Villa Park Redevelopment

[exigo]

With gigs etc scheduled for June I take it we won't be laying a new pitch this season?

Put grass killer on it at weekend , started taking it up today. Doing it in stages around events. Video and pics on Twitter

Can someone who has twitter post them please

Twitter thread link here

[Dogtanian]

So the pic of it where they say all the grass gone... is that just the fibre stuff left? And they'll sew new grass into it?

[The Edge]

Witton Lane is closed off. There must be an event at the ground tonight

[Goldenballs]

https://twitter.com/johntownley11/status/1670389644398317568?t=st5gZ8bnYij8-Xhw5Gi_fA&s=19

Plans on hold, apparently.

[Goldenballs]

Not sure if this is old news or not.

[dave.woodhall]

I thought it was always dependent on the transport upgrades.

[Brazilian Villain]

Not sure if this is old news or not.

Old news was on SHA, it's already been on there for an hour.

[pauliewalnuts]

Reckon that’s us fully putting them under pressure.

Apparently the European Championship games here will bring > £100m to the local economy.

If the capacity does not get added by then, or if there is real risk it won’t, then we’ll miss out on hosting.

How embarrassing would that be for the region?

[London Villan]

University station’s upgrade for the commonwealth games still isnt finished and despite all the disruption trams won’t run to digbeth until
2028 at the earliest. Just sums up public transport in brum.

[AV82EC]

Treasury Brain strikes again. Street needs to keep applying the pressure and earn his money.

[The Edge]

I think this is about the club putting pressure on the WMCA to stump up the money towards the Witton Station upgrade. Andy Street needs to get his finger out or Birmingham will lose its status to hold major sporting events. Living in the vicinity of the ground I've witnessed pandemonium on the streets this last week. I've heard stories of people wandering round the area in the early hours distraught and lost. We are the biggest attraction in the second biggest city in a country with one of the world's top ten economies. The city's transport network is appaling. Governments of all shades have wilfully neglected the city in favour of the South East and the North West. The only tram line being installed (at a snails pace) is going to loosely serve The Sty!! I know it's going that way for HS2 but even so it just about sums up the transport strategy (snigger) of this great city.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Perry Barr station got an upgrade didn't it?

[Des Little]

I was at Twickenham last night for a concert, and the difference in customer experience from VP is massive. Every aspect of getting in, getting food, drinks, merch, going to the toilets, and getting away from the stadium at the end is light years ahead of ours.

[LeeB]

I was at Twickenham last night for a concert, and the difference in customer experience from VP is massive. Every aspect of getting in, getting food, drinks, merch, going to the toilets, and getting away from the stadium at the end is light years ahead of ours.

I was there too mate, fantastic night

[London Villan]

Perry Barr station got an upgrade didn't it?

For the commonwealth games, which it wasn’t finished for, which wasn’t a major issue as the athletes village at Perry Barr wasn’t finished either.