting players. The club and 99% of fans know this.
Yes, I know it is hardly rocket science. That is what I was referring to as simple.
Sadly, doing either of those things is not "simple" or you and I would both be Premier League winning managers and/or chairmen of very successful football clubs.
Yes, I know. That is what I said in my reply to you. I never said it was simple to do.
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I thought they were buidling a cage in the corner to put the noses when we have to allow them back again. It could be a bit like that one they used to have in one corner of The Dell.
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I dont see why the renovations work in the R Block has meant that the bid screen has had to be taken down. Can someone explain this?
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I thought they were buidling a cage in the corner to put the noses when we have to allow them back again. It could be a bit like that one they used to have in one corner of The Dell.
Then after the game they could weld it shut and throw the bloody lot of them in the cut.
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I dont see why the renovations work in the R Block has meant that the bid screen has had to be taken down. Can someone explain this?
Same here. Why was it taken down? Have they sold it to raise a few quid?