Frank Grimes Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Unless Davey C pays for the lot it’s never going to happen And Dave is pretty generous when it comes to the dandies but I canna see him forking up £80 million I’d rather we reconciled the fact we are staying at Pittodrie and focus our efforts on modernising the stadium They’ve been speaking about a new Aberdeen stadium since Scotland’s Euro 2008 hosting bid ffs Sick of hearing sound bytes about this pipedream tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanGalloway Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: If the beach is no longer an option then we should be looking at redeveloping Pittodrie one stand at a time over several years. I don’t buy any of the “European games in Dundee” “12k max capacity” crap that Milne was feeding us. Then we end up with a shiny but still shit stadium like Hibs. Cant imagine it will increase turnover much because the seats are shiny. 17 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said: Unless Davey C pays for the lot it’s never going to happen And Dave is pretty generous when it comes to the dandies but I canna see him forking up £80 million I’d rather we reconciled the fact we are staying at Pittodrie and focus our efforts on modernising the stadium They’ve been speaking about a new Aberdeen stadium since Scotland’s Euro 2008 hosting bid ffs Sick of hearing sound bytes about this pipedream tbh Thin we would manage to get alot funded through grants and investors. the biggest problem I see is that it wont cost 80m by time its built it will probably double that. Makes it even less likely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, BrendanGalloway said: Then we end up with a shiny but still shit stadium like Hibs. Cant imagine it will increase turnover much because the seats are shiny. Thin we would manage to get alot funded through grants and investors. the biggest problem I see is that it wont cost 80m by time its built it will probably double that. Makes it even less likely. What grants would you get that would pay for even a fraction of it? Never understood why there is a fantastic brand new conference facility miles out of town only accessible by corporation bus and why nobody thought to look at these things together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I like going to Aberdeen. Regardless of the result, the trips up there are usually among the highlights of a season and me and my mates normally make a weekend of it. An out-of-town stadium would probably not knock the Aberdeen weekends on the head, but it's very likely we'd just not bother our arses going to the actual game. f**k that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 3 hours ago, BrendanGalloway said: Then we end up with a shiny but still shit stadium like Hibs. Cant imagine it will increase turnover much because the seats are shiny. But the model for the new stadium was just a dull all seater load of shite, so shiny seats. How would that increase revenue? Why do folk in charge of things in football continually ignore what fans want? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: But the model for the new stadium was just a dull all seater load of shite, so shiny seats. How would that increase revenue? Why do folk in charge of things in football continually ignore what fans want? Hubris, smoke & mirrors, wampum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 3 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: I like going to Aberdeen. Regardless of the result, the trips up there are usually among the highlights of a season and me and my mates normally make a weekend of it. An out-of-town stadium would probably not knock the Aberdeen weekends on the head, but it's very likely we'd just not bother our arses going to the actual game. f**k that. Interested to know why an ‘out-of-town’ stadium would bother you so much you wouldn’t want to go and watch your team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, starryfish said: Interested to know why an ‘out-of-town’ stadium would bother you so much you wouldn’t want to go and watch your team? It'll be maybe a one-hour round trip from the centre to an area with nothing really there to pay thirty-odd quid to watch the Scottish Premiership? Not interrupting a good weekend away for that. I think there'll be Aberdeen fans who come to a similar conclusion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 5 hours ago, betting competition said: No surprises. Hopefully can still get the land for it although now it will be owned by Aberdeen FC than the council https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/5131300/new-aberdeen-fc-stadium/ Unless anyone is a subscriber to the P&J, that article can’t be read. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 But the model for the new stadium was just a dull all seater load of shite, so shiny seats. How would that increase revenue? Why do folk in charge of things in football continually ignore what fans want?The club have planned to include a standing area for years, which would be more suitable than the standing area with seats that they implemented at Pittodrie. Cormack has consistently said that they’re looking to spend a bit more to have better facilities which would generate more income. