Villa Park Redevelopment

[Brend'Watkins]

If the Witton Lane is no more as per the artist drawings then that is a major development. I don’t see that happening somehow.

[London Villan]

Looks more like some sort of shared space - closed on match days - as it is now I guess.

[john e]

He said we’re filling the corners in then

[Risso]

Interesting that in the artists impressions there doesnt appear to be a Witton Lane anymore.

And the new crest is on the walls 😂

And it seems they've sensibly drafted Risso in to design it!

I wasn't available so got my one year old to fill in.

[nigel]

For anyone who hasnt seen it there is a 5 min interview about it on FB with Purslow.

Didn’t give much away, but said it will be wider, deeper, corners filled in.
Very much what we thought anyway.
Exciting all the same.

[Pat Mustard]

The club must have got some indication that Witton Lane could be closed off - it would seem a pretty major flaw in the plans otherwise.  I wouldn't be surprised, however, if it's not a complete closing of Witton Lane.  It looks to me like the kind of 'shared space' that is going into lots of town centres.  It would be closed off whenever events are on (as it is now), but will be open to traffic the rest of the week, but with significant traffic calming measures in place.

Overall it's pretty much everything we could have hoped for - get on with it ASAP!

[cdbearsfan]

Bollocks I filled in the survey and forgot to request a gable.

[Ger Regan]

It will be interesting to see if the new venue helps with the traffic issues. If more people are encouraged to stay around the ground for an hour or two after the match, then  that helps to spread the load. In saying that, it might only result in a neutral impact considering the proposed capacity increase, but either way it's a positive.

[LeeB]

Bollocks I filled in the survey and forgot to request a gable.

As long as you put down the monorail, heated seats and waitress service it's fine.

[chrisw1]

I think it all sounds pretty excellent.

[Beard82]

I think it looks bloody amazing

I’m also looking forward to saying how they should have done it differently after it is built

[Nev]

For Heaven's sake, it's the Trinity Road Stand!

[darren woolley]

I really like the drawings the club as put out exciting times indeed.

[chrisw1]

It only mentioned wrapping the lower corners - surerly that's absolutely fine?  It sounds like it will link very closely to the Trinity.  Maybe leaving the prospect of a revised Witton in due course?  Perhaps the closure of Witton lane is with that in mind?

[LeeB]

It only mentioned wrapping the lower corners - surerly that's absolutely fine?  It sounds like it will link very closely to the Trinity.  Maybe leaving the prospect of a revised Witton in due course?  Perhaps the closure of Witton lane is with that in mind?

Yeah that's what I think, and it's very interesting if so. They must have gone in with big plans to the social redevelopment side of things if they've got the nod to close it off.