Breaking News - New Stadium and Training Facilities

[rico94]

Was just having a read of Milne and McInnes interviews at that Aurora thing last night. McInnes was saying they had to train at the banks o dee pitches before the Hearts game in December and some bankers came along on their lunch break and wanted them off the pitch because they booked it and its embarrassing Aberdeen football club have to put up with this.

Fair enough, but shouldn't he be moaning to his chairman about not having a training ground, Milne should have had one built years ago but hasn't bothered for one reason or another.

Im not one who thinks "If running up broadhill was good enough for Miller and Rougvie its good enough for the current team" and I dont think us having our own training facilities is going to improve our players but I think there is truth in what they are saying in it will affect us from signing players when other clubs have their own training ground and we are training on public pitches.

The thing that seems a little childish to me though is Milne and co appear to be suggesting that if we dont get to build the stadium alongside the training ground then its not going to happen at all. Im happy enough to move the stadium out to Kingsford but if doesn't happen then Milne should still be looking to build a training ground to bring us into the 21st century.

[neilthedon]

They can dress it up as crowd funding or some sort of co-op sh!te all they like, but really they just sold shares in the company on the premise of a return based on plans of world domination. It was a pretty safe bet for investors (and also got you discounts in their bars) so folk lapped it up.

AFC (as with most football clubs) offer no real prospects as an investment opportunity - they're certainly not going to expand their appeal and generate growth worldwide - so they'll rely on loyal fans to buy up some shares in return for a wee discount in the club shop. I wouldn't expect that to bring about capital in the sort of sums needed for a project like this. What AFC need is an individual who has the club at heart and, say, £500m in the bank to happily chuck £20m into a black hole in return for corporate hospitality for life.

Have thon Brewdog Gadgies not just been bought out by Interbev. The Belgian "giants " who own budweiser US and Stella ?
So they`re minted. Why not get them to install a brewery in one of the corners, and give them the Hospitality rights for the Fan zone inna ? ( Whit ? no Fanzone>>>>)

[houston_red1967]

Have thon Brewdog Gadgies not just been bought out by Interbev. The Belgian "giants " who own budweiser US and Stella ?
So they`re minted. Why not get them to install a brewery in one of the corners, and give them the Hospitality rights for the Fan zone inna ? ( Whit ? no Fanzone>>>>)

Nae quite.....

Independent craft brewer, BrewDog, today announced that TSG Consumer Partners has acquired approximately 23% of the company, in a £213million transaction involving £100million to fund BrewDog's continued global expansion, and the balance of proceeds to provide for early shareholder liquidity. The transaction values BrewDog plc at approximately £1billion enterprise value, and is designed to deliver long-term capital with a 10-year time horizon.The Company provided all Equity Punks with the details of the proposed investment in advance of a special meeting held on March 29th, 2017 and they overwhelmingly approved the terms by a vote of 95% in favour.

TSG Consumer Partners is a San-Francisco based leading strategic equity investor in high-growth consumer brands. TSG was founded in 1987 and has helped over 70 brands grow, including successful investments in global brands like vitaminwater, thinkThin, popchips and many others.

At a £1bn valuation, shares purchased in Equity for Punks I, which closed in February 2010, are now worth 2,765% of their original value. Even craft beer fans that invested in Equity for Punks IV, which closed in April 2016, have seen the value of their shareholding increase by 177% in just one year.

[neilthedon]

Nae quite.....

Independent craft brewer, BrewDog, today announced that TSG Consumer Partners has acquired approximately 23% of the company, in a £213million transaction involving £100million to fund BrewDog's continued global expansion, and the balance of proceeds to provide for early shareholder liquidity. The transaction values BrewDog plc at approximately £1billion enterprise value, and is designed to deliver long-term capital with a 10-year time horizon.The Company provided all Equity Punks with the details of the proposed investment in advance of a special meeting held on March 29th, 2017 and they overwhelmingly approved the terms by a vote of 95% in favour.

TSG Consumer Partners is a San-Francisco based leading strategic equity investor in high-growth consumer brands. TSG was founded in 1987 and has helped over 70 brands grow, including successful investments in global brands like vitaminwater, thinkThin, popchips and many others.

At a £1bn valuation, shares purchased in Equity for Punks I, which closed in February 2010, are now worth 2,765% of their original value. Even craft beer fans that invested in Equity for Punks IV, which closed in April 2016, have seen the value of their shareholding increase by 177% in just one year.

Oh...............I see.....................................!!

Maybe they`re thinking a wee bittie beyond our Club then ?

[Thesheep]

The correct link from earlier

http://m.facebook.com/ally.begg/posts/1750804048280305

How can we argue with any point raised by Derek. Let's all get behind this.

[ILikeJam]

Oh...............I see.....................................!!

Maybe they`re thinking a wee bittie beyond our Club then ?

Getting BrewDog involved in the fanzone/bar part of the new stadium would be a good idea - at least they'd insist on some decent design standards. As long as they didn't have a monopoly on the beer on offer...

However it's likely that it'll go to the usual suspects (namely Sodexo) as part of the entire catering contract for the stadium. Expect a similar range and pricing to the AECC.

[Jussi]

The thing that seems a little childish to me though is Milne and co appear to be suggesting that if we dont get to build the stadium alongside the training ground then its not going to happen at all.

I don't get that either, unless it's Milne's way of saying that he personally wants to bail out.
There are other areas surely! .The Marywell area, one of the original sites. I thought this was a better option if there is more land available. If thats still available. Thats not any further than kingsford is from pittodrie & by the AWPR for easy access.

[donsviking]

It is ridiculous of Milne to say the training facilities must be beside the new stadium. None of the major clubs in Scotland have their training complexes near their stadiums and their is no requirement to do so. He should have applied separately for the new training facilities which could have been approved and up and running for next season. The way things are going heavens knows when they will be built and the team will be training in public parks for a while yet.

I don't get that either, unless it's Milne's way of saying that he personally wants to bail out.
There are other areas surely! .The Marywell area, one of the original sites. I thought this was a better option if there is more land available. If thats still available. Thats not any further than kingsford is from pittodrie & by the AWPR for easy access.

[afc1903mad]

It is ridiculous of Milne to say the training facilities must be beside the new stadium. None of the major clubs in Scotland have their training complexes near their stadiums and their is no requirement to do so. He should have applied separately for the new training facilities which could have been approved and up and running for next season. The way things are going heavens knows when they will be built and the team will be training in public parks for a while yet.

The clubs answered that and other chairman have also expressed a preference for co-location facilities.

Just because others could not establish the advantage, why hold back Aberdeen.

#AllForAurora

[Pacman1903]

Brewdog are bullying [email protected] can f@ck off