Villa Park Redevelopment

[DB]

Blimey, they really are squeezing every un-necessary space to add new seats e.g. bottom corner of the Witton Lane, looks like now 1 set of steps rather than 2.

[Villan82]

Blimey, they really are squeezing every un-necessary space to add new seats e.g. bottom corner of the Witton Lane, looks like now 1 set of steps rather than 2.

Not to go over old ground but I will never understand why, with all that space, we couldn't have gone for a bigger North Stand. Especially now it's closed for the season in any case.

[VILLA MOLE]

Blimey, they really are squeezing every un-necessary space to add new seats e.g. bottom corner of the Witton Lane, looks like now 1 set of steps rather than 2.

Not to go over old ground but I will never understand why, with all that space, we couldn't have gone for a bigger North Stand. Especially now it's closed for the season in any case.

I can only think that the powers that be decided 50k is enough for now and that is what they planned for.

I imagine they will assess further down the line with future development for the Witton Lane   

[PeterWithesShin]

Maybe a full rebuild could push it time wise with it needing to be done, I assume, X months before the Euros.

[Dogtanian]

Yeah, I'm not sure a full rebuild is doable within a single season. I mean it's going to take all that time just to expand the existing one.

I think the idea is that this is the quickest way we can significantly improve capacity and get a nice chunk of additional revenue in. The 6k increase is enough to get us £10-13m more matchday revenue per season, but not so large that we have to find a huge number of new matchday regulars to fill it.

The big test will be what happens next...

[WassallVillain]

Blimey, they really are squeezing every un-necessary space to add new seats e.g. bottom corner of the Witton Lane, looks like now 1 set of steps rather than 2.

That’s exactly what they have done. My seat previously on the aisle is now 5 or 6 to the left of the newly positioned aisle.

[Ads]

It will be a rare point in our history with 4 two tiered stands at Villa Park. Think we've only ever had that between 1995 and 2000.

I wonder what a re-profiled single tiered Holte would add to capacity.

[Duncan Shaw]

It will be a rare point in our history with 4 two tiered stands at Villa Park. Think we've only ever had that between 1995 and 2000.

I wonder what a re-profiled single tiered Holte would add to capacity.

Would it not be less?  Do we not gain extra from the overhang?

[Billy Walker]

Blimey, they really are squeezing every un-necessary space to add new seats e.g. bottom corner of the Witton Lane, looks like now 1 set of steps rather than 2.

Not to go over old ground but I will never understand why, with all that space, we couldn't have gone for a bigger North Stand. Especially now it's closed for the season in any case.

Nothing to stop the Club extending the North Stand outwards again (apart from planning permission, of course) five to ten years down the line.  I think we simply needed to hit the 50,000 target asap for Euro '28.