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Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2235 on: April 13, 2023, 01:57:04 PM »
I wonder if the development will be based on the bid winning, which in turn will give the city access to money to upgrade Witton Station.

No, it won't be anything to do with that.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2236 on: April 13, 2023, 02:19:31 PM »
Will Ireland qualify as co-hosts? It's the only feckin' way we will  ;D
I seem to remember hearing that as there are effectively five co-hosts they wouldn’t automatically qualify.

Say it ain't so, fat Sam.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2237 on: April 13, 2023, 02:21:08 PM »
Two out of the 5 host countries will qualify automatically.

No idea how they plan to choose the two.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2238 on: April 13, 2023, 02:23:44 PM »
Two out of the 5 host countries will qualify automatically.

No idea how they plan to choose the two.

The return of the Home Internationals with added RoI. Top 2 qualify, 1 in the play offs.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2239 on: April 13, 2023, 05:04:20 PM »
Be interesting to see guests from all across Europe standing in a mile long queue for the train at Aston.

They'll be no queue straight after as they'll all be drinking Amstel out of a plastic beaker for £8 in Villa Live.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2240 on: April 13, 2023, 07:01:36 PM »
Have North Stand season ticket holders been given any notice of what will happen during the redevelopment?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2241 on: April 13, 2023, 07:32:45 PM »
Have North Stand season ticket holders been given any notice of what will happen during the redevelopment?

No.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2242 on: April 13, 2023, 08:04:51 PM »
Two out of the 5 host countries will qualify automatically.

No idea how they plan to choose the two.

The return of the Home Internationals with added RoI. Top 2 qualify, 1 in the play offs.

I was going to suggest England as automatic hosts and then the other 4 play for 2 spots but that seems fair enough.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2243 on: April 13, 2023, 08:18:37 PM »
They don't have to have a NI one if they don't have a stadium to host it in.  Surely this weakens the bid as a whole as it's clearly not big enough when there's probably a dozen alternatives elsewhere?

I'd guess that politically, a venue in NI is an absolute necessity if there is one in Dublin, however small it is.

Watching the NI News tonight there was a segment on the new Casement Park and the chat was that it could be built, with the help of the UK and Irish govts, as opposed to it will be. It also mentioned that Northern Ireland fans have released a statement saying they only want to host games if it's at a football stadium (i.e. not a GAA stadium like Casement Park). Then add in the current impasse at Stormont and its availability looks far from certain.

As I've mentioned before I have my doubts it will be ready in time, at which point they could possibly use Croke Park as an alternative venue. That's an extra 40-50k seats per game and from a political point of view they can say to NI that they were listed in the initial 10 stadia and had their chance to host.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2244 on: April 13, 2023, 09:02:35 PM »
Why don't they just bring Windsor Park up to scratch? Lower cost and risk.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2245 on: April 13, 2023, 09:12:56 PM »
Why don't they just bring Windsor Park up to scratch? Lower cost and risk.

Waste of time and money, won't be needed when there's a United Ireland team. ;)

Offline astonvilla82

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2246 on: April 13, 2023, 10:35:36 PM »
Why don't they just bring Windsor Park up to scratch? Lower cost and risk.
some how I can't see GAA sports being played there if they do improve it

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2247 on: April 13, 2023, 10:41:42 PM »
Why don't they just bring Windsor Park up to scratch? Lower cost and risk.
Waste of time and money, won't be needed when there's a United Ireland team. ;)

Yep, couldn’t see many games being played in what would become like a war zone again.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2023, 11:56:48 PM by tomd2103 »

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2248 on: April 13, 2023, 10:41:53 PM »
I still think they will need to do something with Witton Lane to try and get up to Spec  ,before a major tournament

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #2249 on: April 13, 2023, 11:17:04 PM »
I still think they will need to do something with Witton Lane to try and get up to Spec  ,before a major tournament

Presumably the bid has been signed off on how the stadiums are projected to look like at the start of the tournament. At the moment there are no concrete plans to do anything on that side of the ground so come 2028 the Witton Lane will look pretty much like it does today.

 


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