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.
Not a fan of that Brentford/Tinpot Allianz clone.We want something huge, imposing and inkeeping with our traditions. We are something old and valuable. I don't fancy looking at a sloped roof with fugly solar panels on it for the next 50 years.
Quote from: Ads on June 18, 2022, 01:44:18 PMNot a fan of that Brentford/Tinpot Allianz clone.We want something huge, imposing and inkeeping with our traditions. We are something old and valuable. I don't fancy looking at a sloped roof with fugly solar panels on it for the next 50 years.Is the correct answer.
Quote from: Brazilian Villain on June 18, 2022, 01:48:58 PMIs the correct answer.Have you turned into Bamber Gascoigne?
Is the correct answer.
Quote from: AlexAlexCropley on June 18, 2022, 03:04:01 PMQuote from: Brazilian Villain on June 18, 2022, 01:48:58 PMIs the correct answer.Have you turned into Bamber Gascoigne?I hope not, he's dead.
Quote from: exigo on June 18, 2022, 11:20:07 AMSeeing 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.
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.
Just no, nostalgia and history have their place and Villa Park is special. Debates been had endlessly, but despite a mediocre last 25 years, its one of the things that still makes us a special club
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
Quote from: Risso on June 18, 2022, 12:41:02 PMQuote from: exigo on June 18, 2022, 11:20:07 AMSeeing 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.
What is strange is that we know the transport links let the location down, yet the ground has two train stations, one either side, is a few miles from the city centre, and is walking distance from the centre of the country's motorway network.If there is the will - and that's the sticking point - then it shouldn't really take that much to massively improve things.