Popular Post imavillan Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 50 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: Utd are looking at building a new 90k stadium. With Everton moving too. Maybe we really need to consider a new stadium. We don't want to be left behind by the others. hope you've got a tin hat ready As much as we all love Villa Park for what it is it is too restrictive and dated. The DE and the NS are well dated and are not fan friendly. We all know we are already way behind the so called top clubs and arguably will we ever catch up or get close to them. But to move forward with modern times we definitely need a new stadium. I'd be all for it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 30 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Unfortunately, some people may only accept this when it's too late, across the board of our operations. I think our owners are smart and will be considering a new stadium - despite the "no plans to move". Everything being refurbed is a suggestion that we are squeezing the most out of VP in the short term. You think Atairos are here to look at a new stadium? Their parent company owns a lot of theme parks and resorts. Utd want a wembley of the north, they are also open to moving if they can't redevelop next to Old Trafford. - Everton new stadium looks very nice too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 13 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: I think our owners are smart and will be considering a new stadium - despite the "no plans to move". Everything being refurbed is a suggestion that we are squeezing the most out of VP in the short term. You think Atairos are here to look at a new stadium? Their parent company owns a lot of theme parks and resorts. Utd want a wembley of the north, they are also open to moving if they can't redevelop next to Old Trafford. - Everton new stadium looks very nice too. And soon Spurs will be selling the naming rights for their stadium for some astronomical sum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said: I think our owners are smart and will be considering a new stadium - despite the "no plans to move". Everything being refurbed is a suggestion that we are squeezing the most out of VP in the short term. You think Atairos are here to look at a new stadium? Their parent company owns a lot of theme parks and resorts. Utd want a wembley of the north, they are also open to moving if they can't redevelop next to Old Trafford. - Everton new stadium looks very nice too. It was quite odd that the announcement of their investment into V Sports explicitly said that their funds would be used for 'infrastructure investments'. Especially given that the North Stand redevelopment had long been canned by December and they easily could have gone for some sort of media expertise angle (given the Comcast links). You have to imagine there's some sort of significant project in the works (whether that's Villa Park/stadium-related or not) that we don't know about yet, or it'd just be a bit weird. Edited February 6 by wishywashy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post burchy Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 All the top teams have huge state of the art stadiums now, if we don’t want to get left behind then we should at least be looking at is an option. It doesn’t have to be a soulless dome like so many of them, it could still be ‘Villa’ with lots of yellow on blue being used throughout its design 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 If we do go for a new stadium, can we get one of those cool 3d billboards outside where the lion comes out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 7 minutes ago, burchy said: If we do go for a new stadium, can we get one of those cool 3d billboards outside where the lion comes out of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapleVilla Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 27/01/2024 at 04:51, thabucks said: The obvious plot for a new multi-use stadium would be Star City… https://news.completelyretail.co.uk/star-city-goes-on-the-market-for-65m/ Seems quite cheap? I remember them building that and it was going to be the next big thing that everyone will be going to. Only been a few times over the years, always seemed dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Villa_Vids said: I think our owners are smart and will be considering a new stadium - despite the "no plans to move". Everything being refurbed is a suggestion that we are squeezing the most out of VP in the short term. You think Atairos are here to look at a new stadium? Their parent company owns a lot of theme parks and resorts. Utd want a wembley of the north, they are also open to moving if they can't redevelop next to Old Trafford. - Everton new stadium looks very nice too. I think the Philadelphia stadium is "owned" by Comcast - who have pretty tight connections with Atairos..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, allani said: I think the Philadelphia stadium is "owned" by Comcast - who have pretty tight connections with Atairos..... Just reading a bit more on this - the stadium is owned by Comcast who sold the naming rights to Wells Fargo. But a couple of interesting additions - some stadium features were funded by other companies - so for example the scoreboard was purchased by and branded as Comcast, I think all the HDTVs, etc (on concourses and in executive boxes) were also all paid for / sponsored by one of Comcast's partners. Also they changed their ticket provider from Ticketmaster to New Era Tickets - who are owned by..... Comcast. There seems to be just a few too many connections there for this to be coincidence... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 6 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, burchy said: All the top teams have huge state of the art stadiums now, if we don’t want to get left behind then we should at least be looking at is an option. It doesn’t have to be a soulless dome like so many of them, it could still be ‘Villa’ with lots of yellow on blue being used throughout its design It won’t though. it’ll be a soulless bowl. because that’s the cheapest option when making stadiums. That’s why they’re everywhere 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 You reckon a new stadium is the only way to get a pint at half time instead of having to queue early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 How about move into the Ricoh short term and rebuild Villa Park instead of moving away? Like Tottenham built over the White Hart Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It won’t though. it’ll be a soulless bowl. because that’s the cheapest option when making stadiums. That’s why they’re everywhere Everton's stadium looks quite nice tbf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, Newry_Villan said: How about move into the Ricoh short term and rebuild Villa Park instead of moving away? Like Tottenham built over the White Hart Lane. Is there the space for that? It's quite a narrow site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted February 6 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 6 11 minutes ago, Newry_Villan said: How about move into the Ricoh short term and rebuild Villa Park instead of moving away? Like Tottenham built over the White Hart Lane. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 18 minutes ago, allani said: Just reading a bit more on this - the stadium is owned by Comcast who sold the naming rights to Wells Fargo. But a couple of interesting additions - some stadium features were funded by other companies - so for example the scoreboard was purchased by and branded as Comcast, I think all the HDTVs, etc (on concourses and in executive boxes) were also all paid for / sponsored by one of Comcast's partners. Also they changed their ticket provider from Ticketmaster to New Era Tickets - who are owned by..... Comcast. There seems to be just a few too many connections there for this to be coincidence... Next you'll be telling us that it'll be quirky... And then before we know it they're moving the stadium to ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: It won’t though. it’ll be a soulless bowl. because that’s the cheapest option when making stadiums. That’s why they’re everywhere You're probably right. I wonder how many Spurs or Arsenal fans really want to go back to their old stadiums though, even those that were set against it at the time. We'd all miss the character of Villa Park, but give it a season of not wading through piss, having room in the concourses to not have someone's armpit in your face, and the possibility of being served at half time, and I reckon people would get used to it Edited February 6 by Davkaus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Right..sod this new crest design malarkey, I’ve out grown that…I’m off to design a stadium…where’s my Canva log in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 People often mention " soulless " bowls, but American Stadiums are mostly.of the same design and the atmospheres in most of them are really good. So ,... In 100 years stadiums might be levitating and fans will be moaning that their traditional bowl is outdated. Aside from this, the Everton design and the Chelsea proposals actually looked quite nice, a blend of traditional and modern imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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