Villa Park Redevelopment

[VILLA MOLE]

i probably should not have stopped for that haircut

[Drummond]

I didn't think anyone was seriously suggesting digging tunnels to Villa Park. Surely not?

Lovre Kalinic is still on our books and doing fuck-all for his salary. Give him a shovel and let him get on with it.

With goalie hands he shouldn't need a shovel.

[Ads]

I keep clicking on here when there is a new post hoping the concept design is out. Can't wait to see what it looks like, as I said before, there's a real childlike delight for me with stadium changes. I suspect we're going to go for something like the Anfield Road, where there aren't corners filled, but there aren't gaps.

[Dogtanian]

How many Holte Enders will be tempted to relocate to a new North Stand?

[Dazvillain]

I keep clicking on here when there is a new post hoping the concept design is out. Can't wait to see what it looks like, as I said before, there's a real childlike delight for me with stadium changes. I suspect we're going to go for something like the Anfield Road, where their aren't corners filled, but there aren't gaps.

Agree can we keep this thread to topic esp as it doesn’t happen every year

[eamonn]

If there aren't corners filled and there aren't gaps, how does it look, then?

[pauliewalnuts]

If there aren't corners filled and there aren't gaps, how does it look, then?

[Chris Harte]

I didn't think anyone was seriously suggesting digging tunnels to Villa Park. Surely not?

Take a look back on this thread. Underground canals going beneath Aston Hall, plus a cable car to the centre of Brum. It's the only way.

You forgot about cable cars and hot air balloons. I think a fleet of Rickshaws parked on Aston Park is also worthy of consideration.

Not to be confused with hot air babboons. You'd need the general politics thread for that.

[Brazilian Villain]

I didn't think anyone was seriously suggesting digging tunnels to Villa Park. Surely not?

Take a look back on this thread. Underground canals going beneath Aston Hall, plus a cable car to the centre of Brum. It's the only way.

You forgot about cable cars and hot air balloons. I think a fleet of Rickshaws parked on Aston Park is also worthy of consideration.

By the time we're parading the FA Cup at VP there'll probably be flying cars anyway.

[exigo]

Seeing this did get me thinking there's an opportunity to do something a bit more interesting with the space at that end of the ground. Slope the new North Stand roof down towards the pitch and cover it in solar panels, plenty of space in the car park to have claret and blue wind turbines – now the gas holders are disappearing, bit of a statement to replace them with sustainable energy production.
New Stade Brestois stadium linky.

[Chico Hamilton III]

A bit off topic but when I see pictures of Pompey’s Leitch stand - a poor man’s Trinity Road - being restored it does make me nostalgic.

https://twitter.com/masaunders75/status/1537554515850891264?s=21&t=-8Tr2EFVfgi9bMgxA5pevA

[Risso]

Seeing this did get me thinking there's an opportunity to do something a bit more interesting with the space at that end of the ground. Slope the new North Stand roof down towards the pitch and cover it in solar panels, plenty of space in the car park to have claret and blue wind turbines – now the gas holders are disappearing, bit of a statement to replace them with sustainable energy production.
New Stade Brestois stadium linky.

That's very smart. Seeing things like that just reinforces my belief that we should knock the old thing down, and build something huge and brilliant somewhere else.

[VILLA MOLE]

Only holds 15000 , looks bigger

[algy]

Seeing this did get me thinking there's an opportunity to do something a bit more interesting with the space at that end of the ground. Slope the new North Stand roof down towards the pitch and cover it in solar panels, plenty of space in the car park to have claret and blue wind turbines – now the gas holders are disappearing, bit of a statement to replace them with sustainable energy production.
New Stade Brestois stadium linky.

That's very smart. Seeing things like that just reinforces my belief that we should knock the old thing down, and build something huge and brilliant somewhere else.

Can we not just build something huge & brilliant where we are?

I reckon we could get Villa Park up to 60k fairly comfortably. It's then "just" a case of making sure that we're not doing it on the cheap - that we're building stands that will command as big a place in the club's heart as the old Trinity Road stand did in 50/75/100 years time.

[Brazilian Villain]

Can we not just build something huge & brilliant where we are?

I reckon we could get Villa Park up to 60k fairly comfortably. It's then "just" a case of making sure that we're not doing it on the cheap - that we're building stands that will command as big a place in the club's heart as the old Trinity Road stand did in 50/75/100 years time.

Is the correct answer.