Aston Villa's high-level meeting is very important, that is, the club has been preparing for a long time in a new stadium construction plan to officially start after the end of this season, which is two weeks later.

The famous architectural designer Christopher Lee and his team took a year to finally come up with a design plan that meets Aston Villa's requirements.

The club's senior management agreed on the construction of a new stadium.

What can a great court bring to a club?

The first is greater influence.

The giants need a great court to match it, something deeply rooted in the perception of most fans.

In today's football world, Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Manchester United, Arsenal and both Milan have stadiums that match their identities.

To a certain extent, the stadium is not only a place for fans to watch the game, but also a symbol of a team.

Just as when we talk about Old Trafford, we think of Manchester United, and when we talk about West**, we think of Dortmund.

The formal meaning of the stadium is no less than its actual function.

This is an upgraded gift for the club's facade.

Of course, this is indeed a gold-added investment, real money, and the construction of a new stadium is an investment of hundreds of millions of pounds.

Of course, the new stadium can also bring greater money-making ability.

A magnificent court with greater capacity means more season tickets can be sold every season.

More ticket fees can be charged on the game day; it also means that various supporting commercial facilities can bring more profits, and the club brand will be successfully cashed out.

Aston Villa is going to renovate and build a new stadium, which is also affected and stimulated by Arsenal.

Take Arsenal as an example. From Highbury to Emirates Stadium, the Gunners' home stadium has doubled its capacity (30,000 to 60,000).

Among them, the income of the private rooms and senior seats alone has tied up with the entire income of Highbury (£30 million), not to mention that there are more than 50,000 ordinary seats left.

A professional institution has evaluated that Emirates Stadium will earn about 50 million pounds a year. You should know that Arsenal's tickets are very high, and this income will increase every year.

This also brings a lot of money to ticket revenue and other catering and entertainment projects.

In order to build the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal was in debt of 400 million pounds, which means that even if you sell tickets alone, the Gunners can pay off the foreign debt within 10 years.

Arsenal senior executives expressed that when all the debts they bear are paid off, the high revenue of the tickets in the coming days will bring Arsenal sufficient funds, and the good days for the team to buy people with big money will come soon.

These are all visible benefits and gains.

Another point is what Fang Jue, the big boss, values ​​the most.

That is the appreciation of assets.

For ordinary people, real estate may not be able to provide cash flow support, but it will be an important basis for evaluating your wealth.

Similarly, the stadium is the club's real estate, which is crucial to its value assessment.

According to the ranking of the world's most valuable teams given by Forbes last month, Arsenal, which has been poor for many years, is ranked the same as Real Madrid, with a valuation of up to US$1.938 billion.

The reason is that the existence of Emirates Stadium makes Arsenal particularly "value" in Forbes' eyes. It is the Gunners' fixed wealth and provides credibility guarantees for this club.

Let’s put it this way, the effect of a good court plus excellent competitive results is a high valuation.

Although the share of TV broadcasts is the big part of its income, the ticket revenue on the game day and the surrounding consumption of fans while watching the game can also contribute more than 0% of the revenue to the club.

In addition to economic considerations, the attractiveness of the new stadium to local fans can give the team a wider fan base locally.

In fact, seeing Arsenal's new stadium is so great, Chelsea has always wanted to renovate the Stamford Bridge.

But because he is in a wealthy area where every inch of land is valuable, Stamford Bridge’s rebirth plan is far away because Chelsea cannot afford such high demolition fees.

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"Our plan has been basically approved by the Birmingham City Urban Construction Department, and only the details need to be negotiated."

“The Birmingham Transportation Bureau is also seriously considering the supporting facilities of the stadium station after the completion of the new stadium.”

The process of building the new stadium in Aston Villa is also relatively smooth.

With the rise of Aston Villa, the team has become a shiny business card for Birmingham City again.

According to statistics from the Birmingham Tourism Department, the number of foreign tourists traveling to Birmingham has increased by 11% in the past year, of which 9% have increased by tourists from Asia, especially China. Many Chinese tourists come to the UK to visit, and Birmingham has become a must-visit place.

Many travel agencies in China have opened up special tourist routes to visit Birmingham and now watch Aston Villa's competition.

Among them, the benefits brought about by Aston Villa's expansion of influence can be seen.

Birmingham Municipal Council had previously approved the plan to expand a new stadium on the basis of the original site of Villa Park Stadium with 39 votes in favor and 6 votes against Aston Villa.

Although the decision still needs approval from the mayor of Birmingham, the result has already made the senior management of Aston Villa club feel relieved.

The mayor will make a decision to support or oppose within the next ten days.

Fang Jue is not worried that Birmingham Mayor Steven Deng will vote against it. The mayor has come to Villa Park Stadium to watch the game many times and has communicated with Fang Jue many times. He is very grateful for Aston Villa's plan to rise, grow into a top European club and even be a top European club.

