Villa Park Redevelopment

[Bad English]

The 200 tickets reason is utter BS.

BS?

[pauliewalnuts]

The 200 tickets reason is utter BS.

BS?

Brown Sugar.

[pauliewalnuts]

Sitting here now ,  curious how they will gain another 3000 seats other than a temporary stand in the corner or something

Said before, but removal of exec boxes and seats put in?

They’ll never do that, would reduce income.

Move the boxes to the corners, I.e. build new ones.

Errm, why not just build seats in the corners in that case?

How many seats do you think you'd add by removing executive boxes? And how much work do you think would be needed inside the stand to change the physical infrastructure to do that?

I know it is all in good faith, but some of the suggestions in this thread are nuts (lower the pitch, for example) and make me understand why we have civil and structural engineers in this world.

[Drummond]

Looking at the corners, I'm not sure if they could add seats unless they had very restricted viewing positions. The police control room in the corner by Holte/Witton might make way. But other than that I'm not sure where else they'd go.

[London Villan]

Could the witton lower be reprofiled? There is a massive gap between the front row and the pitch. But other than that, where else??

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I noticed today in the corner of the holte and Witton, where the latter appears to partially block the view of, at least, some seats. These were mostly empty, could this account for a large proportion of the mythical 200 unsold seats per game?

[DB]

Sitting here now ,  curious how they will gain another 3000 seats other than a temporary stand in the corner or something

Said before, but removal of exec boxes and seats put in?

They’ll never do that, would reduce income.

Move the boxes to the corners, I.e. build new ones.

Errm, why not just build seats in the corners in that case?

How many seats do you think you'd add by removing executive boxes? And how much work do you think would be needed inside the stand to change the physical infrastructure to do that?

I know it is all in good faith, but some of the suggestions in this thread are nuts (lower the pitch, for example) and make me understand why we have civil and structural engineers in this world.

Putting boxes in is a lot easier than building for new seats.
Othe clubs have removed boxes e.g. Chelsea at the Shed end.

[Chris Harte]

Has the club actually announced they're going to shoehorn seats into the corners? I've not seen anything.

[London Villan]

It was mentioned in the fan briefing meeting, but no details.

[Chris Harte]

It was mentioned in the fan briefing meeting, but no details.

Found it. Thanks.

To increase capacity, we can change the seating layout in some areas to add approximately 2 to 3,000 seats.  Any increase in seat numbers will clearly need to be aligned with improvements to concourse, toilets, food & beverage provision etc.  Our owners will be investing significantly into upgrading facilities across Villa Park.

Looking at the corners of the ground today, I struggle to see how we'd easily fit that many into the corners as they are. Wondering if my seat will be narrower next season.

[Villan82]

Honestly deferring the new stand has pissed me off so much. Unless they mean reprofiling the Witton lower I can't see how else they increase the capacity on the cheap.

[DB]

Maybe they will square off the upper Holte using a nice temporary seating bolted on the side.

[Lastfootstamper]

It's the new "friends & family" seats. Save 14% on the match day price of two tickets by sitting on someone's lap.

[ChicagoLion]

There is potential to put seats on both sides of the North Stand.

[London Villan]

There is potential to put seats on both sides of the North Stand.

Not cheaply though, means removing the roof, new facilities, new entrances. Easy £20m.