{"id":961667,"date":"2026-05-15T13:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961667\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:57:25","slug":"the-uks-biggest-ever-fan-park-experience-is-officially-taking-over-utilita-arena-for-the-europa-league-final-with-two-aston-villa-legends-and-birminghams-biggest-anti-glare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961667\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s biggest-ever fan park experience is officially taking over Utilita Arena for the Europa League final \u2013 with two Aston Villa legends and Birmingham\u2019s biggest anti-glare screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"BIRMINGHAM,<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Carl Recine, Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Mere minutes after Aston Villa<\/strong> booked its first European final in over 40 years<\/strong> (beating Nottingham Forest 4-1 on aggregate), 4TheFans announced a huge immersive fan park experience<\/strong> at Luna Springs\u2014boasting the biggest screen in Birmingham, a Villa football legend providing analysis, DJs, and much more.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Digbeth venue has unfortunately had its licence suspended, but the 4TheFans fan park has instead created the UK\u2019s biggest-ever fan park experience <\/strong>at the Utilita Arena<\/strong> on Wednesday, May 20<\/strong>, 2026. This huge upgrade means there are even more tickets available to join a claret and blue army of thousands.<\/p>\n

\"UtilitaCredit: 4The Fans<\/p>\n

The UEFA Europa League final will be shown on Birmingham\u2019s biggest anti-glare screen<\/strong> (over 100m of screens), with a world-class sound system. And now TWO genuine Aston Villa football legends<\/strong> bringing the banter, plenty of entertainment, pyro and special FX.<\/p>\n

This is as close to a genuine, stadium-like atmosphere that many Villans will come without actually making the final at Be\u015fikta\u015f Stadium in Istanbul<\/strong> (and it\u2019ll be a whole lot cheaper too). Tickets start from \u00a318.75<\/strong>, with premium seats from \u00a326, as we wait with bated breath to see if Villa can lift the club\u2019s first European trophy since 1982.<\/p>\n

\"BIRMINGHAM,Photo by Carl Recine, Getty Images<\/p>\n

The doors will open at Utilita Arena at 5pm for an 8pm kick off on Wednesday, May 20, 2026<\/strong>. Aston Villa will play SC Freiburg<\/strong> as it aims for the team\u2019s first taste of silverware since the League Cup in 1996. Unai Emery has been here many times before, having won four Europa League titles (three with Sevilla, and one with Villarreal).<\/p>\n

To get your tickets to the Aston Villa fan park at Utilita Arena on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, head here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Carl Recine, Getty Images Mere minutes after Aston Villa booked its first European final in over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-961667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116578946445513282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}