The Champions League side of things only guarantees three home matches, though. There is only really properly decent money when you get to play in it regularly and start to see it reflected in your sponsorship deals.The gate income from another 6,000 people in the North Stand is a piddling small amount.
I asked this earlier but, once again, re the Atairos investment. They said it will not impact ownership of AVFC, it will be about V-Sports, and helping them build infrastructure. AVFC Ltd does not own Villa Park, another NSWE company does. Are Atairos buying into the entity that owns Villa Park, and if so, are they doing so with an aim to improve the stadium, whether it be new stand, new ground, whatever?They must be buying into something, and if it''s not the ground, it is currently V-Sports stake in the Portuguese club, which isn't much.
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 19, 2023, 07:52:19 PMBuild a new bigger stand on the mass of ground available behind the existing north stand. Start pretty well as soon as you like. When completed as soon as the season is finished, you knock down the old north stand and using hydraulic lifts move the new structure forward the 80 metres or so into place. Existing technology has moved larger structures greater distances than what this would involve. The extra cost of hydraulics on a movable structure should be far less than the income lost from a reduced capacity for two years as well as not losing the atmosphere temporarily with a 3 sided stadium.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocationI thought it has already been said that this isn't an option and the North Stand will have to be knocked down first?
Build a new bigger stand on the mass of ground available behind the existing north stand. Start pretty well as soon as you like. When completed as soon as the season is finished, you knock down the old north stand and using hydraulic lifts move the new structure forward the 80 metres or so into place. Existing technology has moved larger structures greater distances than what this would involve. The extra cost of hydraulics on a movable structure should be far less than the income lost from a reduced capacity for two years as well as not losing the atmosphere temporarily with a 3 sided stadium.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation
Personally, I think it’d be ridiculous playing our 150th anniversary season in the middle of a building site. We’re not Small Heath - we need 4 stands for that.
Quote from: BC Villain on December 19, 2023, 07:09:07 PMWould they consider a compulsory PO of the land and properties around Villa Park?I hope not. We're not Liverpool.
Would they consider a compulsory PO of the land and properties around Villa Park?
Quote from: BC Villain on December 19, 2023, 07:09:07 PMWould they consider a compulsory PO of the land and properties around Villa Park?Please no! Kick people out of their homes? This is supposed to be a football club rooted in its community not one rooting out its community