Yes that new Everton ground looks like it will be brilliant. I know that Villa Park is home, but if you think that most of the stands and facilities are actully pretty shit, I wouldn't be averse to a shiny new ground at all, as long as it wasn't a bland identikit effort like Stoke for example.
Public transport is free in Oz (Brisbane anyway) with a match ticket across the board, Aussie Rules, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Cricket. Works really well.
The facilities in the Trinity Rd are not too bad, and i haven't been in the Holte since it was rebuilt so have no idea, but the other two stands have truly dreadful facilities.
Quote from: Risso on July 27, 2019, 12:06:07 PMYes that new Everton ground looks like it will be brilliant. I know that Villa Park is home, but if you think that most of the stands and facilities are actully pretty shit, I wouldn't be averse to a shiny new ground at all, as long as it wasn't a bland identikit effort like Stoke for example.Most of the stands and facilities aren't shit...One stand could do with bulldozing and another needs improving, but that's par for the course for traditional grounds. I wouldn't ever want us to move out of Villa Park, and as we're not hemmed in and prevented from developing, we've no reason to.
I could live with us moving somewhere with better public transport links and facilities, so long as it was still a proper part of the city and not on some retail park somewhere in the middle of nowhere like Bolton's ground. I'd rather just stay at Villa Park, expand to fifty and maybe eventually sixty thousand, working with the council and transport companies to ensure improving travel links. Not quite sure how you do that but sure a grown up could work it out. For a start, I hear that German fans get free public transport if they have a match ticket. How can we get the same? That would encourage plenty of people off the roads.
Quote from: AsTallAsLions on July 27, 2019, 12:12:45 PMQuote from: Risso on July 27, 2019, 12:06:07 PMYes that new Everton ground looks like it will be brilliant. I know that Villa Park is home, but if you think that most of the stands and facilities are actully pretty shit, I wouldn't be averse to a shiny new ground at all, as long as it wasn't a bland identikit effort like Stoke for example.Most of the stands and facilities aren't shit...One stand could do with bulldozing and another needs improving, but that's par for the course for traditional grounds. I wouldn't ever want us to move out of Villa Park, and as we're not hemmed in and prevented from developing, we've no reason to.The North Stand is dire, and there's no leg room in the Witton for anybody over 5'4" tall. The half time catering is terrible just about everywhere, and the congestion and lack of parking nearby is pretty problematic as well. And of course we're hemmed in on the Trinity and Witton sides, so the North Stand is the only one that could really be redeveloped to give us a 50,000 capacity, unless we fill in the corners, which would be difficult, and would look shit.
If things progress well a new stadium versus redevelopment to take full advantage of modern commercial opportunities maybe the better option. So many more complications in trying to update Villa Park with inconveniences to the surrounding environment and community. So given what Spurs have done, Everton/Liverpool etc will do maybe build a new Villa Park if land exists not too far away to help keep up.