{"id":31020,"date":"2026-04-21T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/aston-villa-to-renovate-stadium-ahead-of-euro-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:04:45","slug":"aston-villa-to-renovate-stadium-ahead-of-euro-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/aston-villa-to-renovate-stadium-ahead-of-euro-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa to renovate stadium ahead of Euro 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) \u2014 Champions League side Aston Villa plans to close one end of its stadium for construction to increase capacity to more than 50,000 before next season. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">european championship<\/span> 2028 game.<\/p>\n<p>of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Birmingham club announced<\/span> On Tuesday, the schedule will be accelerated for the long-planned renovation of the North Stand, which will reduce the stadium&#8217;s capacity to around 37,000 people through next season.<\/p>\n<p>Villa are fourth in the Premier League with five matches left to qualify for the next Champions League and are guaranteed four home games in the main phase.<\/p>\n<p>Villa Park will host four matches at Euro 2028, which will be co-hosted by the UK and Ireland, including one round of 16 match. Villa Park hosted four of the quarter-final matches at the 1996 World Cup in England.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa said in a statement: &#8220;By completing the works within one season, the club will limit the disruption to one season rather than over two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crowd at Villa Park this season in the Premier League was 43,000, compared to 41,662 last week when the manager was appointed. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Unai Emery&#8217;s team lose to Bologna<\/span> in the Europa League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aston-villa-park-euro-2028-stadium-a5807a0bf223bb145dc59da2fe5c1ee6\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) \u2014 Champions League side Aston Villa plans to close one end of its stadium for construction to increase capacity to more than 50,000 before next season. european championship 2028 game. of Birmingham club announced On Tuesday, the schedule will be accelerated for the long-planned renovation of the North Stand, which will reduce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa to renovate stadium ahead of Euro 2028 - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; 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