Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Villa Park Stadium [Birmingham, England] by Forzaroma


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Bmp new turf,banners and scarves,adboards epl
Photographers and assistants.,light effects
Shadows in the stadium,complete reconstruction mesh public
Optimization and 3d base by Forzaroma
Overwrite Konami stadium.
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Villa Park is a football stadium in the district of Aston, in Birmingham, England. It has been the home of Aston Villa Football Club since 1897.[4] It is a UEFA 4–star rated stadium and it has hosted 16 England internationals at senior level. The first international was in 1899 with the most recent being in 2005. It was the first English ground to stage international football in three different centuries.[5]

Villa previously played at Aston Park from 1874 to 1876 and Perry Barr from 1876 to 1897.[4] Villa Park is the most used stadium in FA Cup semi-final history, having hosted 55 semi-finals. The stadium currently comprises four stands; Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, North Stand and the Doug Ellis Stand. The Club have planning permission to extend the North Stand.[1] This will involve the 'filling in' of the corners to either side of the North Stand. If and when completed, the capacity of Villa Park will be increased from 42,640 to approximately 50,000.[6]

The Club have planning permission to rebuild the North Stand in the style of the new Trinity road end. Owner Randy Lerner seems keen on the idea of increased capacity as average attendances reach new highs. When completed, the capacity of Villa Park will be increased to around 51,000.Although there were rumours to fill in the corners between The North Stand and The Trinity Road Stand and The North Stand Between The Doug Ellis Stand.[6][18]

Villa Park is one of six stadiums that will hold Olympic football matches in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[19] Lord Sebastian Coe, head of the organising committee for London 2012, claimed that because Villa Park is an Olympic Venue, it will be entitled to funding to help expansion plans.[20]

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