Loirston chosen for new stadium

Aberdeen FC set to move

EXCLUSIVE

By Charlie Allan

 

Published: 03/04/2009

 

THE Evening Express can today reveal the preferred location for Aberdeen’s new community stadium.

 

The £38 million community facility, which will become home to Aberdeen FC, will be at Loirston Loch in the south of the city.

 

It follows a year-long series of feasibility studies to decide if the site at Nigg would be the best location for the stadium.

 

The report on the recommendation of the Nigg site will now go out to consultation and will be referred to the council’s policy and strategy committee on April 28.

 

A number of other potential sites across the city, including one at King’s Links, were examined by Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeen FC and it was decided all of them were unsuitable.

 

Aberdeen FC managing director Duncan Fraser, who is also a member of the Arena Project Advisory and Monitoring Board created to advise of the best site and stadium design, said: “These recommendations have still to be approved and at the appropriate time, there will be a full consultation process with fans.

 

“Their feedback will be important.â€

 

For more on this story, and an exclusive image of the new arena, pick up today’s Evening Express or check back later

What's everyone's predictions? Not what you want to happen (well, feel free to say I suppose), but what you think will happen.

 

Kingsford to be passed in full and stadium and training ground to be built there?

 

Training ground at Kingsford, stadium at Loirston?

 

Training ground Kingsford, stadium at Kings Links?

 

Training ground at Kingsford, Pittodrie redeveloped?

 

Kingsford rejected and we end up in Aberdeenshire?

 

 

I'm convinced something will happen at Kingsford. The club have clearly had some encouragement to build there if the whole process has gone on for this long. I'm just not convinced they'll allow the stadium. I can see the council rejecting it but the club re-applying for just the training ground there and that being accepted.

 

Stadium will eventually end up at Kings Links.

What's everyone's predictions? Not what you want to happen (well, feel free to say I suppose), but what you think will happen.

 

Kingsford to be passed in full and stadium and training ground to be built there?

 

Training ground at Kingsford, stadium at Loirston?

 

Training ground Kingsford, stadium at Kings Links?

 

Training ground at Kingsford, Pittodrie redeveloped?

 

Kingsford rejected and we end up in Aberdeenshire?

 

 

I'm convinced something will happen at Kingsford. The club have clearly had some encouragement to build there if the whole process has gone on for this long. I'm just not convinced they'll allow the stadium. I can see the council rejecting it but the club re-applying for just the training ground there and that being accepted.

 

Stadium will eventually end up at Kings Links.

 

I think (and actually what I think is the best option) it will be something along the lines of the training facility out at Kingsford and the Stadium staying where it is or being built at Kings Links or old AECC site.

I would like to think that the original plan, the redevelopment of Pittodrie would be what will happen but one man doesn’t want that and has been deliberately pursuing a different agenda including the neglect of Pittodrie.

 

What will happen? That’s easy. Don’t challenge the chairman and you leave it to him to decide. We can’t complain about it either, if we give him carte blanche.

What I want is everything at Kingsford

 

What I think will happen is it'll be thrown out - *note* they can't approve part, it's all or nothing - it'll then be called in by the Recorder and the Scottish Govt will approve it.

I think the application will be rejected and the "No to's" will be dancing in the streets of Kingsford.  I ken there's not actually anybody there but Westhill and Kingswells deserve to call the shots.  If only the rest of us had been so vigilant in stopping their house building all over our bonnie countryside all those years ago.  Not to mention offices, supermarkets and hotels which are acceptable, apparently.

What would I prefer?  I'd like it all to be in the town, Pittodrie if possible.  But then again I would prefer lots of stuff that I don't get, that's life, especially when it involve's a commercial enterprise.  What I don't like is the No campaign (this is the second one, they just dinna like fitba!) and supporting it is a bit like voting UKIP to keep the Tories out. Sadly they will prevail (The No's and the Tories!).

Stay at Pittodrie.

 

Fuck them bastards getting access to our training facilities though.

 

Either no public access or build it somewhere else.

