harlands plater 16,933 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, cr3_bear said: Talk of it costing 50 million That’s pretty sheep for a whole stadium and all the infrastructure that comes with it, Miserable baastards up there right enough so it will be as basic as they can do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam57 698 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, harlands plater said: So the Bernabaaaa is on then. Or is the Ewe Camp? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoydsFavouriteDonut 230 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Unless you live up here you probably wouldn’t realise what a shite location this is for a stadium. It’s about 8 miles out of town. The road is it notoriously bad at peak times. AFC have sold the Council assumptions about folk taking shuttle buses, using a park and ride a few miles down the road etc. but traffic will be a fucking nightmare on match days. Midweek kick offs will be particularly awful for anyone using the road. If they start to struggle (and third place is the best they can hope for from now on) attendances will collapse. It’s not that long since they were down at 8000 and that had nothing to do with shit toilets at Pittodrie - the team was terrible. There is a massive hole in their funding. They probably have just about enough cash pledged to crack on with the training centre but they’ll need the cash from Pittodrie plus another £25m or so to build the stadium. I can only assume they’ll look to raise that from fans, sponsors, rich locals etc. I can’t see commercial lenders being too interested. So, even if the remaining planning issues get resolved it could be years before they get the stadium up and running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
northern bear 2,867 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 28 minutes ago, BoydsFavouriteDonut said: Unless you live up here you probably wouldn’t realise what a shite location this is for a stadium. It’s about 8 miles out of town. The road is it notoriously bad at peak times. AFC have sold the Council assumptions about folk taking shuttle buses, using a park and ride a few miles down the road etc. but traffic will be a fucking nightmare on match days. Midweek kick offs will be particularly awful for anyone using the road. If they start to struggle (and third place is the best they can hope for from now on) attendances will collapse. It’s not that long since they were down at 8000 and that had nothing to do with shit toilets at Pittodrie - the team was terrible. There is a massive hole in their funding. They probably have just about enough cash pledged to crack on with the training centre but they’ll need the cash from Pittodrie plus another £25m or so to build the stadium. I can only assume they’ll look to raise that from fans, sponsors, rich locals etc. I can’t see commercial lenders being too interested. So, even if the remaining planning issues get resolved it could be years before they get the stadium up and running. Bypass will be built soon though so it will be fine for away fans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoydsFavouriteDonut 230 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 23 minutes ago, northern bear said: Bypass will be built soon though so it will be fine for away fans. Yeh, less of a issue for folk travelling in from the south. However, the new roundabout at the bypass will be bad. Not designed for a stadium nearby. Heard they are thinking of putting lights on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,561 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 6 hours ago, harlands plater said: So the Bernabaaaa is on then. Or is the Ewe Camp? Very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I thought they were the "Valencia" of Scotland? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 5 hours ago, bluenose244 said: I thought they were the "Valencia" of Scotland? Who said that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Who said that? I'm sure I heard it on the H&H podcast one week, some pundit or journalists had described them as the "Valencia" of the SPFL. I'll have a look for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanhentze 14,019 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 5 hours ago, bluenose244 said: I'm sure I heard it on the H&H podcast one week, some pundit or journalists had described them as the "Valencia" of the SPFL. I'll have a look for it. Valencia they are not.. not the football team nore the fucking place! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hurlock Loyal 12,133 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 They have just got a get out clause from Aberdeen council for the cash cow that will be their stadium and training ground. I urge all bears in Aberdeen to keep a close eye on the funding of this white elephant, any hint of generous property deals or part funding of non-existant/token joint community projects should be reported asap. Milne and Aberdeen FC should not be making cash out of this, absolutely ruthless individual when it comes to property. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hurlock Loyal 12,133 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 14 hours ago, bluenose244 said: I thought they were the "Valencia" of Scotland? No, it was the other way round. When we played Valencia in the CL in the late 90s the DR described 'Valencia as the Aberdeen of Spain' Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyaleastend 3,260 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Aberdeen should just chuck the North and move South and merge With the filth, most of their fans are celtic daft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Terry Hurlock Loyal said: No, it was the other way round. When we played Valencia in the CL in the late 90s the DR described 'Valencia as the Aberdeen of Spain' Thanks for that, I knew I heard some kind of anology was used. Wow what a feather for the Valencians to have in their caps.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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