Would you swap places with West Ham?

[Villa in Denmark]

If you are missing it I am too. I am completely bemused as to how they got away with it.

Yes, it's a complete mystery how West Ham (CEO Tory peer Baroness Brady) got such a deal for the Olympic Stadium from the London Legacy Development Corporation (then-chair Tory MP Boris Johnson) after it had been under the auspices of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (chair Tory peer Lord Coe.)

I can understand how it happened, what surprises me (maybe it shouldn't) is how they are getting away with it. I still can't comprehend the Tevez-Mascherano clemency not provoking absolute absolute uproar either.

Even the Danish commentators last night were spending not much time talking about the game and more time oscillating between taking the piss about the deal / how the f%%k can that happen other than somewhere like Nigeria or Afghanistan (thanks for the ready reference Mr. Cameron) / "how pissed would you be if you were a London council tax payer"

[clash city rocker]

So where is the money going from the sale of Upton Park ?

[castlefields_villan]

I love VP, although it's had precious little done on it in recent times. The North Stand has become a bit tatty and the Doug Ellis Stand isn't great, especially the way it was constructed.

Like others I would say never leave, but if we were to be in the Premiership, get a purpose built stadium nearby with all mod cons plus access, all at a daylight robbery price that enabled us to splash the cash, I suspect then some might be swayed.

I doubt many would be swayed - supporting Villa wouldn't be anything like it is IF Villa Park wasn't our home.  I don't believe there's any other set of supporters who love their home ground as much as we do.

[el león Benidorm]

Not a fucking prayer. Give me Villa park in league 1, with our famous old Stadium and the memorable nights.

Trophies that we have won as Aston Villa! Not pretending that we won the world cup because we had a few players in the England team.

Yes we may be in a difficult situation.  I would rather there without selling out and moving to a soulless rented stadium.

Certainly after the chirpy Cockernees showed how they were last night. They almost... ALMOST make Small Heath look like a class act

[Risso]

So where is the money going from the sale of Upton Park ?

I think they got surprisingly little for it. £20m from memory.

[Ron Manager]

A purely hypothetical question, but if Villa were to leave VP for a new stadium, where would be a good place for it to be situated, assuming it moved from B6?

Wellington Road. Perry Barr.

[olaftab]

If you are missing it I am too. I am completely bemused as to how they got away with it.

Yes, it's a complete mystery how West Ham (CEO Tory peer Baroness Brady) got such a deal for the Olympic Stadium from the London Legacy Development Corporation (then-chair Tory MP Boris Johnson) after it had been under the auspices of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (chair Tory peer Lord Coe.)

The word "Fantastically" comes to mind!

[The Edge]

Without meaning to go off on a tangent, I wouldn't be too keen on mirroring The Holte End with The North. Yes it needs updating but I like that The Holte stands alone, to mirror it's style might cheapen it? If The North Stand were to be updated, I would hope it would just be built into a grand stand in it's own right, something that fits Villa Park's legacy but not The Holte End 2.

yeah I shouldn't have said replica. Bad choice of word as the Holte is unique. I just meant a much bigger stand than the North stand to give the ground some much needed symettery. I would be dead against filling in the corners but I've always loved how the lower tier of the north stand sweeps around to the Trinity. I'd love that theme to continue right round the ground.

[The Edge]

If you are missing it I am too. I am completely bemused as to how they got away with it.

Yes, it's a complete mystery how West Ham (CEO Tory peer Baroness Brady) got such a deal for the Olympic Stadium from the London Legacy Development Corporation (then-chair Tory MP Boris Johnson) after it had been under the auspices of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (chair Tory peer Lord Coe.)

The word "Fantastically" comes to mind!

This is a  disgraceful deal for the taxpayer done by torys for Baroness Brady & the Essex wide boys. Made me sick to the stomach when I heard that horrible little twat Sullivan claiming it was a good deal for the taxpayer.

[Allan C]

No. Absolutely not  never.  I think VP is easier to develop than Upton Park anyway so we would never have to move to redevelop x

[Rudy Can't Fail]

West Ham, the Coventry City of London. No thanks.

[Edvard Remberg]

Depend which country the new ground would be in

[markeeeebeeee2005]

If you are missing it I am too. I am completely bemused as to how they got away with it.

Yes, it's a complete mystery how West Ham (CEO Tory peer Baroness Brady) got such a deal for the Olympic Stadium from the London Legacy Development Corporation (then-chair Tory MP Boris Johnson) after it had been under the auspices of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (chair Tory peer Lord Coe.)

I can understand how it happened, what surprises me (maybe it shouldn't) is how they are getting away with it. I still can't comprehend the Tevez-Mascherano clemency not provoking absolute absolute uproar either.

Even the Danish commentators last night were spending not much time talking about the game and more time oscillating between taking the piss about the deal / how the f%%k can that happen other than somewhere like Nigeria or Afghanistan (thanks for the ready reference Mr. Cameron) / "how pissed would you be if you were a London council tax payer"

I am a London taxpayer and I'm mystified, same as everybody else.

What benefit to the public is giving a very expensive piece of public property to private business?

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Also it's not just London taxpayers who should be peeved. Hundreds of millions were diverted by the government from charities to fund the Olympic park. Money from the lottery that would have been distributed by the Big Lottery Fund and others to good causes.

The whole thing is bent.

[passport1]

But the fraudulent use of tax payers money in our country is so much more sophisticated than abroad old boy.