Aston Villa rethinks Grimshaw’s events space plan to focus on £100m stadium expansion

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Villa Live scheme next to ground mothballed under plan to quicken up North Stand work

Aston Villa has mothballed plans by Grimshaw for an events venue next to its home ground so the £100m expansion of the stadium’s North Stand can start sooner.

The Villa Live scheme, a standalone building intended as a multi-purpose entertainment, community and retail space, will now be built inside a refurbished warehouse near the Villa Park ground and will be renamed “The Warehouse”.

 

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