Villa Park Redevelopment

[usav]

I could stomach a rebuild on the current site as long as that red brick façade is left absolutely fucking pristine and untouched. Actually, build red brick façades round the whole god damn ground.

This.

Architecturally The Holte End is the single most beautiful section of any football ground in the whole world.

Keep that style as a façade all around the stadium...

It's just a relatively new red brick wall, not hard to do at all.

Yeah, I have seen it done in cladding sheets, as opposed to actual proper brick walls.

Its only the effect we are after, so the cladding would do well enough on a modern structure...

Like this?

[Monty]

It's an old phenomenon. Florence cathedral only had that great marble façade on the front of the cathedral until the 19th century. Perfectly legitimate to finish the job after a while, as it were.

[paul_e]

As i like to fuck about with AI generated images, when I think about what I'd like from a new stadium I imagine something a bit like this:







I'd prefer gaps in the corners on the upper tier but from the outside it's what a Villa Stadium should look like.

[Risso]

That's brilliant, get it built.

[Dogtanian]

Is it on Mount Olympus?

[paul_e]

Is it on Mount Olympus?

AI does some weird shit so but the other one that looked right (from the first 4 it came up with) was...




I preferred the steps up to the ground though.


EDIT: JUst don't look too closely at the river, houses and cars.

[PeterWithe]

Nice work that, We'll have one.

[PeterWithe]

I could stomach a rebuild on the current site as long as that red brick façade is left absolutely fucking pristine and untouched. Actually, build red brick façades round the whole god damn ground.

This.

Architecturally The Holte End is the single most beautiful section of any football ground in the whole world.

Keep that style as a façade all around the stadium...

It's just a relatively new red brick wall, not hard to do at all.

Yeah, I have seen it done in cladding sheets, as opposed to actual proper brick walls.

Its only the effect we are after, so the cladding would do well enough on a modern structure...

Like this?

Thats nice that. $720m build cost. It also seems to lose a small fortune every year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Oil_Stadium

[The Edge]

That's brilliant, get it built.

Seconded. I absolutely love that. A huge nod to our red brick past. We might be the only club with enough history on our hallowed ground to pull that off 😁

[Axl Rose]

I could stomach a rebuild on the current site as long as that red brick façade is left absolutely fucking pristine and untouched. Actually, build red brick façades round the whole god damn ground.

This.

Architecturally The Holte End is the single most beautiful section of any football ground in the whole world.

Keep that style as a façade all around the stadium...

It's just a relatively new red brick wall, not hard to do at all.

Yeah, I have seen it done in cladding sheets, as opposed to actual proper brick walls.

Its only the effect we are after, so the cladding would do well enough on a modern structure...

Like this?

That one and the Vikings stadium, I like.

With the added red bricks, of course.

[PeterWithe]

I don't like that one, looks like the outside of a Mediterranean airport

[Drummond]

I could stomach a rebuild on the current site as long as that red brick façade is left absolutely fucking pristine and untouched. Actually, build red brick façades round the whole god damn ground.

This.

Architecturally The Holte End is the single most beautiful section of any football ground in the whole world.

Keep that style as a façade all around the stadium...

It's just a relatively new red brick wall, not hard to do at all.

Yeah, I have seen it done in cladding sheets, as opposed to actual proper brick walls.

Its only the effect we are after, so the cladding would do well enough on a modern structure...

Like this?

It's nice inside too. And holds 67,000 people......

[dave.woodhall]

That looks horrible.

[SamTheMouse]

Is it on Mount Olympus?

AI does some weird shit so but the other one that looked right (from the first 4 it came up with) was...




I preferred the steps up to the ground though.


EDIT: JUst don't look too closely at the river, houses and cars.

Beautiful. Reminds me of St Pancras' station.

[curiousorange]

A bit conspiracy theory, but the news that we have no immediate plans to move from Villa Park doesn't rule out the possibility that it won't be the same Villa Park that's currently there.