Villa Park Redevelopment

[FatSam]

The BBC has our capacity listed as 52,190.

That's what it will be post new North Stand and other tweaks.

Yes, I wonder if that means that there is a firm commitment to make those other alterations as well.

[Axl Rose]

Villa Park included in the final 10 grounds submitted for the Euro 2028 bid

Final list of grounds:

Wembley (London)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London)
Villa Park (B6)
Everton Stadium / Bramley-Moore Docks (Liverpool)
The Emptihad Stadium (Manchester)
St James' Park (Newcastle)
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
Casement Park (Belfast)
Hampden Park (Glasgow)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)

The Emptihad. What a soulless dump

[chrisw1]

Villa Park included in the final 10 grounds submitted for the Euro 2028 bid

Final list of grounds:

Wembley (London)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London)
Villa Park (B6)
Everton Stadium / Bramley-Moore Docks (Liverpool)
The Emptihad Stadium (Manchester)
St James' Park (Newcastle)
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
Casement Park (Belfast)
Hampden Park (Glasgow)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)

It's a pretty sensible list.  Murrayfield would have made more sense than Hampden park both capacity and quality wise, but I guess the Scottish FA prefer to play at Hampden.  Casement is also tiny and possibly should have given way to another Scottish ground? 

[Risso]

Villa Park included in the final 10 grounds submitted for the Euro 2028 bid

Final list of grounds:

Wembley (London)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London)
Villa Park (B6)
Everton Stadium / Bramley-Moore Docks (Liverpool)
The Emptihad Stadium (Manchester)
St James' Park (Newcastle)
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
Casement Park (Belfast)
Hampden Park (Glasgow)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)

It's a pretty sensible list.  Murrayfield would have made more sense than Hampden park both capacity and quality wise, but I guess the Scottish FA prefer to play at Hampden.  Casement is also tiny and possibly should have given way to another Scottish ground? 

I guess they feel they have to have a Northern Ireland stadium, and that's the biggest. It also exceeds the minimum 30K capacity required by UEFA.

[PeterWithesShin]

Isn't Casement Park currently unused and a bit of a dump, so their incusion is based on a lot of redevelopment?

[Brazilian Villain]

Isn't Casement Park currently unused and a bit of a dump, so their incusion is based on a lot of redevelopment?

Yes, including it means they've also got na NI stadium but the redevelopment doesn't seem to be progressing so I'm far from convinced it will be ready.

[eamonn]

Surprised/happy to see that Old Trafford/Anfield/Emirates etc. aren't on the list. How come? Or were they not interested?

[eamonn]

The BBC has our capacity listed as 52,190.

That's what it will be post new North Stand and other tweaks.

Yes, I wonder if that means that there is a firm commitment to make those other alterations as well.

Wasn't it just above 50k in that detailed planning doc they made available a few months back?

[Brend'Watkins]

Villa Park included in the final 10 grounds submitted for the Euro 2028 bid

Final list of grounds:

Wembley (London)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London)
Villa Park (B6)
Everton Stadium / Bramley-Moore Docks (Liverpool)
The Emptihad Stadium (Manchester)
St James' Park (Newcastle)
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
Casement Park (Belfast)
Hampden Park (Glasgow)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)

The Emptihad. What a soulless dump

Quite funny that a council house is preferred to the Theater of Dreams though. 

[Pat Mustard]

Surprised/happy to see that Old Trafford/Anfield/Emirates etc. aren't on the list. How come? Or were they not interested?

Old Trafford is a dump, but also they can't guarantee it will be available as they have tentative redevelopment plans that could clash.  Anfield doesn't have a large enough pitch, and Emirates didn't make the cut as London already has 2 larger stadiums included.

[Drummond]

The BBC has our capacity listed as 52,190.

That's what it will be post new North Stand and other tweaks.

Yes, I wonder if that means that there is a firm commitment to make those other alterations as well.

Wasn't it just above 50k in that detailed planning doc they made available a few months back?

That's what I thought, seemed like there was another couple of thousand added to hget to 52

[FatSam]

Murrayfield would have made more sense than Hampden park both capacity and quality wise, but I guess the Scottish FA prefer to play at Hampden.

I suppose they own Hampden, so have an interest in seeing that it is used.

[chrisw1]

Murrayfield would have made more sense than Hampden park both capacity and quality wise, but I guess the Scottish FA prefer to play at Hampden.

I suppose they own Hampden, so have an interest in seeing that it is used.

It's really shit though.  Maybe they'll spend some money on it but really it needs knocking down.

[Smirker]

Old Trafford is a crusty shithole.

Villa Park 

[brontebilly]

THere's nothing supposedly about what Liverpool did. And your last sentence is exactly what Liverpool did. They were buying houses back in the 90s, and as soon as they bought them they put up the metal shutters and left them empty. Houses with nothing wrong with them were deliberately left neglected and empty for well over a decade and as they picked up more and more it had a negative effect on the area.

That's disgusting really. Like something the mafia might do. I'd hope our club wouldn't stoop so low to employ such tactics.