Leisure Centre being demolished - car park future ?

[FrankyH]

Saw The Pogues, minus Shane MacGowan - Joe Strummer filling in as lead vocals.

[FrankyH]

its all part of this advanced manufacturing hub which will see the demo of eddies and aston social. Eric pickles was down there a few weeks back to endorse the councils plans

Is that still going to happen ? It must be private investment, as the council haven't got a pot to piss in.

[rjp]

I remember some crazy rave there, couple of us staggered towards VP at 5am with intentions of running round on the pitch which obviously didn't happen.

I went to a rave there too, I would have been about 16 if I remember correctly which would put it around 1992.  It was called Nemesis.

[pooligan]

I also remember going to watch the Luton v Villa  match there. Never saw most of the game as the quality was bloody awful.

[kippaxvilla2]

Did Ricky Hill score?

[Big Dick Edwards]

I used to play squash there in the early 80s. I also remember going to see Kash the Flash Gill in a Kick Boxing World title fight there.

[Pete3206]

its all part of this advanced manufacturing hub which will see the demo of eddies and aston social. Eric pickles was down there a few weeks back to endorse the councils plans

Are you sure The Aston Social is being demolished? Seems to be news to them.

[wozwebs]

Saw Carter USM, Ned's and Ocean Colour Scene there and tried to get in to see Blur supported by Pulp but sold out. Dodgy stewards were letting people sneak in for £25 cash but we weren't paying that!

Wanted to see Nirvana there but Kurt blew his head off before they had chance to play.

Went past it the other week and thought what a dump it had become. Used to get all the gigs whilst the Hummingbird was closed but then when it re-opened as the Carling Academy they lost all the gigs and revenue no doubt.

[myf]

council just acquiring the land and preparing it for the market. they don't want to miss out another JLR expansion like at i54. also want to provide land for the supply chain.

could be wrong about social but the land was required last time i saw the plans

[silhillvilla]

So back to the original point, this will cause a shortage of Matchday parking ?

[flybo]

When did the club sell it's stake in the Leisure Centre? I thought they owned a bit of it at one time.

Probably sold off to fund an ex-Chairman's retirement?

Have always said the club should have bought up all spare land between the ground and the railway when it became available and built retail and parking which would have paid for itself and provided parking on match days.

Unfortunately it all went before Randy came.

Pretty sure one of HDE's final acts was to sell all the Serpentine Land for circa £8m
Your guess is as good as mine where that cash went

Thats is right i brought a share only had about six months when Randy brought Villa.
We where asked to agree to the sale of the land and not long after my share was gone ;-(

[Pete3206]

So back to the original point, this will cause a shortage of Matchday parking ?

How many spaces does the car park hold?

[Woofles The Wonder Dog]

When did the club sell it's stake in the Leisure Centre? I thought they owned a bit of it at one time.

Probably sold off to fund an ex-Chairman's retirement?

Have always said the club should have bought up all spare land between the ground and the railway when it became available and built retail and parking which would have paid for itself and provided parking on match days.

Unfortunately it all went before Randy came.

Pretty sure one of HDE's final acts was to sell all the Serpentine Land for circa £8m
Your guess is as good as mine where that cash went

The land was originally sold to help cover the losses we'd made in that last HDE season. The money was then used as surety for MON to buy Petrov in the period when the Lerner sale was going through but hadn't been completed.

[silhillvilla]

So back to the original point, this will cause a shortage of Matchday parking ?

How many spaces does the car park hold?

I would say about 1000 ? I never park there as its chaos getting out

[Pete3206]

Nor me. I park on my mate's road on The Brookvale. It's an extra 15 minute walk, but worth it to escape the crowds.