New Stadium Approved

[wullfo]

On 3/8/2021 at 10:46 PM, Yorston Vasey said:

McInnes getting a stand named after him as part of his termination package.

The Bell End

[redstrummer]

3 hours ago, starryfish said:

The Slavia Prague stadium that Rangers played in last night would be a blueprint of how I would want our new stadium to look.

Yep, looks great with the steep stands just under 20k capacity 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=slavia+prague+stadium&prmd=minv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDqsC55KrvAhUxUBUIHYQxAukQ_AUoAnoECA8QAg&biw=776&bih=505#imgrc=qJ1Zb2KjgyYRdM

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Wont believe it till I see it superimposed between the ferris wheel and the beach ballroom

Agree though, very smart. 

[Crashnyploshnit]

8 hours ago, redstrummer said:

Yep, looks great with the steep stands just under 20k capacity 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=slavia+prague+stadium&prmd=minv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDqsC55KrvAhUxUBUIHYQxAukQ_AUoAnoECA8QAg&biw=776&bih=505#imgrc=qJ1Zb2KjgyYRdM

I’d take a stadium like that. It’s even got a MacDonalds on the outside to suit our American investors?

[Poodler]

On 3/8/2021 at 10:07 PM, milne_afc said:

https://www-pressandjournal-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/2956372/council-to-borrow-to-fund-150m-city-centre-and-beach-revamp-including-planned-new-football-stadium/amp/

If we're borrowing it does that mean local huns will be paying for it through council tax? - lol

as with everything in Aberdeen, it'll be at least ten years before a digger hits the ground. Excellent 

[ullevi]

This surely means we have to play our European games in Dundee or Glasgow as was stated by the upstanding members of the board!!!!

[pocrawred]

29 minutes ago, ullevi said:

This surely means we have to play our European games in Dundee or Glasgow as was stated by the upstanding members of the board!!!!

Is that only if we make the group stages or the qualifiers also??

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Only if we come 4th.  Bloody McInnes!

[NEM]

4 hours ago, ullevi said:

This surely means we have to play our European games in Dundee or Glasgow as was stated by the upstanding members of the board!!!!

Thankfully the shit spickin tcheuchter who came out with that nonsense is a bit part player now

[ullevi]

Yes there will be a lot of back tracking when they try and justify wanting to have the stadium in the city centre after saying they had to have everything together out at Westhill

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Even I could do the PR for that.  Listened to the fans, our 12th man etc etc

[RUL]

1 hour ago, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Even I could do the PR for that.  Listened to the fans, our 12th man etc etc

Never thought it would be possible etc. Nobody will be bothered. 

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, RUL said:

Never thought it would be possible etc. Nobody will be bothered. 

Aye, will be the easiest sell ever for Cormack that one. 

Came in and reviewed it, wanted to stay in the city, council paid for a chunk, stay near our spiritual home. 

Doddle. 

[pocrawred]

If the beach stadium gets the go ahead, AFC will have serviced last in Kingswells that will probably sell easily. Get the stadium built at the beach ACC!!

[eddiec]

Aye new stadium at the beach and sell the Kingsford site to Asda and then sit back and watch the meltdown from the Westhill Wifies about the traffic chaos that would lead to every day of the week instead of once a fortnight 

Season ticket at the new beach end for me please 

[Ernie McCracken]

14 minutes ago, eddiec said:

Aye new stadium at the beach and sell the Kingsford site to Asda and then sit back and watch the meltdown from the Westhill Wifies about the traffic chaos that would lead to every day of the week instead of once a fortnight 

Season ticket at the new beach end for me please 

Sell it to Asda?? Fuck that we should be applying for a licence for a commercial waste dump. 

[Tord31]

20 hours ago, ullevi said:

Yes there will be a lot of back tracking when they try and justify wanting to have the stadium in the city centre after saying they had to have everything together out at Westhill

If the Council/Government come up with a contribution of millions to have the stadium in their preferred location then there is no back tracking at all. That's completely different to what was happening previously.

