New Stadium Approved

[Mouse]

13 hours ago, Ke1t said:

Just out of interest, who owns the massive piece of unused beachfront property a couple miles north of Pittodrie?

Is it part of Kings Links?

Not being used for anything, seemingly... is it viable land for a new stadium and sports complex?

Appears to be big enough. 

I've always thought of this is a logical site but seems to be overlooked. I know it's a nature reserve but surely there is plenty of land nearby for the resident rabbits and seagulls to go 

[Andy_123]

21 hours ago, Ramandu said:

If that were true it'd apply to all land everywhere. It's like saying there can't be a £10 note lying on the ground because someone would have picked it up by now.

It basically does? Developers buy up land and unused buildings all the time for potential future developments. 

[Ramandu]

Are we going back to suggesting all sorts of places around Aberdeen for the stadium to be? Hope so, I enjoyed that game.

[Andy_123]

Have the council actually released anything at all suggesting what they want to do down at the beach yet? 

[NEM]

3 minutes ago, Ramandu said:

Are we going back to suggesting all sorts of places around Aberdeen for the stadium to be? Hope so, I enjoyed that game.

UTG please ?

[Ramandu]

24 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

It basically does? Developers buy up land and unused buildings all the time for potential future developments. 

That was my point. Seemed like you were saying that nobody will want to build houses at Kingsford because nobody has built houses at Kingsford yet.

[Andy_123]

I was saying if anyone wanted to they probably would have done so by now, and I can't see how half the site now being football pitches is going to make it a more attractive option for someone who has never wanted it before.

The club probably won't want a bunch of houses or flats overlooking the training base anyway.

[eddiec]

my house overlooks the pitch at the barracks and i've watched them loads of times but don't worry you're not missing much in the way of tactical genius more like run up and down for a wee while to warm up then we'll have a bounce game with rolling subs to give the cherubs a wee rest, sometimes they put up those metal mannie things but as most of our crosses couldn't get over their heids didn't offer too much. 

[Joe pike]

41 minutes ago, eddiec said:

my house overlooks the pitch at the barracks and i've watched them loads of times but don't worry you're not missing much in the way of tactical genius more like run up and down for a wee while to warm up then we'll have a bounce game with rolling subs to give the cherubs a wee rest, sometimes they put up those metal mannie things but as most of our crosses couldn't get over their heids didn't offer too much. 

A few of the ex players have slagged the standard of training .

 

[1983]

2 hours ago, 4n4LprObE666 said:

I think there are trees planted around the perimeter of Cormack park. I suppose that's so it is (eventually) less exposed to the elements, and any houses built nearby wouldn't really be an issue I'm sure. Why would it be?

The trees were planted in Derek’s honour

[Jackp]

There’s some good concept stadium designs on the Instagram page 3dstadiumstudio

[Betty Swallicks]

5 hours ago, Jackp said:

There’s some good concept stadium designs on the Instagram page 3dstadiumstudio

Instagram. Ha!

[Durrant Dived]

56 minutes ago, Betty Swallicks said:

Instagram. Ha!

Missing out on a lot of tits.

[Betty Swallicks]

Since we now all agree that a stadium at kingsford is a shite idea (and that an incident in '71 was magic) can I have the hunners of -1's I got saying just that for 3 years on this topic revoked please @Bebo?

[daytripping]

Yeah Bebo, I always said it was a fucking joke having a stadium in the hicks, I also got many negatives, please redeem me 1000.

[NEM]

Also been against the Westhill white elephant from the start, no idea how many dildos received for expressing that view however ?

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Collective noun for dildos?

a climax?

a hun bus?

a whirring stramash?

a frenzy?

[Fridge]

6 minutes ago, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Collective noun for dildos?

a climax?

a hun bus?

a whirring stramash?

a frenzy?

A bonnet 

[Guest milne_afc]

7 hours ago, NEM said:

Also been against the Westhill white elephant from the start, no idea how many dildos received for expressing that view however ?

