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[Hookeysmith]

I think your list is out of date

Birmingham City F.C.          St Andrew's                           30,009

Is it now just the 9

[LeeB]

I think your list is out of date

Birmingham City F.C.          St Andrew's                           30,009

Is it now just the 9

They'd still run out of scarves.

[Border villan]

I think your list is out of date

Birmingham City F.C.          St Andrew's                           30,009

009, the name’s Bond, John Bond.

[Ad@m]

Tend to agree. There probably are exceptions (Dortmund? Not been to Nu-Spurs but it sounds good on'telly until the home team plays like Blues).

I can confirm that having gone to the new Spurs stadium earlier this season, whilst it's a top stadium, the atmosphere is resoundingly crap.  The loudest noise was definitely coming from the Villa fans (and I was undercover in the Spurs end).

[wolfman999]

Not sure if this has been asked elsewhere as I haven't followed the thread but, considering how difficult it is to obtain match tickets, how are they going to accommodate the ST holders in the North Stand while they are building a new one.

[LeeB]

Not sure if this has been asked elsewhere as I haven't followed the thread but, considering how difficult it is to obtain match tickets, how are they going to accommodate the ST holders in the North Stand while they are building a new one.

There's still at least 10,000 tickets available (Inc away fans) for each game, enough to cover the North Stand season tickets.

There fucking better be, anyway.

[chrisw1]

Not sure if this has been asked elsewhere as I haven't followed the thread but, considering how difficult it is to obtain match tickets, how are they going to accommodate the ST holders in the North Stand while they are building a new one.

We have c 30k season ticket holders, so even without the North Stand should be able to accommodate them all I'd think (North Stand capacity is 6,000 reduced ground capacity will be approx 35k.  Not much left for general sale though after away tickets though.

[VILLA MOLE]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

[The Edge]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

My guess is that this is exactly what's going to happen.

[Ad@m]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

That's how Liverpool have built their new stands and given how much space there is behind the North Stand you'd hope we'd do that.

[Dave P]

Not sure if this has been asked elsewhere as I haven't followed the thread but, considering how difficult it is to obtain match tickets, how are they going to accommodate the ST holders in the North Stand while they are building a new one.

They'll offer us the upper witton which is 100000% more expensive.

[Pat Mustard]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

That's how Liverpool have built their new stands and given how much space there is behind the North Stand you'd hope we'd do that.

Liverpool have kept/are keeping the existing stands as the lower tier of their new builds.  I'm not sure how that would work with the North Stand, as the lower tier is effectively still the old terrace which needs to be ripped out and rebuilt.  I would have though it would be more logical to do what we did when we rebuilt the Holte, and get the stand knocked down ASAP and build from the front, so we can gradually open areas as the stand goes up.  In theory we could do it this way and be back almost up to the existing capacity within a few months.

[AV82EC]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

That's how Liverpool have built their new stands and given how much space there is behind the North Stand you'd hope we'd do that.

Liverpool have kept/are keeping the existing stands as the lower tier of their new builds.  I'm not sure how that would work with the North Stand, as the lower tier is effectively still the old terrace which needs to be ripped out and rebuilt.  I would have though it would be more logical to do what we did when we rebuilt the Holte, and get the stand knocked down ASAP and build from the front, so we can gradually open areas as the stand goes up.  In theory we could do it this way and be back almost up to the existing capacity within a few months.

I’d agree with this as the likelihood is you can knock down and have the Lower tier built within 6 months and that will probably have the same capacity as the whole north stand currently. I suppose it depends on the design of the stand and the best methodology for time/cost/risk. I just hope it’s got the wow factor.

[Axl Rose]

Oh how I miss Villa Park.

[ez]

Also would they build behind it first and maybe knock it down when they do the bottom tier . i guess it depends on what design they are  building

That's how Liverpool have built their new stands and given how much space there is behind the North Stand you'd hope we'd do that.

Liverpool have kept/are keeping the existing stands as the lower tier of their new builds.  I'm not sure how that would work with the North Stand, as the lower tier is effectively still the old terrace which needs to be ripped out and rebuilt.  I would have though it would be more logical to do what we did when we rebuilt the Holte, and get the stand knocked down ASAP and build from the front, so we can gradually open areas as the stand goes up.  In theory we could do it this way and be back almost up to the existing capacity within a few months.

Reminds me of when we got a free plastic poncho at the turnstiles.