Blatant bit of speculation here.Tony tweeted about the VP redevelopment plans being really different and taking everyone by surprise. He also talked about the whole area becoming a centre for sports, which makes sense with Alexandra stadium redevelopment.Commonwealth Games are here in 2022, VP will host the Rugby Sevens.I would think there would be a bit of pressure (possibly even some cash ? probably not) to get any redevelopment done so the place is nice and spick and span by 2022.Shame if its all still on hold because we're stuck in the Championship because we havent signed a striker.
What would we like to see?
If Dr Tony is serious about a major redevelopment at Villa Park, then we might find it doesn't happen till after the games. If the plans involve knocking down more than one stand and some reprofiling in the others, then in all likelihood we would need somewhere else to play for a season - it now just so happens that there will be a 40,000+ stadium available down the road after the summer of 2022. For the games themselves, Villa Park will be fine as it is for the Rugby 7s (it looked great in the Rugby World Cup in 2015).
Liverpool have increased the capacity of Anfield from around what Villa Park holds up to 54,000, with an intended capacity of 59,000. So I see no reason why would need to vacate Villa Park for the season.
It would be nice to see a huge regeneration go on and see the city creep closer to B6.