Depends where it's moved too. There is a massive vacant piece of land slap bang in the city centre. Easily big enough for a new stadium. It's a visionary thing to do... which isn't one of the Council's strong points.But imagine a world class stadium in the centre of town. Football first obviously, but concerts, other sports, events... it would be brilliant for the city.
Are there rules that prevent the bars/restaurants opening after full time?I’d happily delay leaving if there was something decent open, and probably end up spending extra too.
Quote from: sickbeggar on January 12, 2022, 01:17:32 PMNo mention of my monorail, cable car or tunnel solutions I for one am absolutely distraught that the proposed cable car & canal tunnel solutions were dismissed so quickly. I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. Poor show, Inglis. Clearly knows nothing*.* well, except for a load of buy-on-sight books about football stadium architecture.---One thing that really struck a bell was something Uli Hoeness (currently Bayern Munich's president) said recently:Quote We could charge more than £104 [for a season ticket]. Let’s say we charged £300. We’d get £2m more in income, but what’s £2m to us?In a transfer discussion, you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan. We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk,Football has got to be for everybody. That’s the biggest difference between us and Englandhere: https://www.essentiallysports.com/soccer-news-football-news-fans-are-not-like-cows-bayern-munich-president-slams-england-for-high-ticket-prices/My feeling is that actually, the need for a 60,000 capacity stadium over and above a 50,000 capacity stadium is a bit exaggerated. It's what, £5m over the course of a season at most. Who gives a shit about that when we're spunking more than that each year on Danny Ings' wages? We may as well stay where we are if that's the only thing we're getting out of it.Absolutely down for massively upgrading the facilities at Villa Park. And whilst we're doing that, we may as well increase the capacity of the ground where that's feasible. But the more I think about it, the less it makes sense to leave.
No mention of my monorail, cable car or tunnel solutions
We could charge more than £104 [for a season ticket]. Let’s say we charged £300. We’d get £2m more in income, but what’s £2m to us?In a transfer discussion, you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan. We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk,Football has got to be for everybody. That’s the biggest difference between us and England
Thinking about having some sort of attraction at/near VP, you could wonder why not expand the current drink facilities to outside the ground. However, perhaps five pound a pint/cans being poured into plastics (surely the correct name for a plastic glass?)/service-with-a-grimmace would be tolerated within the ground but not elsewhere.So what about other attractions? I don't recall how Preston got the National Football Museum or even if Villa bid to host it, but in 2019 (the last full year before you-know-what) it welcomed 210,000 visitors, or an average of 575 per calendar day. Could this have been an opportunity missed? Such a feature could surely have sustained a bar or restaurant or two of each. Maybe (and I am just brainstorming here) a beer museum could be an answer. Typically Sunday to Friday it is open to mid-fifties, bearded types with a love of warm beer, on Saturday matchdays it's an attraction or simply a watering hole. Like I say, just brainstorming.
Preston got it because we couldn't be arsed bidding then it moved to Manchester in 2012.
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