NurembergVillan Posted November 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2016 Lego or GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: The quality of geminis have gone down hill. I do like using them though. Marley moderns are utter shite. Really weak tiles and you only have to look at them and they break. Thin edge tiles with a mock bond are Russell Lothians. I prefer grampians the best. The last two weeks I've been slating on the Chester road. Some of the houses on the site are worth 1 million. I literally do not understand anything at all you have said there! Other than some of the houses are expensive obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted November 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: The quality of geminis have gone down hill. I do like using them though. Marley moderns are utter shite. Really weak tiles and you only have to look at them and they break. Thin edge tiles with a mock bond are Russell Lothians. I prefer grampians the best. The last two weeks I've been slating on the Chester road. Some of the houses on the site are worth 1 million. Good stuff mate, nice to chat to a fellow tile geek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 9 hours ago, sidcow said: I literally do not understand anything at all you have said there! Other than some of the houses are expensive obviously Do you want to learn more about roof tiles ? If so pm me and we can chat away the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Was thinking about this again the other day and thinking of a way that we could attract investment/visitors to the ground on a non match day (especially overseas visitors to Birmingham). What about incorporating a huge casino/bar/restaurant in any new North Stand and give that casino the naming rights to the stand over say a five year period? An example being something like the 'Genting' Stand? It could bring significant investment and visitors on an evening? Alternatively, what about a really top class restaurant/bar incorporated into any new stand to again attract visitors on an evening? Just some thoughts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 12, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: Do you want to learn more about roof tiles ? If so pm me and we can chat away the day. I think that you and alreadyexists have the subject of roof tiles fully "covered" already. I think we can wipe the slate clean now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 4 hours ago, ferguson1 said: Was thinking about this again the other day and thinking of a way that we could attract investment/visitors to the ground on a non match day (especially overseas visitors to Birmingham). What about incorporating a huge casino/bar/restaurant in any new North Stand and give that casino the naming rights to the stand over say a five year period? An example being something like the 'Genting' Stand? It could bring significant investment and visitors on an evening? Alternatively, what about a really top class restaurant/bar incorporated into any new stand to again attract visitors on an evening? Just some thoughts. I think if anything, Tony could build his own and use the Lotus name. Good idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 23 hours ago, Jareth said: I wish you could all just lego of this brick talk Send that to the daily mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 On 12/11/2016 at 08:44, ferguson1 said: Was thinking about this again the other day and thinking of a way that we could attract investment/visitors to the ground on a non match day (especially overseas visitors to Birmingham). What about incorporating a huge casino/bar/restaurant in any new North Stand and give that casino the naming rights to the stand over say a five year period? An example being something like the 'Genting' Stand? It could bring significant investment and visitors on an evening? Alternatively, what about a really top class restaurant/bar incorporated into any new stand to again attract visitors on an evening? Just some thoughts. The trouble is that the location means its a place that people don't really want to visit for an evening out. VMF restaurant was a top restaurant at that location and slowly just died a death due to no visitors. The only way to make it work is to have a big enough entertainment complex with various bars, restaurants, casino, cinema, shops, etc... kind of like Star City size as a minimum, and even then Star City struggled after the initial excitement wore off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 15/11/2016 at 11:35, ender4 said: The trouble is that the location means its a place that people don't really want to visit for an evening out. VMF restaurant was a top restaurant at that location and slowly just died a death due to no visitors. The only way to make it work is to have a big enough entertainment complex with various bars, restaurants, casino, cinema, shops, etc... kind of like Star City size as a minimum, and even then Star City struggled after the initial excitement wore off. Aston is an absolute **** hole, much like almost all of the inner city of Birmingham. Nobody in their right mind would ever want to spend an evening out there. Especially on a non match day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) On Friday, November 04, 2016 at 11:19, ChrisVillan said: No filled-in corners at the Holte End, please. Definitely not. One of the absolute best features with Villa Park is that we still have 4 stands. Proper football ground. Redeveloping Villa Park into a sterile shit-boring bowl would be a travesty. I am all for developing the ground and the nearby areas and by all means; knock down North Stand but please do not create another Reebook Stadium... Edited November 16, 2016 by Hughes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolteExile Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Not sure how much scope there is to develop it with the height restrictions, but I'd have no qualms about the Doug Ellis being bulldozed and a modern, futuristic stand going there. The name could go too. Corporate considerations should be well down the list of any fans priorities, but a three tiered stand there (even if the overall height is not much bigger than the current one) would mean we could devote the middle tier to the prawn sandwich lot and drive them out of the Trinity. It's galling to see the best seats in the middle of the Trinity continuously empty -even when we have a decent gate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 No point in making Villa Park bigger, we can't fill the current one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, KHV said: No point in making Villa Park bigger, we can't fill the current one 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 17 minutes ago, sne said: They won't though. They all said they would, some 9 months ago. They've not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 16, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2016 3 hours ago, One For The Road said: Aston is an absolute **** hole, much like almost all of the inner city of Birmingham. Nobody in their right mind would ever want to spend an evening out there. Especially on a non match day. Your totally missing the point. Tony said from the outset that he wants to delevop not just Villa Park but the whole area. As I have mentioned earlier on this thread London Docklands was considered a hell hole 20 years ago where no one in their right minds would go at night. Now it's one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the world. That's what regeneration and development is all about. OK he's not going to create a new Canary Wharf in Aston but how about Brindley Place (also a desolate wasteland 20 years ago) or Dudley Waterfront. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Your totally missing the point. Tony said from the outset that he wants to delevop not just Villa Park but the whole area. As I have mentioned earlier on this thread London Docklands was considered a hell hole 20 years ago where no one in their right minds would go at night. Now it's one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the world. That's what regeneration and development is all about. OK he's not going to create a new Canary Wharf in Aston but how about Brindley Place (also a desolate wasteland 20 years ago) or Dudley Waterfront. True.... but Docklands had central government champions on board such as Helestine who threw large amounts of money completing gentrifying east london. Birmingham barely has any champions in the west midlands given the coventry/wolverhampton/west bromwich etc rivalries. It would be great if redevelopment of VP was tied into regeneration of Aston- but is that really a role of football club to do this? Have to wait and see on this one- it's certainly interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tismyk Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 There is great scope behind the existing North Stand for redevelopment as I understand AVFC own all the land between the houses and Witton Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 12 hours ago, sidcow said: Your totally missing the point. Tony said from the outset that he wants to delevop not just Villa Park but the whole area. As I have mentioned earlier on this thread London Docklands was considered a hell hole 20 years ago where no one in their right minds would go at night. Now it's one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the world. That's what regeneration and development is all about. OK he's not going to create a new Canary Wharf in Aston but how about Brindley Place (also a desolate wasteland 20 years ago) or Dudley Waterfront. I'm not missing the point. You can't compare the London Docklands area to Aston. Docklands is waterfront property in one of the world's leading cities. Inner city Birmingham is never going to be a place people want to spend time and no matter how much he pumps in, that will not change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 30 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Inner city Birmingham is never going to be a place people want to spend time and no matter how much he pumps in, that will not change. And pumping in it will only make the area smellier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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