Villa Park Redevelopment

[Ads]

I want us to have better facilities than shit clubs like Brighton.

Some time in the 2030s, that might actually be the case. I'll be coming up to retirement by then, so look forward to the slight discount.

2030s is actually frighteningly close. In my minds eye that's 30 years away, not a tickle under 6 years.

[Drummond]

I doubt there's much that could be done to improve the Witton given the teeny footprint it's on. I sat in the lower for Switzerland v Holland and the upper for the Nilis Chelsea game when the Trinity was being done. It's an abysmal stand.

Depends what you want. The facilities are woeful and the concourses positively dangerous with crushing at half time but the views of the pitch and surrounds are the best in the ground. Personally that's all I want these days.

I'm with you.

I don't care for padded seats, and fancy meals at football. A space to watch with a decent view, a beer and a dirty burger thanks very much.

[pauliewalnuts]

The problem is we can’t get the beer and the burger with the current set up and in much of the ground there’s no space.

[Risso]

I want us to have better facilities than shit clubs like Brighton.

Some time in the 2030s, that might actually be the case. I'll be coming up to retirement by then, so look forward to the slight discount.

2030s is actually frighteningly close. In my minds eye that's 30 years away, not a tickle under 6 years.

It'll be mid 2030s, at the earliest. Nothing major's going to happen in 6 years. Can't see them even announcing anything in the next two years.

[Ads]

I want us to have better facilities than shit clubs like Brighton.

Some time in the 2030s, that might actually be the case. I'll be coming up to retirement by then, so look forward to the slight discount.

2030s is actually frighteningly close. In my minds eye that's 30 years away, not a tickle under 6 years.

It'll be mid 2030s, at the earliest. Nothing major's going to happen in 6 years. Can't see them even announcing anything in the next two years.

Possibly not, in fairness my post was more a fuck me I'm older than I thought.

[Drummond]

The problem is we can’t get the beer and the burger with the current set up and in much of the ground there’s no space.

The service is shit, on that everyone agrees. That's what I mean, get that right and most people will be more than happy.

[VillaTim]

I doubt there's much that could be done to improve the Witton given the teeny footprint it's on. I sat in the lower for Switzerland v Holland and the upper for the Nilis Chelsea game when the Trinity was being done. It's an abysmal stand.

Depends what you want. The facilities are woeful and the concourses positively dangerous with crushing at half time but the views of the pitch and surrounds are the best in the ground. Personally that's all I want these days.

the concourse and catering and bogs are abysmal, the views from the upper Witton are superb

[Villan82]

For avoidance of doubt the Athletic piece makes clear the cancelling of the redevelopment was Heck's decision as part of his 6 month review.

[VILLA MOLE]

The problem is we can’t get the beer and the burger with the current set up and in much of the ground there’s no space.

The service is shit, on that everyone agrees. That's what I mean, get that right and most people will be more than happy.

Maybe some clever expanding by using outside space of  the Witton lane ,  like they do at Edgebaston 

[Monty]

Food-wise, wouldn't mind slightly posh versions of classics. A Balti pie that's less than 92% crust wouldn't go amiss, for example.

[Risso]

The problem is we can’t get the beer and the burger with the current set up and in much of the ground there’s no space.

The service is shit, on that everyone agrees. That's what I mean, get that right and most people will be more than happy.

Maybe some clever expanding by using outside space of  the Witton lane ,  like they do at Edgebaston 

There is no outside space that side though, it's just the pavement and the road. You've got a small patch in the corner between the DE and the North, but it's not big enough and you couldn't get people out to use it at half time. You could do stuff like that in the North or the Holte though. They do at Leeds and it massively reduces pressure inside.

[VILLA MOLE]

The problem is we can’t get the beer and the burger with the current set up and in much of the ground there’s no space.

The service is shit, on that everyone agrees. That's what I mean, get that right and most people will be more than happy.

Maybe some clever expanding by using outside space of  the Witton lane ,  like they do at Edgbaston 

There is no outside space that side though, it's just the pavement and the road. You've got a small patch in the corner between the DE and the North, but it's not big enough and you couldn't get people out to use it at half time. You could do stuff like that in the North or the Holte though. They do at Leeds and it massively reduces pressure inside.

I didn't know if is feasible to shut the road and use that space

[Drummond]

The road is shut whilst the game is on, it's a matter of working out whether they can set up food etc quickly enough, or getting the road closed for longer. It can get pretty busy there anyway though.

[VillaTim]

For avoidance of doubt the Athletic piece makes clear the cancelling of the redevelopment was Heck's decision as part of his 6 month review.

what would they know

[Risso]

The road is shut whilst the game is on, it's a matter of working out whether they can set up food etc quickly enough, or getting the road closed for longer. It can get pretty busy there anyway though.

The road is shut but you can still walk down I thought? And if they did do something down there, they'd have to fence it off such that people couldn't get in or out, but still have emergency exits. Then get all the food and drink vendors in and out and the fences taken down so that the road can reopen after the game. To be honest, things like that only really work where it's land you own where you can make things semi-permanent.