Villa Park Redevelopment

[Toronto Villa]

Just read this. Not sure if it’s factual. Suggests work is will start on the North over the next two years and Doug after that.

https://twitter.com/justin_avfc_/status/1676691984952459266?s=46&t=0-BUXD66ovTcofwrbTW4Ag

[Brazilian Villain]

Just read this. Not sure if it’s factual. Suggests work is will start on the North over the next two years and Doug after that.

https://twitter.com/justin_avfc_/status/1676691984952459266?s=46&t=0-BUXD66ovTcofwrbTW4Ag

That Twitter account seems to pop up quite a bit on my feed so I'd be inclined to think he at least believes it's factual. Pretty good news if true, just need to have some patience.

[Ads]

Suggests we will be able to maintain capacity throughout construction if its a 2 year build.

[Percy McCarthy]

One thing - Andy Street isn’t the Lord Mayor.

[eamonn]

Is Villa Live/An Equivalent totally sunk? And all those pretty walkways on that planning animation from near Witton station, encompassing the new Academy building? That looked great. Even if the Villa Chippy still stood with its rat-customer base.

[pauliewalnuts]

Suggests we will be able to maintain capacity throughout construction if its a 2 year build.

Don't see how they'd be able to do that.

[VILLA MOLE]

Curious how they would get up to 60k by demolishing the Doug Stand and expanding, even with rail seating

[tomd2103]

Talk of a 60,000 seater stadium seems a long way off to be honest.  An additional 10,000 will be a big leap and I think a 52,000 capacity will be fine for the medium to long term future.  I think we would probably be having to look at Manchester City levels of success to even contemplate further extending the capacity after that.

A redeveloped North Stand, a bit of attention to the existing stands and sorting the transport issues out and I think it will be fine going forward.  Redeveloping the Witton Lane stand would be ideal, but there are all kinds of logistical problems with that.

[Percy McCarthy]

Is Villa Live/An Equivalent totally sunk? And all those pretty walkways on that planning animation from near Witton station, encompassing the new Academy building? That looked great. Even if the Villa Chippy still stood with its rat-customer base.

What they’ve got planned for Stumps looks mint. Hope there’s room for both.

https://twitter.com/villa_woody1000/status/1676727642156834818?s=46&t=VWSnrfzVD9HJx66gk9Rdow

[Risso]

It all still feels a bit cheap and scaled back to me, and isn't a patch on Villa Live. Villa Live was supposed to be a completely new space with the club shop in it, now the shop is going to be in the North Stand under the revised plans with the elevations of the new stand being scaled back, which sounds a bit shit. And instead of the completely new space, they're just going to tart up that eyesore of the old academy building. They're saying that they're still planning Villa Live for some unspecified time in the future, I just don't think they ever will. I also can't see how in the overall development that erecting a new building on what is effectively empty car park land would slow anything down which is the main reason given.

[Percy McCarthy]

It all still feels a bit cheap and scaled back to me, and isn't a patch on Villa Live. Villa Live was supposed to be a completely new space with the club shop in it, now the shop is going to be in the North Stand under the revised plans with the elevations of the new stand being scaled back, which sounds a bit shit. And instead of the completely new space, they're just going to tart up that eyesore of the old academy building. They're saying that they're still planning Villa Live for some unspecified time in the future, I just don't think they ever will. I also can't see how in the overall development that erecting a new building on what is effectively empty car park land would slow anything down which is the main reason given.

You could be right and the concept has been value engineered. If it’s a success though that might prove the case for Villa Live. If they’ve found a way past the constraints of the road and the local housing for a new Witton Lane behemoth, it’s fantastic news.

[Nev]

Tremendous use of an unnecessary S in that.

[Percy McCarthy]

I can’t ssee it.

[London Villan]

That change to put some benches and a bar in Stumps has probably just saved the club £10m. Now looks like something you see in Digbeth.

[Percy McCarthy]

That change to put some benches and a bar in Stumps has probably just saved the club £10m. Now looks like something you see in Digbeth.

Definitely a vibe I’d stick around or arrive early for.