It was nice of Coventry to move out of their stadium just in case we need it whilst Villa Park is being rebuilt.
Short-medium term, redevelopment of the north stand seems the obvious choice to me. Existing planning permission in place, build could be done without too much fuss and I think 53,000 capacity would be plenty. let’s worry about complete re-builds/ moving, when we’ve filled a 53,000 ground for a few years.
Quote from: robbo1874 on July 29, 2019, 10:48:58 AMShort-medium term, redevelopment of the north stand seems the obvious choice to me. Existing planning permission in place, build could be done without too much fuss and I think 53,000 capacity would be plenty. let’s worry about complete re-builds/ moving, when we’ve filled a 53,000 ground for a few years.How many years, after a multi-million pound construction project, would you need to wait for the expense of that development to not look like a massive waste of money?
What’s the current capacity of the North Stand and would it’s replacement be sufficient to add another 8000 seats to take us to 50,000? Not sure how long building works would take but I presume capacity would be reduced to approx 35,000 for at least half a season with only 3 stands open?
Quote from: paul_e on July 29, 2019, 11:25:43 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 29, 2019, 10:48:58 AMShort-medium term, redevelopment of the north stand seems the obvious choice to me. Existing planning permission in place, build could be done without too much fuss and I think 53,000 capacity would be plenty. let’s worry about complete re-builds/ moving, when we’ve filled a 53,000 ground for a few years.How many years, after a multi-million pound construction project, would you need to wait for the expense of that development to not look like a massive waste of money?lets be realistic for minute. Most agree we probably need a bigger ground, or may do soon. We can add 10000+ to the ground, relatively easily and cheaply. City centre site and new 60000 ground is a whole different proposition. Spurs new ground on a site they presumably already owned cost 1bn and their fans are now having to pay eye watering prices for season tickets.
All this talk of a new stadium is a tad premature. Let's just deal with one thing at at time.
Quote from: Clampy on July 29, 2019, 12:18:14 PMAll this talk of a new stadium is a tad premature. Let's just deal with one thing at at time.Nothing else to talk shit about until we sign another keeper and a striker...unless you enjoy the shithouse thread!