Villa Park Redevelopment

[olaftab]

Just put another tier on top of the Witton made entirely of transparent perspex, thus solving the light issue for the homes in Witton.

How about installing flood lights pointing towards back of houses in Holte Road and switched on every day from 6 till 10AM?

[pauliewalnuts]

Just put another tier on top of the Witton made entirely of transparent perspex, thus solving the light issue for the homes in Witton.

How about installing flood lights pointing towards back of houses in Holte Road and switched on every day from 6 till 10AM?

We could just lower all the surrounding housing.

[Chris Harte]

So change the Witton Lane into totally corporate space say 5000 capacity  rejig the space

Then make the North Stand 20000 beast for the normal fan. sorted !!

So we'd have three sides of the ground with a supportive atmosphere and the Witton Lane side rocking to the sound of popping champagne corks. Might as well get on with flattening the North Stand.

[paul_e]

Even if that was a workable idea Witton Lane is easily the worst option for any corporate/premium offering, there's nowhere near enough space for the facilities you need to make it viable.

[Villan82]

Whatever the thinking behind it is, we deserve to know a bit more about what the future plans are and when they are likely to happen.  For all of the talk about how realistic the 30k waiting list is, my personal experience is that as a family I am the only ST holder and have been on the waiting list since it opened waiting for 2 more tickets - we would buy them tomorrow if we could (but not at the current going rate of a Lower Grounds/Terrace View GA+ package however). 

The problem is, if we aren't able to get them soon then as my daughter gets older we may well drop off the list - in just a few years time she could well be at University, working away etc and will no longer want or need one  For every year that passes we will lose more people on the list in that situation, and all the time our ST base is growing steadily older.  Right now there is a demonstrable need to increase capacity, and we are losing out the longer it isn't addressed so the communication from Heck and the club has to improve.  As someone else said, if we aren't rebuilding the North Stand then tell us what you are doing instead - alternatively we risk losing a lot of these people as potential ST holders forever.

Just as an aside, whatever happens the North Stand really can't exist in it's current form for much longer anyway. At getting on for 50 years old now it's just about the oldest part of any ground left in the current top 10 in the Premier League, so tell us how it's going to be addressed.

I agree 100%

[tomd2103]

There's a big market for corporate at Villa. They do it very well indeed. There's also  big market for fairly priced normal tickets. What I'm not sure there's such a demand for, is expensive half way measures like the Terrace View. Nobody is ever going to use it to take a client, and it makes an already not cheap normal match day stupidly expensive. Some people might use it for a one off treat, but I can't imagone many people doing it regularly.

Agree.  You are paying £140 for hot dogs, burgers and chips, cheap beer and a seat at the very top of the Trinity or Holte.  It's not a great deal really.

[adrenachrome]

Just put another tier on top of the Witton made entirely of transparent perspex, thus solving the light issue for the homes in Witton.

How about installing flood lights pointing towards back of houses in Holte Road and switched on every day from 6 till 10AM?

We could just lower all the surrounding housing.

"It is our sad duty to inform you
Of a four foot restriction in humanoid height".

Get 'em out by Friday!

[LeeB]

Could be goer with Brexit and none those meddlesome EU restrictions.

[The Edge]

Anyone watching the West Ham/ Brighton game? Empty seats everywhere yet they still intend to extend the capacity to over 67,000. I wonder if Heck is watching.

[Villan82]

Anyone watching the West Ham/ Brighton game? Empty seats everywhere yet they still intend to extend the capacity to over 67,000. I wonder if Heck is watching.

I doubt he watches much football.
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If we are selling out year after year and flying up the league table, yet he cannot  get the North Stand over the line then he clearly doesn't understand the sport

[olaftab]

NSWE have no long term strategy here. Heck has been appointed to get the most out of what we have. Main thrust is to get on field activity right and move the team to compete at higher end, top 4 etc. Whilst that's fine I wouldn't be surprised after that if they sell out for £2B plus. That's what they do.

[LeeB]

NSWE have no long term strategy here. Heck has been appointed to get the most out of what we have. Main thrust is to get on field activity right and move the team to compete at higher end, top 4 etc. Whilst that's fine I wouldn't be surprised after that if they sell out for £2B plus. That's what they do.

Normally I'd be inclined to agree, but Wes still has the basketball team and Nas, who seems more directly involved with us has no history of flipping sports clubs for a profit and frankly seems to have little incentive to do so given his wealth.

[dave.woodhall]

Why would they get us into the Champions League then sell up just as the serious money starts to roll in?

[john e]

Nothing the owners have done so far would lead me to think they will be looking to sell up any time soon
But then I don’t know anything about this sort of thing

[Risso]

Why would they get us into the Champions League then sell up just as the serious money starts to roll in?

I'm not saying they will, but obviously as the money starts to roll in, it starts to roll out just as quickly with increased salaries etc. A lot will depend on what the Comcast deal is predicated on, and how/when they want their pound of flesh. I can't see anything like that happening in the next 5 years personally, although the recent Heck appointment and his cost cutting isn't a great cause for optimism.