Would using 20m or so of the park be that much of a disaster? I know there's a number of trees etc, but in the context of the size of the park, the history of Aston Villa etc and the role the club plays in the community and could play in upgrading the area, would that be too much to ask?
How feasible would it be to reconfigure the Holte into a single tier without having to bulldoze the whole lot?
We could build over the road in the same way we did with the Trinity.
Surely you wouldn't be able to see the pitch? I'll get a ticket for that stand when we play Burnley.
Quote from: Ad@m on May 12, 2021, 04:30:10 PMWe could build over the road in the same way we did with the Trinity.That's what I said in my post but its notoriously difficult to purchase land earmarked as a public space and even if we could the lie of the land in Aston Park would give us even more problems. It's not impossible but it's challenging.
Quote from: The Edge on May 12, 2021, 06:19:57 PMQuote from: Ad@m on May 12, 2021, 04:30:10 PMWe could build over the road in the same way we did with the Trinity.That's what I said in my post but its notoriously difficult to purchase land earmarked as a public space and even if we could the lie of the land in Aston Park would give us even more problems. It's not impossible but it's challenging. I'm not talking about moving the road (as you said in your post). Leave the road there and put the stand on stilts over it. It's easier said than done but isn't impossible.
I still think we should move the pitch 50 yards towards Witton.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on May 12, 2021, 07:01:31 PMI still think we should move the pitch 50 yards towards Witton. But then we're talking a brand new stadium.
Quote from: chrisw1 on May 12, 2021, 07:25:05 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on May 12, 2021, 07:01:31 PMI still think we should move the pitch 50 yards towards Witton. But then we're talking a brand new stadium. Basically, yeah. We're hamstrung by the current location, can't do much besides frippery with three sides as it is, the only room for real capacity increase is a big stand where the North sits now, and I get the sense there'd not be much love for something that might outshine The Holte.
That tapered corner is yet another feature of the ground that should be retained. It's is something unusual, something different and part of it's character. The desire to flatten, straighten, level and square off football grounds has given us Stoke, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, and we have lost the Vetch, The Dell and the glorious hump backed Kop at Hillsborough.Oddities are good, strange shapes are interesting, grounds should not be uniform.