To put it more, Stevenden is an Aston Villa fan. Although this does not mean that the mayor will be favored, the city council has passed and it is possible to do what to do with the flow.

In fact, Aston Villa Club has started planning for a new stadium in advance, and the club has spent £1 million on the development and demolition compensation for the original site expansion land.

Aston Villa promised the community that after the new stadium is completed, 500 new job opportunities will be created, hundreds of homes will be built, and medical institutions and nurseries will be provided for citizens who are forced to relocate to the new community.

Such compensation measures are also the most important reason why these residents are willing to demolish.

Of course, most of these residents are Aston Villa fans, which also plays a little bit.

This means that the surrounding area of ​​Villa Park is not a wealthy area. Otherwise, if it were like Stamford Bridge, the demolition fee and compensation for new residential buildings and supporting facilities would be roughly estimated to be 100 million pounds. And the problem is that the rich people in these wealthy areas are unwilling to demolish.

"The budget for the new stadium is around 600 million pounds, and the funds we can invest in advance are 100 million pounds. In addition, the company can provide a low-interest loan of 100 million pounds, so the start-up capital for the new stadium is very sufficient."

For a large project worth 600 million pounds, it is already quite amazing to have 300 million pounds of start-up capital.

The remaining 300 million pounds of funds are not a big problem for Aston Villa now.

Not to mention anything else, if Aston Villa wants to make a loan, there will be many banks scrambling to provide loans.

Aston Villa has made great profits for three consecutive seasons. Aston Villa has a lot of stars in the team and its valuation is quite high. The bank is optimistic about this rising team.

To be a joke, Aston Villa sold two top stars, and half of the difference of 300 million pounds was found.

Building a modern top stadium is the second step for Aston Villa to take to become a top stadium after achieving results on the field!

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With the design drawings and the start-up funds, the local government in Birmingham is also more cooperative in the preparations.

There is only one problem left now. After the season is over, Villa Park Stadium will be demolished and construction will begin.

According to the plan, under the most smooth circumstances, the construction period is one year, and the new stadium will only be used in the 013/014 season if it is the fastest.

Even if the construction period is extended, the new stadium may not be put into use until the 014/015 season.

So, the last and most important question is, where will Aston Villa be at home next season?

Aston Villa has only one option next season, that is to borrow other teams' stadiums.

First and most importantly, considering the distance factor, the court with three teams is more suitable.

One is naturally Aston Villa's city rival Birmingham City's home court St Andrews Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 fans.

One is the Molynox Stadium of the Wolf Hampton Rangers in Wolf Rampton, very close to Birmingham. This stadium can accommodate more than 28,000 fans.

Many people are unfamiliar with the name Wolflandton Wanderers, and they also have a name "Wolf Team".

Another is the Royal Stadium of Leicester City, which is also very close to Birmingham. This stadium can accommodate more than 32,000 fans.

The situation of these teams is:

Birmingham City is still in the English Championship and has a great chance of entering the Premier League. However, it is quite difficult to return to the Premier League from the upgrade play-off.

Leicester City has average results in the Championship this season and will waste time in the Championship next season.

Wolves are now in the Premier League this season, but this team has been relegated early and will play in the Championship next season.

The Championship schedule is quite intensive, and it is hard to say whether Leicester City and Wolves are willing to rent the stadium to Aston Villa.

Of course, according to the ideas of Aston Villa, it is best to be able to rent the St Andrews Stadium in Birmingham City, which is the most suitable place in Birmingham.

However, considering the relationship between the two teams' mortal enemies, it's difficult.

Especially Aston Villa is now rising and developing better and better. It is so arrogant that it is about to build a new stadium. As a mortal enemy in the city, you are already envious and jealous. You are actually coming to rent our stadium now. This is a bit unethical and killing people to kill people.

However, in Italy, Juventus used the Olympic stadium in Turin during the construction of the new stadium. So Fang Jue thought he could try it, what if the people of Birmingham are kind and charitable and easy to talk?

Contact these three clubs and negotiate the loan of the stadium to the club's general manager Byron. Compared with the club's CEO Bob Clark, who is a German, Byron is native to England, and has contacts and connections with many clubs, it is most appropriate for him to talk to.

Fang Jue focused on the last two league games of the season.

The team has won the championship ahead of schedule. In Fang Jue's calculation, the team's final task is to help Suarez score (sweep) goals, and strive to help Suarez surpass the scorer and be ranked first by Van Persie and get the Premier League Golden Boot.

Currently, Van Persie's Premier League goals are 8 goals, Suarez has 6 goals, and there are still two rounds in the league, so there is still hope of overtaking.
Chapter completed!