Anyone seen the plans for the redevelopment recently? Presumably just the ones from last time- continuation of the trinity round to the Witton with filled in corners?
Redevelop the Holte to make it a 22,000 single tier stand. Add 8000 on the North with a new stand that has joined lower tiers and enclosed upper tier space to trap the sound.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on March 30, 2021, 02:35:56 PMIt's a balancing act. Some years ago under Lerner the healthy food options were announced and someone on here charmingly replied that there were too many wankers going to football now and lads wanted pies and burgers. Equally, the loud minority believe that everybody wants the sort of expensive stuff that they do. I've long thought that the biggest problem in getting supporters spending time and money at the ground is that there's nothing else around Villa Park for miles so we've got used to the idea of meeting away from there and arriving at the match later. That was always my plan when I went regularly, if I was at the ground much earlier than 10minutes before kick off it was very rare. I think the club could do with organising a lot more events on match day (there were the family fun days a while back that seemed pretty popular and having a space or 2 that are easy to setup for things like that would be useful, could do things like kit launches and live player interviews to get more out of it.
It's a balancing act. Some years ago under Lerner the healthy food options were announced and someone on here charmingly replied that there were too many wankers going to football now and lads wanted pies and burgers. Equally, the loud minority believe that everybody wants the sort of expensive stuff that they do. I've long thought that the biggest problem in getting supporters spending time and money at the ground is that there's nothing else around Villa Park for miles so we've got used to the idea of meeting away from there and arriving at the match later.
Horse shoe shape is the ideal scenario.Trinity, North and Doug Ellis all in one (yes with filled in corners) with a level roof and then Holte on it's own. Some little refurbishments around the ground to make it sexier and give it more pizzazz.
Quote from: paul_e on March 30, 2021, 03:34:53 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on March 30, 2021, 02:35:56 PMIt's a balancing act. Some years ago under Lerner the healthy food options were announced and someone on here charmingly replied that there were too many wankers going to football now and lads wanted pies and burgers. Equally, the loud minority believe that everybody wants the sort of expensive stuff that they do. I've long thought that the biggest problem in getting supporters spending time and money at the ground is that there's nothing else around Villa Park for miles so we've got used to the idea of meeting away from there and arriving at the match later. That was always my plan when I went regularly, if I was at the ground much earlier than 10minutes before kick off it was very rare. I think the club could do with organising a lot more events on match day (there were the family fun days a while back that seemed pretty popular and having a space or 2 that are easy to setup for things like that would be useful, could do things like kit launches and live player interviews to get more out of it.Haven't looked at this thread for a while (Everton new ground is only going to be 52k btw which surprised me as most new builds are around 60k but guess they'll go big on coporate facilities as hardly any at Goodison).Anyway it will be interesting to see what we do next season with regards pre match entertainment. Doubt full capacity will be a thing for first few months and can imagine they'll be a demand from authorities for us to try to get more people in their seats earlier than usual so we don't get bottlenecks around the entrances and concourse, same for half time.One easy thing to do would be to bring some old players back for maybe an interview at 2.40pm or something or just do it at half time, can remember Angel and Laursen coming back for a game in the championship and most people stayed in the stands to applaud.Luc Nilis did an interview a while ago saying he'd love to return to VP when we're back at full capacity:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jack-grealish-luc-nilis-villa-19218216Seems we don't do this sort of thing anywhere near enough as other clubs do with ex players and seems relatively easy to do, can remember VP being full at ten to three when Ron Saunders came back after his long exile.One other thing might be perhaps to get a local band playing at side of the pitch or something. Just having that kicking the ball into the flag competition dosen't quite tempt me away from my half time burger.
I'd love to see the U19's have a game before the main game. I guess there would be concerns re pitch condition, but if they can get over that it would be worth worth arriving early for.
Quote from: chrisw1 on April 16, 2021, 09:46:06 AMI'd love to see the U19's have a game before the main game. I guess there would be concerns re pitch condition, but if they can get over that it would be worth worth arriving early for. Why not after the main game? Less concern wrt the pitch and people are more likely to stay on and watch if they're already there than turn up 2 hours earlier than usual. Obviously depends on the kick-off time of the main match so maybe once a month rather than every home game.