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 7 hours ago, betting competition said: No surprises. Hopefully can still get the land for it although now it will be owned by Aberdeen FC than the council https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/5131300/new-aberdeen-fc-stadium/ Typical ACC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Merkland Red said: Typical ACC. It really is Who knows what goes on behind closed doors but you’d think the council would say something like “we’ll put, say, £15 million towards it and we would like x, y, z” The short sightedness consistently shown by c***s like Ian Yuill really do sum us up as a city in the last 30 years Aberdeen still has so much potential but we drag our feet on absolutely everything Edited December 8, 2022 by Frank Grimes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 9 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: It'll be maybe a one-hour round trip from the centre to an area with nothing really there to pay thirty-odd quid to watch the Scottish Premiership? Not interrupting a good weekend away for that. I think there'll be Aberdeen fans who come to a similar conclusion. I regularly travel a three hour round trip so to me location doesn’t hugely matter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 11 hours ago, kingjoey said: Unless anyone is a subscriber to the P&J, that article can’t be read. For the rest of us https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/council-confirm-aberdeen-stadium-plans-7905101 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 I regularly travel a three hour round trip so to me location doesn’t hugely matter It's not really the distance so much as the inconvenience and mode of travel. At the moment for Pittodrie you jump on a train and walk to the ground. The idea of adding some sort of shuttle bus or similar shite is more than enough to put people off. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 11 hours ago, kingjoey said: Unless anyone is a subscriber to the P&J, that article can’t be read. Probably just as well..."NE Man doesn't want stadium built" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: It really is Who knows what goes on behind closed doors but you’d think the council would say something like “we’ll put, say, £15 million towards it and we would like x, y, z” The short sightedness consistently shown by c***s like Ian Yuill really do sum us up as a city in the last 30 years Aberdeen still has so much potential but we drag our feet on absolutely everything It's quite possible that such discussions have unofficially taken place. In fact, I'd be amazed if they haven't. Finding something both parties will agree to doesn't necessarily follow. The council may have - pure speculation here - wanted an ongoing cut of ticket/corporate revenue for X numbers of years, for example, in return for their funding. But if Aberdeen think that might hold them back in terms of competing on the pitch for that duration, then it's in the bin. In the current UK economic climate, asking the council for major funding for a stadium was always a long-shot. It could only come with major strings attached, which Aberdeen would probably be quite sensible to reject. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Hugely short-sighted from ACC who have missed out on a fantastic opportunity to help create something brilliant for the city. What now for Aberdeen FC? I fear the Kingsford plans will rear its ugly head once again. Redevelop Pittodrie? I highly doubt Cormack will pursue that idea, it will likely be too expensive and I'd imagine Cormack will be determined to get Aberdeen into a new, state of the art stadium instead of trying to polish up a beaten up old ground and dealing with the restrictions that will come with that. One good thing to come from this is that it will put the ludicrous idea of building a 16,000 - 18,000 capacity stadium on hold. Maybe in time the Aberdeen board will see some sense. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Hugely short-sighted from ACC who have missed out on a fantastic opportunity to help create something brilliant for the city. What now for Aberdeen FC? I fear the Kingsford plans will rear its ugly head once again. Redevelop Pittodrie? I highly doubt Cormack will pursue that idea, it will likely be too expensive and I'd imagine Cormack will be determined to get Aberdeen into a new, state of the art stadium instead of trying to polish up a beaten up old ground and dealing with the restrictions that will come with that. One good thing to come from this is that it will put the ludicrous idea of building a 16,000 - 18,000 capacity stadium on hold. Maybe in time the Aberdeen board will see some sense.With the stadium already costing too much, who’s going to pay for the additional millions of pounds to add extra seating capacity? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanGalloway Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: With the stadium already costing too much, who’s going to pay for the additional millions of pounds to add extra seating capacity? No1 has a clue how much we can raise, im pretty sure the club are confident of sourcing a substantial sum or why even bother. People said the same about the training ground and its bought and paid for. Its the cost going up year on year thats the main concern for me. Say its 80m at present and we do actually get in built and opened in 5 years time, its probably going to be double that cost the way things are going. We need to actually get plans finalised so we can actually see if we can fund it. At this stage we seem a million miles off that 20 plus years on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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