Chapter 881 - The Second Step to a Wealthy Family (Asking for Tickets)
The big deal at Aston Villa's top management is that the club's long-awaited plans to build a new stadium will begin in two weeks' time at the end of the season.
Renowned architect Christopher . It took Lee and his team a year to come up with a design that met Aston Villa's requirements.
For the construction of the new stadium, the club's top management was unanimous.
What a great stadium can bring to a club.
The first is greater impact.
The big teams need a great stadium to match it, and that's something ingrained in the perception of most fans.
In today's football, Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, Bayern, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Milan all have stadiums that match their identity.
In a way, the stadium is not just a place for fans to watch the game, but also a symbol of a team.
Just as when we think of Old Trafford we think of Manchester United, when we think of West, we think of Borussia Dortmund.
The formal significance of the pitch is no less than its practical function.
This is an upgrade to the façade of the club.
Of course, this is also a real investment, real money, to build a new stadium, which is a base investment of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Of course, the new stadium will also bring greater ability to attract money.
A bigger stadium with more capacity means more tickets can be sold each season.
More tickets can be charged on match days; At the same time, it also means that various supporting commercial facilities can bring more profits, and the club brand can be successfully realized.
Aston Villa's desire to renovate and build a new stadium was also influenced and stimulated by Arsenal.
In the case of Arsenal, the Gunners' home stadium has more than doubled (30,000 to 60,000) from Highbury to Emirates Stadium.
The revenue from the box and premium seats alone has already equaled the entire income of Highbury (£30 million), not to mention the remaining 50,000 ordinary seats.
A professional organization has assessed that the Emirates Stadium will earn as much as about 50 million pounds a year, you must know that Arsenal's tickets are very high, and this income will grow every year.
This also includes ticket revenue, and the profits from other catering and entertainment projects are also very considerable.
In order to build the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal had a debt of 400 million pounds, which means that even if they just sell tickets, the Gunners will be able to pay off this foreign debt in 10 years.
Arsenal's senior management said that when the debts are fully paid, then the high revenue of football tickets in the next few days will bring abundant funds to Arsenal, and the good days of the team's large-scale purchases are coming.
These are all tangible benefits and gains.
There is another point that Fang Jue, the big boss, values the most.
That is the appreciation of assets.
For the average person, real estate may not bring cash flow support, but it can be an important basis for evaluating your wealth.
In the same way, the stadium is the real estate of the club and is crucial to its value assessment.
According to Forbes' ranking of the world's most valuable teams last month, Arsenal, which has had a poor record for many years, is ranked the same as Real Madrid, with a valuation of $1.938 billion.
The reason for this is that the existence of the Emirates Stadium makes Arsenal particularly "valuable" in the eyes of Forbes, and it is a fixed asset for the Gunners, providing a guarantee of credibility for the club.
Let's put it this way, the effect of a good course combined with a good competitive performance is a high valuation.
While the share of TV broadcasts is the bulk of its revenue, matchday ticket revenues and fans can also contribute more than 20% of the club's revenue.
In addition to economic considerations, the attractiveness of the new stadium to local fans will allow the team to have a wider fan base in the country.
In fact, seeing how great Arsenal's new stadium is, Chelsea have always wanted to refurbish Stamford Bridge.
But with the location of the wealthy in which land is at a premium, Stamford Bridge's rebirth plan is in the far running as Chelsea cannot afford to pay such a high cost for demolition.
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"With the city of Birmingham's urban development department, our plan has basically been approved, and only the details are left to be discussed."
"Transport Birmingham is also seriously considering the stadium station facilities once the new stadium is completed."
The process of building Aston Villa's new stadium was also relatively smooth.
With the rise of Aston Villa, the team has re-established itself as a shining calling card for the city of Birmingham.
According to the statistics of Birmingham's tourism department, the number of foreign tourists visiting Birmingham has increased by 11% in the past year, including 29% of tourists from Asia, especially China.
A number of travel agencies in China have opened up special tours to visit Birmingham and now see Aston Villa's games.
Among them, the benefits of Aston Villa's expanding influence can be seen.
Birmingham City Council has previously voted 39-6 to approve Aston Villa's plan to extend a new stadium on the site of Villa Park.
While the decision still needs to be approved by the Mayor of Birmingham, the result has already been a relief to the Aston Villa hierarchy.
The mayor will make a decision for or against within the next 10 days.
Fang Jue is not worried that Birmingham Mayor Stevendon will vote against it, Mr. Mayor has come to Villa Park Stadium many times to watch the game, and Fang Jue has communicated with Fang Jue many times, and he is very appreciative of Aston Villa's plan to rise and grow into a top Premier League and even a top European giant.
