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Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11205 on: September 17, 2025, 12:19:05 PM »
What were you doing in the women's?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11206 on: September 18, 2025, 06:55:40 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA

I wonder how many punters could be catered for around VP on matchday if they snapped up and repurposed adjacent properties alongside the Warehouse, Holte Suite, Holte Hotel etc?

I noticed in that growth zone plan the council said they would support the establishment of a high quality hotel in the area.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2025, 08:21:20 PM by Percy McCarthy »

Offline The Edge

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11207 on: September 18, 2025, 06:58:16 PM »
I think Everton's new stadium is outstanding, albeit a touch tight on capacity.

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff could do with aesthetic improvements externally, but inside is an incredible stadium.

Not all new stadia are soulless bowls.

I love VP, but you can easily link the lower tiers and still retain the 4 stands look.  I also think a horseshoe of the Trinity, North and Witton with the Holte as a feature single tier stand would look great.
The "horseshoe" idea really appeals to me with a free standing Holte. Make the upper Holte wider and squared off but that would require a brand new cantilever roof.
 Dougs penchant for "goalpost" roof supports, which i guess must have been cheaper, makes it much more difficult to expand.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2025, 08:50:42 PM by The Edge »

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11208 on: September 18, 2025, 07:58:45 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

Offline bill

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11209 on: September 18, 2025, 08:02:31 PM »
It's worth losing a couple hundred seats to stop this joining-up-stands nonsense.

It's un-English.

Villa Park was originally a bowl shape. As was the original Wembley. Don’t get much more English than that.

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11210 on: September 18, 2025, 08:08:50 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

If you type AVFC AMENDED MASTERPLAN into the ‘search document’ box a map comes up, in which the land Villa own is within the blue line.

Offline DB

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11211 on: September 18, 2025, 08:24:36 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

If you type AVFC AMENDED MASTERPLAN into the ‘search document’ box a map comes up, in which the land Villa own is within the blue line.

Thanks Percy.

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11212 on: September 18, 2025, 08:25:48 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

If you type AVFC AMENDED MASTERPLAN into the ‘search document’ box a map comes up, in which the land Villa own is within the blue line.
Cheers.Interesting. Have they always owned it? Growing up round there I knew it as a pool hall

Offline The Edge

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11213 on: September 18, 2025, 08:51:31 PM »
It's worth losing a couple hundred seats to stop this joining-up-stands nonsense.

It's un-English.

Villa Park was originally a bowl shape. As was the original Wembley. Don’t get much more English than that.
Great point well made.

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11214 on: September 18, 2025, 08:52:53 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

If you type AVFC AMENDED MASTERPLAN into the ‘search document’ box a map comes up, in which the land Villa own is within the blue line.
Cheers.Interesting. Have they always owned it? Growing up round there I knew it as a pool hall

Don’t know, it was news to me. I remember when it was a roller disco! The purchase of the Aston Hotel seems to make even more sense now. Quite a sizeable plot with that and the Warehouse.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11215 on: September 18, 2025, 09:09:44 PM »
It's worth losing a couple hundred seats to stop this joining-up-stands nonsense.

It's un-English.

Villa Park was originally a bowl shape. As was the original Wembley. Don’t get much more English than that.
Great point well made.

I know.

And we used to bate bears and deal in slaves, but neither of those things are acceptable either*







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Offline astonvilla82

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11216 on: September 18, 2025, 09:24:03 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted. Interesting to see Villa already own that Victorian hall next to the Aston Hotel.

https://x.com/primetimeperry/status/1968727302746874170?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
Can't locate the relevant part

If you type AVFC AMENDED MASTERPLAN into the ‘search document’ box a map comes up, in which the land Villa own is within the blue line.
Cheers.Interesting. Have they always owned it? Growing up round there I knew it as a pool hall

Don’t know, it was news to me. I remember when it was a roller disco! The purchase of the Aston Hotel seems to make even more sense now. Quite a sizeable plot with that and the Warehouse.
Slavery is going strong in my house with the wife and two grandchildren all playing the boss man, which authority do I get in touch with?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11217 on: September 19, 2025, 12:47:38 AM »
It's worth losing a couple hundred seats to stop this joining-up-stands nonsense.

It's un-English.

Villa Park was originally a bowl shape. As was the original Wembley. Don’t get much more English than that.
Great point well made.

I know.

And we used to bate bears and deal in slaves, but neither of those things are acceptable either*







*wink

Random fact. There's a bear pit in the Botanical Gardens near where I live that housed a black bear called Bruin in the early/mid 1800s. Though it wasn't used for baiting more zoological purposes.

Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11218 on: September 19, 2025, 12:53:46 AM »
I'd bait Paddington with a sarnie and finally take revenge out on our Queen's killer.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #11219 on: September 27, 2025, 12:40:27 PM »
Well… toilets in the Trinity have been upgraded! The unique smell has gone and we have hot water and several hand dryers… only taken 10 years!

 


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