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[sickbeggar]

Monorail is the answer.  Buy some land a mile or so away for parking. Try and get the old Maglev from Birmingham airport. No congestion because it's above the road obv.. Failing that, buy and adapt one of the old rollercoasters from The American Adventure themepark.

I heard there's some waste ground in the Bordesley area.  Was an old football ground once, but it's mostly fallen down now.  We could bulldoze that and use it as a carpark.

Nice idea, but its pretty congested there at the best of times. Also to get to Aston the monorail would have to cross a lot of roads and railways lines at the same level so a lot of extra cost. You'd want the monorail or cable car coming in the less congested way avoiding major roads. Probably Northish towards Witton and Perry Park not fair from the Wibbly Wobbly world of play

[The Edge]

Monorail is the answer.  Buy some land a mile or so away for parking. Try and get the old Maglev from Birmingham airport. No congestion because it's above the road obv.. Failing that, buy and adapt one of the old rollercoasters from The American Adventure themepark.

I agree, and anyone that doesn't is from Shelbyville.

Actually come up with a better idea now. Think i'm having one of those Tesla moments of inspiration this morning where the ideas just flood out. Monorail has to be pretty substantial and costly right? What about a cable car? Still keeps traffic away from the roads and works fine at Drayton Manor

Why not they've built one across the Thames 😁
Or how about we extend the canal from down by the Swan and Mitre and have a fleet of Hovercraft.

[sickbeggar]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

[The Edge]

Monorail is the answer.  Buy some land a mile or so away for parking. Try and get the old Maglev from Birmingham airport. No congestion because it's above the road obv.. Failing that, buy and adapt one of the old rollercoasters from The American Adventure themepark.

I heard there's some waste ground in the Bordesley area.  Was an old football ground once, but it's mostly fallen down now.  We could bulldoze that and use it as a carpark.

I heard it was cursed, by Gypsy Rose McCormack, and if they ever build a multi-story car park on it the gates will keep getting stuck.

It would be contaminated land and we would have give it at least 50 years before we could use it. Bit like re-using an old sewage works.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I drive under that great white elephant a few times a week and I’ve never seen anyone using it. One of Mayor Johnson’s lunatic vanity projects.

[AV82EC]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I can think of better uses of public or private money than building a fucking cable car to get people to Villa Park.

[sickbeggar]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I drive under that great white elephant a few times a week and I’ve never seen anyone using it. One of Mayor Johnson’s lunatic vanity projects.

Would be a major attraction here I reckon and generate higher attendances. Away fans would love it, Green as well so would have Birmingham council salivating. Call it the Purslow skylift and i'm sure the club would be interested.

[sickbeggar]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I can think of better uses of public or private money than building a fucking cable car to get people to Villa Park.

Cost 60m in the most expensive city in the world. How much would the other options cost?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Maybe we could have “football special” cable cars - old rolling stock for the away fans to smash up. That way it might be cheaper than the £60m it cost to build the London one.

[AV82EC]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I can think of better uses of public or private money than building a fucking cable car to get people to Villa Park.

Cost 60m in the most expensive city in the world. How much would the other options cost?

60m pays for more buses and trains not a bloody antiquated method of transport that’s good for people who want to get up mountains and hills, not so good when you’re trying to transport as many people as possible in short time frames across distance.

[sickbeggar]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I can think of better uses of public or private money than building a fucking cable car to get people to Villa Park.

Cost 60m in the most expensive city in the world. How much would the other options cost?

60m pays for more buses and trains not a bloody antiquated method of transport that’s good for people who want to get up mountains and hills, not so good when you’re trying to transport as many people as possible in short time frames across distance.

More buses = more congestion. Cable car dumping 2500 per hour into Aston, 30 less busses or 833 less cars (based on 3 per car). Also the train operators don't have loads of spare capacity knocking around like in the BR days or the track capacity because they rationalised it. Those extra carriages or trains will cost money and re-instating the infrastructure costs will probably dwarf 60m

[Duncan Shaw]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I drive under that great white elephant a few times a week and I’ve never seen anyone using it. One of Mayor Johnson’s lunatic vanity projects.

Would be a major attraction here I reckon and generate higher attendances. Away fans would love it, Green as well so would have Birmingham council salivating. Call it the Purslow skylift and i'm sure the club would be interested.

Ooh if it became a major attraction, it might help us sell out a few more games - win win!!

[algy]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I drive under that great white elephant a few times a week and I’ve never seen anyone using it. One of Mayor Johnson’s lunatic vanity projects.

Would be a major attraction here I reckon and generate higher attendances. Away fans would love it, Green as well so would have Birmingham council salivating. Call it the Purslow skylift and i'm sure the club would be interested.

Ooh if it became a major attraction, it might help us sell out a few more games - win win!!

Such a good point.  Our attendances have been a DISGRACE lately (Man City, Leicester City), and that can only be rectified by offering 'kids for a quid' on the Purslow Skylift.

[sickbeggar]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I drive under that great white elephant a few times a week and I’ve never seen anyone using it. One of Mayor Johnson’s lunatic vanity projects.

Would be a major attraction here I reckon and generate higher attendances. Away fans would love it, Green as well so would have Birmingham council salivating. Call it the Purslow skylift and i'm sure the club would be interested.

Ooh if it became a major attraction, it might help us sell out a few more games - win win!!

Aye, a scenic ride about the delights of Aston before/after a game looking down on all the people stuck in their cars and buses. I would. I best Flinstone would as well

[Chris Smith]

Indeed. That's what gave me the idea.  The thames one has a capacity of 2,500 people per hour or 30 buses!

I can think of better uses of public or private money than building a fucking cable car to get people to Villa Park.

Cost 60m in the most expensive city in the world. How much would the other options cost?

60m pays for more buses and trains not a bloody antiquated method of transport that’s good for people who want to get up mountains and hills, not so good when you’re trying to transport as many people as possible in short time frames across distance.

More buses = more congestion. Cable car dumping 2500 per hour into Aston, 30 less busses or 833 less cars (based on 3 per car). Also the train operators don't have loads of spare capacity knocking around like in the BR days or the track capacity because they rationalised it. Those extra carriages or trains will cost money and re-instating the infrastructure costs will probably dwarf 60m

Nobody is going to invest that kind of money for something used 20 times a year.