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Heroes Discussion / Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Last post by Chris Harte on Today at 10:48:15 PM »I'm sure I saw a computer-generated image a while ago on the website of the construction company doing the rebuild that depicted the upper tier from above with the lower terrace flattened presumably ready for a rebuild.Are the concrete steps that the seats are currently fitted to being retained? I hope not because that means the legroom isn't going to be improved. That's the second biggest complaint about the NS. The first is the tiny concourses but that's going to be addressed.Knocking the whole thing down and building a big brand new stand would be proper balls out. Keeping the central core of a stand that's widely regarded as unfit for purpose just feels a bit Doug.All that is being retained of the existing stand is the concrete frame. A team of professional consultants have clearly advised that this is fit for purpose, or they wouldn’t be re-using it. There are definitely some compromises in re-using this, in terms of restrictions on layout, how it connects to its neighbours, and capacity, but presumably these are all outweighed by the benefits in terms of not having to divert below ground utilities, build period, and presumably cost. Getting to the higher capacity faster also allows the club to test demand I. A way they can’t at the moment,
My guess is yes and they’d provide part of the structural integrity of the whole frame.
I suppose it may have no bearing on reality.