Villa Park Redevelopment

[ChicagoLion]

I wonder if the suggestion that Blose are looking at new a new location and building a multipurpose Stadium has anything to do with our situation.

When they say "multipurpose" they're probably on about car boot sales and cock-fighting in the car park.  Bescot on steroids.

You forgot burning the plastic of nicked copper cables

[Beard82]

Maybe we're being prudent. Look at Newcastle, languishing in 10th and they definitely won't be in the Champions League next season. Perhaps Emery wants a full ground for the first time we will have qualified since 1982, to maximise our chances.

I'm absolutely certain this decision has nothing to do with Emery. You don't pull a multi-million pound development because of a competition you haven't even qualified for yet.

I don't think its Emery has had any input into, but I think us having him may have impacted it.

• I think Heck wants to do this his way, I think that is just what these kind of people are like.  I think if Purslow had said we're not expanding the stadium, then Heck would have decided now was the time to do it
• I think Heck sees the revenue growth as higher spend per seat, rather than more people - and maybe the lower attendances for the Conference League helped to sway that
• I think they think we have Emery here for however long, and he's super charging our development on the pitch and the world is looking at us - so is it the time to mess with Villa park.  Also our home record is the best in the league - so is it worth the risk
• Basically, I think its a mixture of Heck ego, and the club thinking our bet is to make the most of Emery and hope in 2  or 3 years time we're established as an elite club and go from there

Not saying any of thats right.  But i can understand the logic

[VillaTim]

NSWE were going to build a stadium in Vegas but that's all off now so maybe the focus on new stadiums is here in Brum

[algy]

This doesn't offer a huge amount new, but might be of interest:
https://archive.ph/vqGVG

Interview with Chris Heck in The Times.

[Ads]

Another workaholic like Emery. Also, the bloke interviewing him, fuck off with your snooty Chelsea attitude.

[VILLA MOLE]

This doesn't offer a huge amount new, but might be of interest:
https://archive.ph/vqGVG

Interview with Chris Heck in The Times.

higgledy piggldy stadium?  cheeky bastard ,  how many semi finals Stamford bridge have ?

[Chris Harte]

On a tour of Villa Park, I learn that Heck isn’t short of a few ideas on this front. He has already delayed plans to expand the stadium by 10,000 seats — in large part, because he doesn’t feel the stadium currently has the infrastructure in place to support more than 50,000 fans; its current capacity is 42,600. There isn’t yet enough parking, there aren’t enough trains serving nearby Witton station, and there aren’t enough facilities in the area for supporters.

That's not the excuse I took away from the interview on the club website.

[Axl Rose]

This doesn't offer a huge amount new, but might be of interest:
https://archive.ph/vqGVG

Interview with Chris Heck in The Times.

higgledy piggldy stadium?  cheeky bastard ,  how many semi finals Stamford bridge have ?

Interviewer is a ******

[Chris Harte]

One of his biggest challenges at Villa, as he seeks to build it into a global brand, will be keeping the club’s Midlands fanbase happy; football supporters have learnt to be suspicious of the people running their clubs. “It’s very tricky to satisfy all, but that’s the mission,” says Heck.

Well then don't put the prices up, don't create GA+ facilities that take away previously available facilities for the regular fans and try to be more transparent than you have been to date.

There! Not that difficult, really.

[LeeB]

This doesn't offer a huge amount new, but might be of interest:
https://archive.ph/vqGVG

Interview with Chris Heck in The Times.

higgledy piggldy stadium?  cheeky bastard ,  how many semi finals Stamford bridge have ?

Interviewer is a ******

Yeah, we need to make money like his beloved Chelsea so we don't become a hopeless pile of mid table shite like his er, beloved Chelsea.

[pauliewalnuts]

“There aren’t enough facilities in the area for the supporters”.

Hmmm. I wonder what that means. Inside five years we’re building elsewhere. Nailed on.

[VillaTim]

“There aren’t enough facilities in the area for the supporters”.

Hmmm. I wonder what that means. Inside five years we’re building elsewhere. Nailed on.

would suggest town centre / NEC or a retail Park somewhere - (think Star City / The Fort etc)

[ChicagoLion]

“There aren’t enough facilities in the area for the supporters”.

Hmmm. I wonder what that means. Inside five years we’re building elsewhere. Nailed on.

Yes, the mention of car parking is a bit of a giveaway.

[Paul.S]

This doesn't offer a huge amount new, but might be of interest:
https://archive.ph/vqGVG

Interview with Chris Heck in The Times.

higgledy piggldy stadium?  cheeky bastard ,  how many semi finals Stamford bridge have ?

Interviewer is a ******

You will never convince most of today’s journalists that anything is worth some real insight outside of their favourite few. The fact Chelsea and Abu Dhabi are manufactured clubs goes over their heads. Another shoddy piece that comes across as something someone was told to do and didn’t really want to.

[eamonn]

He says that Villa, in the midst of a purple patch on the pitch, is filming its season behind the scenes in the hope of selling it on as a documentary series.

Finally! I've wanted an "All Or Nothing"/"Sunderland Til I Die" series on the Villa since Xia's car-crash reign. Interesting that we are making it as we go along and hoping that Netflix or whoever pick it up, rather than it being produced by them in the first place. A second half of the season similar to the first will surely have the streaming platforms come calling. Anyone know how much other clubs have been paid for similar series?