By the way, Stevendon is a fan of Aston Villa, and while that doesn't mean the mayor will show favoritism, the city council has passed the idea that something can be done.
In fact, Aston Villa have already started planning for a new stadium ahead of schedule, with £12 million already spent on the development of the land for the expansion of the site and compensation for demolition.
Aston Villa has pledged to the community that the new stadium will create 500 new jobs, build hundreds of homes, and provide a medical facility and a nursery for those forced to relocate to the new community.
Such compensation measures are also the most important reason why these residents are willing to be demolished.
Of course, the majority of these residents are Aston Villa fans, which also plays a small part.
This means that the area around Villa Park is not a rich area, otherwise, if it is like Stamford Bridge, the demolition fee and compensation for new homes and supporting facilities alone will cost 100 million pounds, and the problem is that the rich people in these rich areas are not willing to demolish.
"The budget for the new stadium is around £600 million, and we can invest £200 million upfront, plus F&P can provide a low-interest loan of £100 million, so the start-up capital for the new stadium is very good."
For a big £600 million project, being able to have £300 million in start-up capital is pretty remarkable.
The remaining £300 million is not too much of a problem for Aston Villa now.
If Aston Villa wanted to take out a loan, there would be quite a few banks rushing to provide it.
Aston Villa have been profitable for three seasons in a row, with a star-studded squad and a fairly high valuation, and the banks are bullish on this rising team.
As a joke, Aston Villa sold two top stars and the difference of £300 million was half of the difference.
Building a modern state-of-the-art stadium is the second step on Aston Villa's journey to the top of the game after the results on the field!
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The design drawings are available, the start-up funds are available, and the local government of Birmingham is also more cooperative in terms of preparation.
There is only one question left, and the Villa Park stadium will be demolished and construction will begin at the end of the season.
According to the plan, the construction period will take one year in the best-case scenario, and the new stadium will not be ready for use until the 2013/2014 season at the earliest.
Even if the construction period is extended, it may not be until the 2014/2015 season that the new stadium is put into use.
So, the last and most important question is, where will Aston Villa's home stadium be placed next season?
Aston Villa have only one option next season, and that is to borrow another team's stadium.
First and foremost, there are three teams that are suitable for the pitch given the distance.
St Andrews Stadium, home of Aston Villa's local rivals Birmingham City, is naturally home to 30,000 fans.
One is Wolfhampton Wanderers' Molinox Stadium in Wolfhampton City, very close to Birmingham, which has a capacity of more than 28,000 fans.
The name Wolflandton Rovers is unfamiliar to many people, and they also have a name "Wolves".
The other is Leicester City's King Power Stadium, also close to Birmingham, which has a capacity of more than 32,000 fans.
The current situation of these teams is:
Birmingham City are still in the Championship and have a good chance of reaching the promotion play-offs in the Championship, but it will be quite difficult to get back into the Premier League from the promotion play-offs.
Leicester City have a mediocre record in the Championship this season and will be in the Championship next season.
Wolves are now in the Premier League this season, but the team has been relegated early and will play in the Championship next season.
The Championship schedule is quite dense and it is difficult to say whether Leicester City and Wolves will be willing to lend the stadium to Aston Villa.
Of course, according to the Aston Villa crowd, it would be best to be able to loan to St Andrews Stadium in Birmingham City, which is the best place in Birmingham.
However, given the relationship between the two teams' rivals, it's difficult.
Especially Aston Villa is now rising, the development is getting better and better, this is so arrogant that a new stadium is going to be built, as a sworn enemy of the same city is already all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, you are still coming to rent our stadium now, this is a bit of a lack of martial arts, murderous and murderous.
However, on the Italian side, Juventus used the Olympic Stadium in Turin during the construction of the new stadium, so Fang Jue thought it would be possible to try, in case the people of Birmingham City are kind and talkative?
Contacting the three clubs to negotiate a loan of the stadium was left to the club's general manager, Byron, compared to the club's chief executive Bob Brown. Clark is German, Byron is native to England, and has connections and connections with many clubs, so it is best for him to talk to him.
Fang Jue focused on the final two league games of the season.
The team has won the championship in advance, and in Fang Jue's calculations, the team's final task is to help Suarez (brush) score, and strive to help Suarez surpass Van Persie, who was the first scorer, to get the Premier League Golden Boot.
At present, Van Persie's Premier League goals are 28 and Suarez's is 26, and there are still two rounds of the league to go, and there is still hope of overtaking.
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