Villa Park Redevelopment

[DB]

I don’t want us to leave Villa Park, but these tweaks and add-ons, do look a bit short term. I would be surprised if the owners don’t have a new stadium in mind or at least a long tier option.

[pauliewalnuts]

It can be a great city but still terribly managed.

It is a city which is great despite the people who manage it, rather than because of them.

And that's sad, because it became a great city in the first place because of the people (one in particular) who managed it, and even as recently as the late 80s onwards, the regeneration was managed extremely well, so local government was doing something well.

[Crown Hill]

I don’t want us to leave Villa Park, but these tweaks and add-ons, do look a bit short term. I would be surprised if the owners don’t have a new stadium in mind or at least a long tier option.

Everything seems to be geared to ensuring there is 50k capacity for Euros 28 without suffering loss of income in the meanwhile.

It could be we then revise strategy for the longer term.

[paul_e]

I don’t want us to leave Villa Park, but these tweaks and add-ons, do look a bit short term. I would be surprised if the owners don’t have a new stadium in mind or at least a long tier option.

Everything seems to be geared to ensuring there is 50k capacity for Euros 28 without suffering loss of income in the meanwhile.

It could be we then revise strategy for the longer term.

That's felt like the plan to me for a while. Spend as little as possible whilst maxing out the ground for the euros then start a longer term plan.

[Chris Harte]

I can't help thinking the 2028 Euros should have no bearing on what we do with the ground.

If that means we don't host games at the Euros then so be it.

What's more important? The Euros? Or the Villa?

[eamonn]

I wonder how much we stand to gain from VP hosting Euro games.

[Pat Mustard]

I can't help thinking the 2028 Euros should have no bearing on what we do with the ground.

If that means we don't host games at the Euros then so be it.

What's more important? The Euros? Or the Villa?

I thought that when Villa Park was put forward it was with the assurance that capacity would be 50k - dropping out would mean some kind of penalty for the club, and pretty much guarantee we wouldn’t get to host any other high profile fixture for the foreseeable future.