Villa Park remains one of England’s biggest grounds, having first been designed by renowned football architect Archibald Leitch. It seats 42,785, through Randy Lerner had plans to increase the capacity to 50,000. However, little work has been done on such an expansion since 2010, and it appears plans have been shelved.
Opened in 1997, the Stadium of Light replaced the 22,500 capacity Roker Park. It originally held 42,000, but was expanded in 2000 to its current capacity of 49,000. The stadium was designed to allow the adoption of a further tier, which would bring the number of seats up to 63,000.