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[Demitri_C]

Adidas announcing profits of £598m today. Thats got to increase mr nassefs value even further

[Villan82]

What would a new build be called? Simple

We go from playing at Villa Park to playing at Villa Stadium.

[algy]

Smaller version of Principality Stadium in Cardiff or bigger version of Lille's ground where we are heading on Thursday night would be good if we are looking at examples.  Both have a retractable roof as well, which I think could add something unique.  Then becomes a huge indoor arena / space as well.

I love the Principality Stadium. Absolutely cracking, relatively new stadium. If we were rebuilding I'd go for something like that, with retractable roof.

The problem is that it will be a maximise revenue minimise cost decision.
Have a look at all the new stadiums that are built in the USA and you will see what we are likely to get.

Which is precisely why I'm against us moving. All this "What would Rinder do?" ... Rinder was a no-expense-spared kinda guy and, whilst Villa Park isn't perfect, we currently have 2 quite unique stands in the Holte End and North Stand (which some people were intent on tearing down and building an identikit monstrosity in it's place a few short months ago ... and yes, it was a monstrosity - it looked like a fucking Asda, as I mentioned at time time, and looked worse when Villa Live was taken out).

I don't want a ground that looks like everyone else's ground. I don't want a ground that could be anywhere in the world. We deserve nothing but the best - old Trinity Road/"new" Holte End on the outside, Principality Stadium on the inside. It's at build a new ground, that's what we should have.

But ideally - no expense spared - we stay where we belong, which is as Aston Villa of B6 6HE, with Aston Church, the Holte Pub, the Aston Hotel, and a big fuck off Jacobean manor as the background. We ain't no poxy industrial estate team, and we don't belong on some contaminated wasteland. Shame on the lot of you for suggesting otherwise (bar BV, V82, and the few other anti-movers on here)

[Risso]

What is unique about the Holte End? Inside, it looks like any other two tier stand. Outside, they chucked some decorative red bricks up, thirty years ago. None of that would be difficult to reproduce.

[stubbsyandy]

Smaller version of Principality Stadium in Cardiff or bigger version of Lille's ground where we are heading on Thursday night would be good if we are looking at examples.  Both have a retractable roof as well, which I think could add something unique.  Then becomes a huge indoor arena / space as well.

I love the Principality Stadium. Absolutely cracking, relatively new stadium. If we were rebuilding I'd go for something like that, with retractable roof.

The problem is that it will be a maximise revenue minimise cost decision.
Have a look at all the new stadiums that are built in the USA and you will see what we are likely to get.

Which is precisely why I'm against us moving. All this "What would Rinder do?" ... Rinder was a no-expense-spared kinda guy and, whilst Villa Park isn't perfect, we currently have 2 quite unique stands in the Holte End and North Stand (which some people were intent on tearing down and building an identikit monstrosity in it's place a few short months ago ... and yes, it was a monstrosity - it looked like a fucking Asda, as I mentioned at time time, and looked worse when Villa Live was taken out).

I don't want a ground that looks like everyone else's ground. I don't want a ground that could be anywhere in the world. We deserve nothing but the best - old Trinity Road/"new" Holte End on the outside, Principality Stadium on the inside. It's at build a new ground, that's what we should have.

But ideally - no expense spared - we stay where we belong, which is as Aston Villa of B6 6HE, with Aston Church, the Holte Pub, the Aston Hotel, and a big fuck off Jacobean manor as the background. We ain't no poxy industrial estate team, and we don't belong on some contaminated wasteland. Shame on the lot of you for suggesting otherwise (bar BV, V82, and the few other anti-movers on here)

I agree 110%, we must stay where we are whatever..we are unique in name and location

[Ads]

Rinder, being Victorian, would do what was best (move to the city centre to build the best stadium in the UK) and then like all good Victorians, just manufacture the tradition.

[nigel]

If we do go for new stadium I wouldn’t mind it to be similar to the Emirates. Probably my favourite after Villa Park.
If we decided to stay at VP I would guess on a Witton Lane/ North Stand 3 tier wrap around combo

I’m more in the ‘New Stadium’ camp, for all the reasons mentioned, plus we’d carry on playing at VP while it’s being built.
That said, I wouldn’t be heart broken if we stayed.

[Ads]

I'm not a fab of the Emirates. Whatever we do, it should be steep as it can be to create an "on top of the pitch" feel, improve sightlines and aid with noise.

[rob_bridge]

I may missed something but where in the city centre is this mythical site with ties to Aston?

20 years ago there was potential can't see a site now.

[algy]

What is unique about the Holte End? Inside, it looks like any other two tier stand. Outside, they chucked some decorative red bricks up, thirty years ago. None of that would be difficult to reproduce.

Name another stand that looks like it.

[Ads]

From the inside, any large two tiered stand anywhere. From the outside its unique with the brickwork and mosaic.

[algy]

That's what I'm meaning though. It's iconic, for us. It doesn't overly matter that it's a pastiche of a pastiche, it's the only stand which looks anything like *that* on the outside. And as much as you could recreate it elsewhere, new build stadia as Chicago lion mentioned are very much done based on a cost-revenue basis. We'd 100% end up in an identikit bowl.

[Risso]

That's what I'm meaning though. It's iconic, for us. It doesn't overly matter that it's a pastiche of a pastiche, it's the only stand which looks anything like *that* on the outside. And as much as you could recreate it elsewhere, new build stadia as Chicago lion mentioned are very much done based on a cost-revenue basis. We'd 100% end up in an identikit bowl.

You don't know that that's the case at all.

[pauliewalnuts]

Regardless of whether or not we have a sentimental attachment to this stand or that stand, two of them aren’t fit for purpose, and one of those is shockingly poor.

I’m in favour of tradition but I’m also in favour of working toilets, access to refreshments and seats where my knees aren’t up to my chin.

[Risso]

Can you imagine waking up and your first post is to slag off one of the most famous stands in English football?

Can you imagine being such a socially inept, tedious troll that your first thought on waking up in your parent's spare room is to continuously stalk another poster's posts?