Dildos? I got a police caution.

Its ace watching the U-turning from the gEt It bUilDeD krew 

[maryhilldon]

On 4/10/2021 at 1:07 PM, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Collective noun for dildos?

An udder. 

[Andy_123]

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/3055168/john-lewis-building-and-bon-accord-centre-to-be-included-in-150m-city-rescue-masterplan-l/?fbclid=IwAR1Ta_HjWeTnq8URv9W4a-GntFnz5PDQnZQOUVhaifAVHt3uGlDDa9pmYUM

That’s the councils beachfront project being scaled back already, before its even started really. Surprise surprise.

I reckon the club can kiss goodbye to any meaningful contribution towards the stadium now.

 

[NEM]

2 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/3055168/john-lewis-building-and-bon-accord-centre-to-be-included-in-150m-city-rescue-masterplan-l/?fbclid=IwAR1Ta_HjWeTnq8URv9W4a-GntFnz5PDQnZQOUVhaifAVHt3uGlDDa9pmYUM

That’s the councils beachfront project being scaled back already, before its even started really. Surprise surprise.

I reckon the club can kiss goodbye to any meaningful contribution towards the stadium now.

 

How much would it cost to flatten the pair of eyesores?  Sell the land for housing.

[Andy_123]

No idea. John Lewis own their building don’t they? Even if everything was flattened something would have to go back in it’s place.

The city centre was a complete mess and in need of significant investment even before Covid, which has only made it worse.

Hopefully they abandon the rest of the beachfront project but help out with the old hotel site they put forward to the club. I reckon that’s the only help we’ll get from the council now. 

[shut up meg]

Move the people from the market to John Lewis and knock down the market. Make the Green bigger and try to create something that resembles a European square.

[Poodler]

What’s likely to happen is 20 years of talk and delays and eventually they will put some new trees and paths around the beachfront. 
 

don’t get sucked in by this political nonsense.

 

 

[Andy_123]

I’m not surprised. Said at the time it was announced I’d be surprised if they offered anything worthwhile to the club, and that was before Covid destroyed the city centre which was already on its knees.

[slippers]

In the grand scale of things 150m is not a lot to build a new Leisure centre, update beach ballroom, decent wedge for stadium, John Lewis site and improving the city centre. Horrible feeling this will drag on for years and achieve nothing. If I was the club I would seriously be calling the councils bluff with kingsford in a effort for then to green light the beach quickly. Cormack did say he would love to be in new stadium in 5 years. Think that’s pretty optimistic unless they get this project moving 1 way or the other. 

[NEM]

12 minutes ago, slippers said:

In the grand scale of things 150m is not a lot to build a new Leisure centre, update beach ballroom, decent wedge for stadium, John Lewis site and improving the city centre. Horrible feeling this will drag on for years and achieve nothing. If I was the club I would seriously be calling the councils bluff with kingsford in a effort for then to green light the beach quickly. Cormack did say he would love to be in new stadium in 5 years. Think that’s pretty optimistic unless they get this project moving 1 way or the other. 

The Westhill white elephant isn't happening (thank fuck)  It's either new stadium at the beach or staying where we are

[Andy_123]

1 minute ago, NEM said:

The Westhill white elephant isn't happening (thank fuck)  It's either new stadium at the beach or staying where we are

Is it? Don’t think Cormack has ever said that? Just that he’d prefer to stay at the beach if the council can help make it happen.

[aberdeen1970]

44 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/3055168/john-lewis-building-and-bon-accord-centre-to-be-included-in-150m-city-rescue-masterplan-l/?fbclid=IwAR1Ta_HjWeTnq8URv9W4a-GntFnz5PDQnZQOUVhaifAVHt3uGlDDa9pmYUM

That’s the councils beachfront project being scaled back already, before its even started really. Surprise surprise.

I reckon the club can kiss goodbye to any meaningful contribution towards the stadium now.

 

Where does it say that they are scaling back on the beach plans and that there will be no stadium plans for Aberdeen?