Villa Park Redevelopment

[Dante Lavelli]

There’s been nothing from the club at all, in fact exactly the opposite but people still go banging on about it until they start to believe it with zero evidence

True but you’ll buy a cluster of warehouses a helluva lot cheaper if you pretended your business is distribution rather than Villa wanting to build a massive stadium.

Most developers buy the land under some JV / shell company. That protects them if it goes tits up and keeps any deal less newsworthy.

[pauliewalnuts]

Seeing as the club view the ground as a Heritage Asset it also tells you their mindset as it relates to Villa Park. No such thing as never, but I imagine under the current ownership and manager moving from Villa Park would be a hard as it stands. It’s more than just a ground. We know, they know it and everyone who visits knows it. Traditional grounds with incredible atmospheres caused by current fans and the spirits of the past are becoming reducing in numbers. Gone are the likes of Highbury, White Hart Lane, Goodson, Upton Park and Maine Road to be replaced by replica stadia build to drive revenues over that connection to loyal supporters. The challenges at Villa Park are well documented so I applaud efforts to upgrade where possible and keep us there.

I remember seeing Wes Edens a while back being interviewed about one of his other businesses and the interviewer asked him about Villa.

He said that they bought the club and didn’t really understand that they were also getting a historic stadium, and said it was “like discovering you just bought Fenway Park”.

In a good sense.

I’ve read people mention that he will want to replicate at Villa Park what he’s done at the Milwaukee Bucks. Whilst this sounds promising, I’ve no idea what that is. I assume it’s good?

Won the big netball trophy, pretty good!

[Percy McCarthy]

Seeing as the club view the ground as a Heritage Asset it also tells you their mindset as it relates to Villa Park. No such thing as never, but I imagine under the current ownership and manager moving from Villa Park would be a hard as it stands. It’s more than just a ground. We know, they know it and everyone who visits knows it. Traditional grounds with incredible atmospheres caused by current fans and the spirits of the past are becoming reducing in numbers. Gone are the likes of Highbury, White Hart Lane, Goodson, Upton Park and Maine Road to be replaced by replica stadia build to drive revenues over that connection to loyal supporters. The challenges at Villa Park are well documented so I applaud efforts to upgrade where possible and keep us there.

I remember seeing Wes Edens a while back being interviewed about one of his other businesses and the interviewer asked him about Villa.

He said that they bought the club and didn’t really understand that they were also getting a historic stadium, and said it was “like discovering you just bought Fenway Park”.

In a good sense.

I’ve read people mention that he will want to replicate at Villa Park what he’s done at the Milwaukee Bucks. Whilst this sounds promising, I’ve no idea what that is. I assume it’s good?

Won the big netball trophy, pretty good!

Oh yes, I was aware of their netball prowess, I followed the finals. (It was in the middle of the night, and I was ‘working’).

I meant their arena. I’ve looked it up and discovered they built a new one, with lots of development around it.

[Percy McCarthy]

This is what I was referring to. Won’t let me join though as I need a US zip code or something called a +4 one.

https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2024/05/15/wes-edens-aston-villa-fc-development.html

[Sexual Ealing]

https://archive.ph/RDIW3

[Percy McCarthy]

Thanks SE.

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa fan builds miniature stadium to raise money

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq502lz5eeqo

[pauliewalnuts]

Why is it so difficult to buy tickets these days?

Trying to get two for the Maccabi game, and we both need to be members. And that's after having GA+ options shoved down my throat whilst trying to get normal tickets.

[PeterWithesShin]

High profile games have long been members only, or previous booking history. And that's before the higher demand we now have. With everything surrounding the Maccabi game I doubt any tickets will be sold to non members.

[pauliewalnuts]

Its not even just that, I can't even spend 53 quid twice on two tickets for Bournemouth.

[PeterWithesShin]

That's because of the Bournemouth Barmies. High risk game.

[pauliewalnuts]

Although that may be due to dates yada yada.

Just a thought, though, when people say we shouldn't expand the ground because empty seats yada yada, part of the reason is that there are loads of people like me who are more likely to buy a ST than a single match ticket, because it's so fucking difficult to think, "I'll go with a mate to a match" if you're not both paying to be members.

[pauliewalnuts]

That's because of the Bournemouth Barmies. High risk game.

Coming at you, windmilling frantically with ciabattas.

[DB]

Its not even just that, I can't even spend 53 quid twice on two tickets for Bournemouth.

I have same issue for Maccabi match, but got 2 tickets ok in Trinity middle for Bournemouth, as a member. I wonder if they are holding them back in light of the sh*t that has kicked off today.