Villa Park Redevelopment

[Villa Lew]

They could extend the Holte over the road on the Trinity side and square it off and. Add a few thousand, take exec boxes on that same corner on the Trinity out too.

Yeah agree, the gap between the Holte and Trinity is too big.

[algy]

Here’s the aspiration for bowl optimisation which I can only see as converting 3 tier Trinity into 2 tier. Also mentions  greater offer for accessible seating.

Looking at that, I imagine we'll try to squeeze in a few extra seats by realligning the seats in the Witton Lane upper and Holte End upper so that they match the lower tiers.

Could see us getting up to 60k on that site relatively comfortably.  52.5k from the North Stand development + messing about with seat configurations, then potentially the Holte-Trinity corner and maybe doing a similar job on the Witton Lane stand to what we've done with the North Stand.

[Crown Hill]

I’ve always wondered why the block I sit in - P6 in Witton Lane Upper - is so narrow. The one on the half way line. I’d love it to stay as it is as it’s so handy but it’s different to the other blocks.

[Somniloquism]

BBC have an article based on the transport measures with the planning application of North Stand.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwd4859jo

Seems it is up to us to improve Bus services (as club coaches are listed seperately I'm assuming normal buses) and barriers at Aston Station. No mention of any work at Witton though which I thought was included in the released transport budget.

[cdbearsfan]

Seems like we are getting fuck all out of the council as I always expected.

[PeterWithe]

Maybe that is in addition to the works promised at Witton Station. Hopefully.

[London Villan]

Here’s the aspiration for bowl optimisation which I can only see as converting 3 tier Trinity into 2 tier. Also mentions  greater offer for accessible seating.

Where is this image from CH, I can't seem to find it in the plans?

[Dante Lavelli]

Here’s the aspiration for bowl optimisation which I can only see as converting 3 tier Trinity into 2 tier. Also mentions  greater offer for accessible seating.

Where is this image from CH, I can't seem to find it in the plans?

Nor me.  Can you repost please?

[dalians umbrella]

I’ve always wondered why the block I sit in - P6 in Witton Lane Upper - is so narrow. The one on the half way line. I’d love it to stay as it is as it’s so handy but it’s different to the other blocks.

Access to the commentary box and pundit box

[dalians umbrella]

Here’s the aspiration for bowl optimisation which I can only see as converting 3 tier Trinity into 2 tier. Also mentions  greater offer for accessible seating.

Looking at that, I imagine we'll try to squeeze in a few extra seats by realligning the seats in the Witton Lane upper and Holte End upper so that they match the lower tiers.

Could see us getting up to 60k on that site relatively comfortably.  52.5k from the North Stand development + messing about with seat configurations, then potentially the Holte-Trinity corner and maybe doing a similar job on the Witton Lane stand to what we've done with the North Stand.

In that image, it looks like nothing will be done to DE upper. Where are you seeing this?

[VILLA MOLE]

Here’s the aspiration for bowl optimisation which I can only see as converting 3 tier Trinity into 2 tier. Also mentions  greater offer for accessible seating.

Looking at that, I imagine we'll try to squeeze in a few extra seats by realligning the seats in the Witton Lane upper and Holte End upper so that they match the lower tiers.

Could see us getting up to 60k on that site relatively comfortably.  52.5k from the North Stand development + messing about with seat configurations, then potentially the Holte-Trinity corner and maybe doing a similar job on the Witton Lane stand to what we've done with the North Stand.

In that image, it looks like nothing will be done to DE upper. Where are you seeing this?

Squeezing anything into Upper Doug sounds David Blaine esq

[dalians umbrella]

I’ve always wondered why the block I sit in - P6 in Witton Lane Upper - is so narrow. The one on the half way line. I’d love it to stay as it is as it’s so handy but it’s different to the other blocks.

Do you sit anywhere near the guy who shouts "stick your whistle up your arse, then blow it!" ?

[Pat Mustard]

The Witton Station plans are part of the extra funding announced by the government that the Blose thought was all earmarked for Knotweed Park.  If Villa are contributing to improvements at Aston then that is fair enough, although much of the problem there comes from the attitude of the staff in control of the barriers as much as anything - they are still not letting enough people onto the platform, causing a bottleneck at the bottom of the stairs, a mad rush when a train arrives, and then trains leaving half-empty.

If they could just then sort getting trains back up to pre-pandemic frequency then it would make a massive difference.  With the new trains you could move 15,000 people per hour on the cross-city line alone if there were 6 trains an hour instead of 4.

[Brend'Watkins]

The Witton Station plans are part of the extra funding announced by the government that the Blose thought was all earmarked for Knotweed Park.  If Villa are contributing to improvements at Aston then that is fair enough, although much of the problem there comes from the attitude of the staff in control of the barriers as much as anything - they are still not letting enough people onto the platform, causing a bottleneck at the bottom of the stairs, a mad rush when a train arrives, and then trains leaving half-empty.

If the funding is there the Witton Station upgrade could be started surely? Is it that the funding is only proposed and not yet rubber stamped?

[Max Villan]

I don't see how they can safely fit any more seats into the witton upper.

I wouldn't go into that concourse at half time if there weren't emergency alleyways to get into in the stand if needed...