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Scottish Premiership - Aberdeen v Ross County

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  1. The hope is that the new stadium will attract larger attendances for the first season anyway which will hopefully give us increased revenue to put a good team on the park. Yes, the turnover will be better if we have a good season but having the facilities in place to make money are very much necessary to take advantage of good seasons. By the way, I have no interest in attending hospitality, boxes etc myself and would far rather be out in a standing section (hopefully there is one) but I recognise the need for it.
  2. The quality of football is much more likely to be higher if the club are bringing in much more revenue. The same thing that is happening at the moment where we can spend more on and have a better team than Hearts. I have seen mentions on other sites of the club estimating the new stadium will bring in an extra 150k per home game.
  3. I can assure you it is not that simple. 16 thousand fans every couple of weeks with little hospitality would bring in less revenue than 12 thousand fans plus a lot of hospitality, fans bar etc. It is not just match days the facilities can be rented out for money either. The ability to bring in money every day of the week is a big part of running a successful club nowadays.
  4. It is not as simple as that these days. You need the facilities in order to make good money from home games. Hearts are selling out most home games but because Tynecastle is basically 3 soon to be 4 sheds or bus shelters with little hospitality facilities their turnover is far less than ours. Even when their new stand goes up, they will still have less facilities than the current Pittodrie and far less than our proposed new stadium. The opportunity to increase our revenue with this new stadium is massive and should put us ahead of the likes of the Edinburgh clubs for years
  5. My understanding is also that the new stadium will generate a lot more revenue for the club, leading to a better team on the pitch hopefully. I saw mention of an extra £150k per home game being generated compared to the current Pittodrie but that may not be accurate so don't quote me! A redeveloped Pittodrie would likely struggle to generate income in the same way which Tynecastle currently struggles and that is why Hearts have a much lower turnover than us. For me it would be a new stadium over an 18k capacity Pittodrie. (which I don't even think is realistic anyway) I am not saying the above just because it would be convenient for me. I don't really mind so much where the stadium gets built.
  6. Evening lads. Another former Mad poster here
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