Villa Park matches and international rugby league and rugby union matches. In 1999, the last ever final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup took place at Villa Park. Villa Park also hosted the 2012 FA Community Shield, as Wembley Stadium was in use for the final of the Olympic football tournament. The Aston Lower Grounds, later renamed Villa Park, was not the first home of Aston Villa F.C. Their previous venue, Wellington Road, faced increasing problems including an uneven pitch, poor spectator facilities, a lack of access and exorbitant rents. As a result, in 1894 Villa's committee began negotiations with the owners
Villa Paus five new villas were built on parts of the park which were partitioned off. During the German occupation of Norway during World War II, the villa was used as the summer residence of Josef Terboven, the German Civilian Administrator of Norway. From 1953 it was owned by the barrister Mathias Dahl-Hansen and his family. In 1997, the villa was sold to the billionaire Petter Stordalen, one of Norway's richest men. In 1999 "Finansavisen" described the villa as Norway's most expensive residence and in 2016 the business magazine "Kapital" estimated the villa to be worth 150 million kroner (ca. 16 million