I think (and actually what I think is the best option) it will be something along the lines of the training facility out at Kingsford and the Stadium staying where it is or being built at Kings Links or old AECC site.

 

The old AECC site will be a no-go due to cost. Is it not estimated £18m-£24m for the land? No chance we'll be paying that.

What I want is everything at Kingsford

 

What I think will happen is it'll be thrown out - *note* they can't approve part, it's all or nothing - it'll then be called in by the Recorder and the Scottish Govt will approve it.

 

Not convinced the Scottish government would approve it. Humza Yousaf was speaking recently about how he would be against new developments that increase car use. Not sure Aberdeen have adequately proven this won't increase car use (even if they are suggesting car use at Pittodrie (60%) will drop to 40% at Kingsford.)

Not convinced the Scottish government would approve it. Humza Yousaf was speaking recently about how he would be against new developments that increase car use. Not sure Aberdeen have adequately proven this won't increase car use (even if they are suggesting car use at Pittodrie (60%) will drop to 40% at Kingsford.)

 

They haven't proven it, because it will only increase car use as it's designed entirely for car use. However, I think it'll go through at the first hurdle (then get appealed).

 

I hope it doesn't, obviously. The location would actually be fine if it was part of a plan to expand and re-design the city. If it was part of something. That's the issue for me, this isn't a decision for AFC and it never should have been. The cooncil should be creating a design for the city and allocate the dons the space for a stadium and another for training. We shouldn't be a law onto our own, and we need to integrate with the city. I suspect the cooncil have done something which the club have ruled out. I also think that - post stadium approval - we'll see significant new development of mair shite hooses in a non-joined-up fashion appearing around the area. It'll be like in and aroon Rugby park.

I think it’ll get chucked. Seeing those naysayers being all joyous will be horrific, thank fuck I’m not there to see it. It would be great if acc updated their development plan for the city to include improved transport links etc...which would have made all of this more palatable. I want the new stadium but the transport still leaves a lot to be desired.

 

Given that the stadium and training facilities are all in the same application, I’d hope that if it gets rejected, the club will seek to ensure only the club and the community trust get to use it in a new application. If they don’t sell the land of course.

Whilst indirectly related, this could have serious consequences on the stadium as Carillion have now gone into liquidation.

 

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/1391924/ministers-urged-to-find-plan-b-over-constructor-collapse-concerns/

Why?

Why?

 

 

Was wondering the same thing. I didn't think any contractors had been chosen?

They’re one of the main contractors for the AWPR, that stalls, then the council will delay any construction work as the transport plan will be out the window until resolved.

They’re one of the main contractors for the AWPR, that stalls, then the council will delay any construction work as the transport plan will be out the window until resolved.

 

Ahh, I see. Doubt it'll make a difference. Carillion are only one of 3 I think on the AWPR. I don't think anything will get in the way of the AWPR. Although the dons might use it as an excuse to put the planning back another few months as the transport plan doesn't actually exist to be "out the window".

They’re one of the main contractors for the AWPR, that stalls, then the council will delay any construction work as the transport plan will be out the window until resolved.

 

Its being reported that the rest of the consortium have confirmed it will be finished without Carillion, or at least that was the headline on the local news.

Its being reported that the rest of the consortium have confirmed it will be finished without Carillion, or at least that was the headline on the local news.

Yup. And in any case it's so close to completion now anyway, it'd easily be taken over and finished by stadium time in 2021.

There's not going to be any "stadium time"

 

We've got a stadium.

There's not going to be any "stadium time"

 

We've got a stadium.

 

And for a brief period in 2020, we'll have two stadiums.

Strictly speaking, Aberdeen will have one and so will Westhill.

Are Westhill building a stadium are they?

 

What sport?

Are Westhill building a stadium are they?

 

What sport?

 

Swinging I expect.

I doubt it’ll get the go ahead.

 

Some folk have the city they deserve.

I doubt it’ll get the go ahead.

 

Some folk have the city they deserve.

 

 

Some folk have the country they deserve.

Some folk want a city without a football stadium in it.

 

Bugger that.