Holte End to be renamed?

[cdbearsfan]

The article mentions all the stands being renamed but leads on "would you be against renaming the Holte?".

Personally, I'd expect them to rename some of the other stands first to test the water. The Trinity would probably be worth the most money as it's on the telly all the time when we play.

[supertom]

The way we're playing we'll be lucky to get 5 grand from a local business to sponsor us.
We could call it the "Villa don't score this end" stand.

To be honest, as long it's not something daft I don't mind. As people say, it'll always be the Holte. It won't make a blind bit of difference to our on pitch fortunes. Nor would I expect Randy to do anything other than try and balance the books with it. I wouldn't envision this effecting our transfer budget.

[supertom]

I've heard whispers that it might be called the Viagra Stand, but I'm not sure those rumours stand up.

Eh thank you

[brian green]

I heard it would be sold to a whisky distiller and called the Grants Stand. It is home to plenty of Grousers after all.

[john e]

There is no right or wrong on this one
There are those who see the naming rights as a good way of raising funds and will just carry on calling it the Holte end anyway so no have problems

There are those like me who don't think it's worth it, don't want change, hanker after a bit of tradition and for whatever else reasons would just feel sad if it was renamed

You can't change the way you feel, I can understand the argument for renaming and accept it as a valid reason, but I still don't want it to happen

And it's not because I'm using it as a stick to beat the club with, that's a rediculous argument,
I don't like the badge, that's been changed loads of times, but I still don't like the current one mainly because it doesn't say who we are, if we won the league and European cup again that would be great but I would still wouldn't like the badge,

Same for the renaming of the Holte end, yes I would keep calling it the Holte but the next generation won't, as PWS said over time it will become less and less
Now that might not bother some people, and that's fair enough, but it bothers me, maybe I'm a bit sad but that's just the way I would feel

I hear we need to move with the times, and it's going to happen anyway whether we like it or not, but it still doesn't change the fact that I don't want us to do it,
 I voted Labour in the 80's when I lived in the south, I knew it was a wasted viewpoint and vote, but I did it anyway, you sometimes have to go with your gut feeling

Remember Fox is just doing his job, yes that's correct his JOB,
I can guarantee he don't care about the Holte End, he never stood there as a kid he will sell to the highest bidder and then move on somewhere else without a care in the world, so you can't blame him

he hasn't got any connection to it emotional or otherwise, and he certainly won't be listening to the fans and even if he did there's enough that arnt that bothered about it remaining the Holte End he could make a good case that he's doing what the fans want anyway

If people don't mind it being called whatever and just see it being a good business deal that's fair enough for me, I accept that,
but don't tell me I should feel the same way and if I don't I'm just using it to have a go at the club because I'm not

Something's should remain and the Holte End is one of them......................IMO

[Tayls_7]

I suppose it is inevitable that this will happen at some point. My biggest concern is how it might ruin the aesthetics of a beautiful stadium. I remember seeing Elland Road during their push for European domination. The whole of the stadium was littered with tacky commercial signage both inside and out. Other clubs are the same but Leeds stands out for me as the worst/best example. If that is the future for Villa Park then I'd have serious reservations.

[peter w]

Not for me. The £ will only be used to buy a couple of crap middling players who help us finish 12/13th, so what's the point?

Should we also not bother with shirt sponsorship, pitchside advertising or any other commercial deal?

And whilst we're at it let's not criticise the game as it is having sold it's soul to Sky if we are happy to sell off parts of the ground so we can sign a player or two.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I have no objection to it being renamed the Sir Thomas Holte Stand.

[Mister E]

If we want to compete in today's Premiership, then we have to get all elements of the club's activities competitive. Fox has been brought in to do that.

Ironically, getting a much sharper commercial performance will force mediocre football managers out: no point driving brilliant sponsorship and financial performance and not having the team to back it up.

It's up to the club and all supporters to maintain the traditions, history and heritage so whether its provenance is remembered is really up to us. Having said that, I'll be dead before people forget it was called the Holte.

[paulcomben]

Potential sponsors? Ryanair, because they often let you down in the last minutes and then leave you a long way from where you want to be.

[brian green]

The real damage to the history of the club was the wanton vandalism of the old Trinity. The Holte End is just words. Ellis was the one who sold our birthright for a mess of pottage.

[Ads]

With ever increasing exposure in foreign markets these sorts of deals must make a lot of sense commercially for potential sponsors, given the frequency the ends of the ground will be mentioned on TV in Asia etc.

We are trying to make more money to spend more money. Football changed 22 years ago and it took us too long then to move with it then.

[Clampy]

I don't like the idea of it but I understand it from a financial point of view.

[cheltenhamlion]

I don't accept that every club does it as an argument either. They don't. Do as you wish with the others but leave the Hole alone.

[Dave]

Surely all this comes down to is how much we would get?

If we were being given £100m per season then I bet not many would be against it. If we were getting £10,000 per season I don't think too many would be in favour.

For me, I think we'd be talking about the latter rather than the former.