Breaking News - New Stadium and Training Facilities

[Aldo1983]

Panda was hounded off here. To be fair his 100 greatest ever players thread was tedious.

[Jussi]

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...deen-1-4581238
Yes, Milne's attempt at stadium architecture, or any other afc planning, should have ended with the RDS monstrosity.

IMO Our only hope of getting it built kingsford is if we can acquire extra land to build a large enough car park - right at the ground.

I think here is no way we will be reducing the dual carriageaway road , with an extra wide pavement , then have a few crossings over the slip roads @ the bypass junction - just how many roads will ppl have to cross there ? Not to mention the the underpass roundabout would have to be reduced in width through the tunnel ?

[stansmith]

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...deen-1-4581238
Yes, Milne's attempt at stadium architecture, or any other afc planning, should have ended with the RDS monstrosity.

IMO Our only hope of getting it built kingsford is if we can acquire extra land to build a large enough car park - right at the ground.

I think here is no way we will be reducing the dual carriageaway road , with an extra wide pavement , then have a few crossings over the slip roads @ the bypass junction - just how many roads will ppl have to cross there ? Not to mention the the underpass roundabout would have to be reduced in width through the tunnel ?

You're right it's all daft. A couple of thousand fans would have to cross 4 slip roads across the roundabout. How will that affect the traffic leaving and will there be lights there?

The club were asked to do some assessments of these issues, flat out denied they would be an issue and didn't do them. Now the blind Milne apologists are saying it's the fault of the council.

This is a part not connected to the roundabout that has to be crossed and walked along by thousands of fans. Where's the room for improvement and can you imagine fans walking along that? And how anyone is looking forward to replacing King St with a lifeless half an hour walk along a dual carriageway is beyond me. Seems to me like everyone thinks it won't be them.

[InversneckieDob]

Panda was hounded off here. To be fair his 100 greatest ever players thread was tedious.

Panda was a bit of a nugget.

Fair play he's gone up in the world if he's in amongst The Scotsman.

[rico94]

Panda was hounded off here. To be fair his 100 greatest ever players thread was tedious.

He is on afc chat now and gets just as much abuse than he did on here,if not more.

[57vintage]

He never ever emptied the ashtrays in the Virtual Westhill Inn, the freelancing little sod. And he needed a lesson in apostrophial use in the genitive case.

[Feck_the_Huns]

Use Balgownie as the training facility. Get Dod Yule to rebuild the bridge, that he blew up, with Aberdeen University, and build a new pavilion up there, and Bob's yer uncle, as the pitches are already there, and of a good standard. No need to have joint training facility/stadium

Then, build the stadium at Loirton

[stansmith]

Use Balgownie as the training facility. Get Dod Yule to rebuild the bridge, that he blew up, with Aberdeen University, and build a new pavilion up there, and Bob's yer uncle, as the pitches are already there, and of a good standard. No need to have joint training facility/stadium

Then, build the stadium at Loirton

How could this possibly have gone tits up?

“We are close to securing all the necessary agreements and some minor work has already been carried out at the site.

“We are hoping to see that stepped up during July. The intention is for the work on the three professional standard pitches to be completed by October. 2015

“It’s unfortunate it won’t be ready for the start of the new season, but we have alternative arrangements in place for the first team to use.

“But it’s a positive that we will finally be working out of our own facility by the turn of the year.”

The cost of building the complex will be around £7 million.

It will contain six football pitches and a new rugby pitch, which will be used by teams from Aberdeen University.

Two of the football pitches will also be artificial, which would help manager Derek McInnes prepare his team for games at the likes of Hamilton and Kilmarnock, who have similar surfaces installed in their stadiums.

The existing pavillion at Balgownie will also be demolished and replaced by a state-of-the-art facility.

Now if we're fortunate it could be ready by the start of 2019. Hero.

[Leopardman1983]

OMG, seriosuly? The Ian Douglas point from the W.A.N.K.S. meetings. Been asked and answered twice with even the nimbys admitting it's not a point they can raise (tho they still seem keen on terrorism for some reason), it's a non-issue. Stakeholders all happy, HSE happy.

HSE "happy" ?

You have of course got documentary evidence to this effect?

And for the record - I am being serious, because harm to people is a serious issue.

[kkong]

HSE "happy" ?

You have of course got documentary evidence to this effect?