Aston Villa has appointed a full multidisciplinary design and engineering team to prepare a planning application by the summer.
The Birmingham club wants to increase capacity at Villa Park from its current 42,749 to more than 50,000 in the first phase.
Preliminary designs show a new North Stand, upgrading and expanding hospitality facilities and new retail and merchandising facilities.
Aston Villa Group made a pre-tax loss of £37.3m in the year to 31st May 2021, following a loss of £99.5m the previous year.
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