Villa Park Redevelopment

[Lastfootstamper]

If you moved it to the other end of the ground, it wouldn't be The Holte End. Unless you moved the pub, too.

[Rico]

If I remember correctly, when the Holte End was redeveloped the reason for not making it a single tier stand was due to the the constraints of the land that it is on. To keep the capacity up to 40k the stand would have to be huge and the rake would mean that the seats at the rear would be too far from the pitch. Basically, there simply is not enough room at that end of the stadium to make that feasible. Maybe modern building techniques could make it viable, I don't know, but if we were to go with a single tier stand then the North Stand is the most logical place.

[Broadlee]

Do you think the club may erect a statue to Ron Saunders as part of the re development, construction of museum?
Would it be fitting or are there more worthy candidates from our proud history lineage?

[olaftab]

If you moved it to the other end of the ground, it wouldn't be The Holte End. Unless you moved the pub, too.

It will be Nelson end.

[TonyD]

I thought about rebuilding the north stand with a big single tier and renaming it the Holte but it wouldn’t be right.

When the new Holte was built I don’t think we could build over the road but they subsequently let the new Trinity be built over the road.  So I reckon with a slightly wider and squarer shape we could get 20k.  Do Dortmund fans complain about the view at the back of their stand??

[ADVILLAFAN]

Maybe include binoculars with the seats at the back of the stand

[Lastfootstamper]

I think Dortmund season tickets are about £200

[TonyD]

Let’s face it some fans love being at the back.  The last 10 rows would sell no problem.

[The Edge]

I thought about rebuilding the north stand with a big single tier and renaming it the Holte but it wouldn’t be right.

When the new Holte was built I don’t think we could build over the road but they subsequently let the new Trinity be built over the road.  So I reckon with a slightly wider and squarer shape we could get 20k.  Do Dortmund fans complain about the view at the back of their stand??

No they don't but if you think about it the Holte holds 13,500 which is around 7,000 less than the Yellow wall but it's way narrower so the height is probably very similar. I'd love to see 5he actual stats for both stands. I'm a bit of a football ground nerd.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Would have been a problem back in the days of Wright, Draper, Stone.

[cdbearsfan]

The two tiered Holte is fine, I think. It's our iconic stand, the one everybody respects, the one that least needs changing.

[nigel]

Rebuild the North Stand add another 7k

Then rebuild the Holte into a proper single tier end like Dortmund but a little bigger 20,750.

Rebuild the North Stand make it 15,000. I don't think they'll touch the Holte. I don't think we could get a single tier 20,000 Stand even if they wanted to. The Yellow Wall wraps around the sides but we don’t have the room at the Holte End. It would have to reach a ridiculous height to achieve 20,000 plus.

Imagine having your ticket in Row ZZZ.

I have to say, maybe clouded in my excitement at just being back at the football, but all things considered, the ground looked fantastic.

I’m wondering now if I was stood next to a poster on here, because he was moaning through most of the game (believe it or not) and missing handrail paint would’ve been right up his street.

Would that be the ZZ Top? 😉

[TonyD]

I thought about rebuilding the north stand with a big single tier and renaming it the Holte but it wouldn’t be right.

When the new Holte was built I don’t think we could build over the road but they subsequently let the new Trinity be built over the road.  So I reckon with a slightly wider and squarer shape we could get 20k.  Do Dortmund fans complain about the view at the back of their stand??

No they don't but if you think about it the Holte holds 13,500 which is around 7,000 less than the Yellow wall but it's way narrower so the height is probably very similar. I'd love to see 5he actual stats for both stands. I'm a bit of a football ground nerd.

Looks like the Yellow Wall has a couple of corners if you look closely - so maybe they include that in their capacity.

Anyhow with a bit of ingenuity they could build a 20k single tier Holte and it would be full. 

[Brazilian Villain]

The two tiered Holte is fine, I think. It's our iconic stand, the one everybody respects, the one that least needs changing.

Agree with that, on Monday night I was thinking how nice it looked. It's the last thing we should be looking at changing.

[Brazilian Villain]

Imagine having your ticket in Row ZZZ.

Quite a few felt theirs were when TSM was here.