Covid and the change of chairman also make it different.

Of course it's best to have everything in one place but if we are offered a £10M contribution to stay at the beach then that becomes the no brainer.

[Ernie McCracken]

10 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

 

Of course it's best to have everything in one place but if we are offered a £10M contribution to stay at the beach then that becomes the no brainer.

I would hope were getting a lot more than £10M. That could easily be sucked up. Additional costs of running 2 sites, it might be a harder build at the beach (access, ground conditions etc), plus any delay is gonna cost us additional money we could be earning from a new stadium. 

Council have let us down badly over the years. They need to step up to the plate to make it work. 

[SDY]

On 3/12/2021 at 12:48 PM, redstrummer said:

Yep, looks great with the steep stands just under 20k capacity 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=slavia+prague+stadium&prmd=minv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDqsC55KrvAhUxUBUIHYQxAukQ_AUoAnoECA8QAg&biw=776&bih=505#imgrc=qJ1Zb2KjgyYRdM

Steep stands is the only positive thing about it. It’s as bland and soulless bowl as it gets other than that. 

[Tord31]

20 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

I would hope were getting a lot more than £10M. That could easily be sucked up. Additional costs of running 2 sites, it might be a harder build at the beach (access, ground conditions etc), plus any delay is gonna cost us additional money we could be earning from a new stadium. 

Council have let us down badly over the years. They need to step up to the plate to make it work. 

More is ideal. £10M would be the sort of value you'd start to listen to the council. That's on top of gifting all the land.

[Andy_123]

13 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

I would hope were getting a lot more than £10M. That could easily be sucked up. Additional costs of running 2 sites, it might be a harder build at the beach (access, ground conditions etc), plus any delay is gonna cost us additional money we could be earning from a new stadium. 

Council have let us down badly over the years. They need to step up to the plate to make it work. 

Agreed. A figure like £10m could quite easily be wiped out after you factor in writing off the work done on the Kingsford site to date, possible poorer ground conditions to deal with at the beach, the ongoing cost of staff at 2 sites etc. 

I’ll be interested to see if the council’s contribution is going to be directly towards building the stadium itself, or whether it will towards things like the land purchase and transport links. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it’s the latter. 

[Betty Swallicks]

Anyone have an idea what the land at Kingsford and the Pittodrie footprint is worth?

Those 2 combined plus a potential 10mil from ACC would mean we'd have little debt from a new stadium AND in the city.

GIB!

[Andy_123]

I doubt we’d get much for the land at Kingsford? We didn’t pay a huge amount for the whole site, and would only have half of it to sell now. And we’d probably have to dig up all the pre-emotive drainage works that were done for the stadium before it could be sold. And it’s unlikely you’re going to find a developer who is going to want to build houses/flats there. 

[Betty Swallicks]

7 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

I doubt we’d get much for the land at Kingsford? We didn’t pay a huge amount for the whole site, and would only have half of it to sell now. And we’d probably have to dig up all the pre-emotive drainage works that were done for the stadium before it could be sold. And it’s unlikely you’re going to find a developer who is going to want to build houses/flats there. 

Why? Its prime commuter belt land.

[Andy_123]

The site had been there for a long time before AFC bought it. If someone had wanted to build houses on it, they would have already.

[Ramandu]

5 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

The site had been there for a long time before AFC bought it. If someone had wanted to build houses on it, they would have already.

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.

[Tord31]

The land at Kingsford was gifted to the club so as long as there is no legal problems with that and the former owner is happy to let the club cash in.

I do wait to laugh when the Westhill and Kingswells residents are up in arms because the club sell it to be houses or retail

[Guest milne_afc]

1 hour ago, 4n4LprObE666 said:

Couple that with undeniable snobbery because, you know, working class football fans might set foot on their street.. they were always going to oppose it.

Well, maybe football people should being such dicks.

[Ke1t]

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. 

[eddiec]

I always thought that bit at the river end of the links would be ideal and more so now that it would offer better access to the AWPR for Shire folk