Villa Park Redevelopment

[Brazilian Villain]

There's a piece on The Athletic website by Greg Evans about the Brickworks.

It contains this sentence:

Although they’re some way behind arch-rivals Villa, it’s no secret that they’re hot on their heels on and off the pitch.

In the same way that I'm hot on the heels of Usain Bolt.

[walsall villain]

There's a piece on The Athletic website by Greg Evans about the Brickworks.

It contains this sentence:

Although they’re some way behind arch-rivals Villa, it’s no secret that they’re hot on their heels on and off the pitch.

In the same way that I'm hot on the heels of Usain Bolt.

How can you be both some way behind and hot on the heels?

[rob_bridge]

We will fill 50k for big games and if the tickets prices are frozen/reduced in real terms.

We won't sell 50k at £60 quid a throw for a bog standard game as Mr Woodall and others have pointed out we don't have the London tourism factor which can add thousands the gates of those in the top league in that dominant city.

I expect more price differentials over time especially if we continue to play in Europe. More so CL.

As for Blues if they are in the Top League and if they are doing well and if they have reasonably priced tickets and we are doing crap for a long period of time and.........
then they may be able to sell out for some games. If they flog tickets at £20 a throw they will easily sell out a few times a season.

However, despite the owners protestations, football is very much the secondary consideration as it will be a multi purpose stadium not a football ground.

Looking at it that way then the "good for the city as a whole" argument has some merit.

If there are 40000 additional NFL fans once or twice a year and 4 or 5 more concerts selling out and a similar number of visitors then as per NFL then it is a good argument. You'd have to be silly not to agree. Same with Rugby League grand final or whatever else is planned. However there are only a limited number of such events nationally each year so by the time it is built we will probably be a saturation point.

It does not mean Blues will ever be better (one season in 50 and counting) and never will be bigger than Villa 150 years and counting.