I must admit, I like the idea of a "complex" rather than just a "grun", and, because of the demographic round the Pitt now, that's nae possible.
Years ago, we should've gotten our hands on the gasometer land and Linksfield (or a sizeable area doon the beach) and done this in situ.
But we never, partly because the (then) Gasboard tried to mug off Chairman Dick and largely because of Chris's untimely, early demise.
Dick was a parsimonious pragmatist, we'd have never had the success we had without Chris.
Had Chris lived until the age he should've, we wouldnae have ended up boxed in a corner like we are.
We'd have either moved years ago, or we'd be in a wise-like scenario wi the Pitt.....and a training facility.
Chris was the visionary, the man behind the seated ground, they guy that knew the way the wind was blowing.
But we are where we are.
We either shift, or spend a fortune getting the Pitt up to scratch and spend another fortune on a separate training facility many a mile fae AB24.
Shifting strikes me as the right way to go....BUT it has to be done right.
A proper grun wi character, a world class training centre, Grade A transport links to the new grun, facilities at the grun (bars, kid friendly restaurants, "things of interest" for folk that dinna want to eat or peeve) all while still having a decent product on the park.
It's nae gan to be easy, but it's the only realistic option as far as I can see.
Oh.....and I mind the outcry in the late 70s......when they seated "the ground".
Tad short sighted.