Villa Park Redevelopment

[Gareth]

Pretty impressive mock up for what Crystal Palace intend to do with their new Main Stand:

That's brilliant and exactly the type of thing that we ought to be doing at Villa Park. You look at that stand and it doesn't even need to have "crystal palace" written on the side for it to scream Crystal Palace at you.

We should aim for that with every stand - or should be uniquely ours. Take away the "Aston Villa" and the badges, paint it a different colour, and it's still quite obviously our stand.

The only bit of Villa Park where that applies now is the outside of the Holte. The architecture there is great and looks like the ornate Victorian red brick we’re famous for. The rest of it could be pretty well be from any old ground in the country. The DE looks like a warehouse, the North is a 70s concrete eyesore, and the Trinity could be any modern stand  with loads of beams on the roof. Nothing really hangs together in a way that says “Aston Villa”.

I agree with that…for me the site is everything that is special, what is built on it isn’t at all beyond the Holte facade. 

[Percy McCarthy]

That's the sort of thing we can't do because of the size/shape of the plot we're on.

There should be no barriers to a couple of multi-billionaires willing to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into a major attraction in a deprived inner-city area. If there is it’s madness.

[trinityoap]

Doesn't matter what Palace's ground is like, except for our supporters in the south east it will still be a bloody nightmare to get to ,especially for a midweek game. They should be forced to play in Milton Keynes.(Does look quite good though).

[Rory]

Pretty impressive mock up for what Crystal Palace intend to do with their new Main Stand:

Two of them please, either side of the Holte & new North. But with more seats in ours obvs.

Maybe because it's Crystal Palace and such grand architecture is incongruous with my own estimation of the club, but I find that faintly ridiculous.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Doesn't matter what Palace's ground is like, except for our supporters in the south east it will still be a bloody nightmare to get to ,especially for a midweek game. They should be forced to play in Milton Keynes.(Does look quite good though).

I live about 4 miles away and I chose Selhurst Park for my Covid jab. Thought it might be a bit more fun than my local health centre. Took me over 30 mins to drive there in the middle of the afternoon. I did get to walk around the pitch though with absolutely nobody else around.

[Flin5tone]

Modernistic crap .
Let's have a bit of class not glass

[Brazilian Villain]

Pretty impressive mock up for what Crystal Palace intend to do with their new Main Stand:

Two of them please, either side of the Holte & new North. But with more seats in ours obvs.

Maybe because it's Crystal Palace and such grand architecture is incongruous with my own estimation of the club, but I find that faintly ridiculous.

Agreed, looks out of place and like something you'd expect to see in a 'Visit Dubai' brochure. Like the New New Hampden, I'll be surprised if it's ever built. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65828702

[Chico Hamilton III]

Let's have a bit of class not glass

Isn’t it a reference to the original Crystal Palace building? The glass for which was made in Smethwick…

[Mellin]

Oh. Em. Gee. Look at the shadow cast on those houses on the right hand side in the Palace mock up. Cancel all plans immediately.

[AV82EC]

That would look ridiculous as you’d have some space age looking nice stand surrounded by 3 shitty tin sheds. Like Fulham but in a shit area. Though at least Fulham have one nice older stand on the other side.

[Percy McCarthy]

Let's have a bit of class not glass

Isn’t it a reference to the original Crystal Palace building? The glass for which was made in Smethwick…

And the iron in Brum too.

[chrisw1]

Pretty impressive mock up for what Crystal Palace intend to do with their new Main Stand:

Two of them please, either side of the Holte & new North. But with more seats in ours obvs.

Maybe because it's Crystal Palace and such grand architecture is incongruous with my own estimation of the club, but I find that faintly ridiculous.

Agreed, looks out of place and like something you'd expect to see in a 'Visit Dubai' brochure. Like the New New Hampden, I'll be surprised if it's ever built. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65828702

It's not our of place if you understand where the name Crystal Palace comes from.

[Malandro]

I still think Tonev could clear that stand.

[Dazvillain]

New plans, graphics and video walk through now on AV website

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/19/aston-villa-unveil-updated-north-stand-plans/

[Risso]

I'm still disappointed with this. Instead of Villa Live and a nice new pedestrian/sports area, they're tarting up an old shit hole and leaving the rest of the space as a car park.