Quote Originally Posted by eric_sinclair View Post
Could it be that dens is not worth refurbishing so they need to move?Ive nae idea how you would even start to sort out the south enclosure and the land behind it.The main stand would be far easier but I think they are looking at ways to generate more cash like st johnstone do.
St Johnstone were fortunate.
They were donated the land for McDiarmid Park by a retired farmer Bruce McDiarmid who had received a lot money selling his land for the western bypass of Perth and they sold Muirton Park to ASDA providing the owners of Perth Ice Rink which was next door to Muirton Park also sold the ice rink to ASDA.
The days of supermarket companies purchasing Football grounds are long gone.
Tesco purchased St Mirren’s ground at Love Street but due to a downturn in trading Tesco never built their supermarket at Love Street and they subsequently sold the site which now has social housing on it.
You also need to remember that St Johnstone FC are the sole professional football club in Perth whereas in Dundee it is unlikely that Dundee United supporters will be cremated in the crematorium at Campy Nou nor use the restaurants in the football stadium for funeral teas.
The profits from the bars and restaurants in the new stadium will go to the owners of the site to repay their loans to pay for the cost of the new stadium which alone was reported to cost between £40 million and £50 million two years ago.