Ernie McCracken Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 16 hours ago, Poodler said: has a team ever built a stadium with a smaller capacity than their current one? Juventus springs to mind. Considerably less capacity. I'm sure there are others. Link to comment
Millertime Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 22 hours ago, Dave Bus said: 16,000 would be a bit tin pot, 17.5-18 would be good. What about 17,450? Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Poodler said: has a team ever built a stadium with a smaller capacity than their current one? That would be universally slagged as a lack of ambition whether it’s realistic or not Off the top of my head, Juve did. Inter and AC Milan away to do the same. I'd say they are fairly ambitious clubs. 18k at the beach would be fine. Canna see it happening any time soon. Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Juve went from a 69000 capacity stadium which on average was about 33% full to a 41000 capacity stadium (so still not far off double the size of their average attendance). We'd be going from a 21000 capacity stadium whic is probably on average 66% full to a 16000 capacity stadium, maybe 10-15% above our average. Cormack wants 15000 season ticket holders, if he gets that we have zero room for growing our fanbase. Would prove we have no intention of ever being anything but a diddy team. Link to comment
frankie_mac's_4 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, Betty Swallicks said: 18k at the beach would be fine. Canna see it happening any time soon. And if it fucks the mealers aff, that's a bonus 2 Link to comment
NEM Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, zeroisgod76 said: Juve went from a 69000 capacity stadium which on average was about 33% full to a 41000 capacity stadium (so still not far off double the size of their average attendance). We'd be going from a 21000 capacity stadium whic is probably on average 66% full to a 16000 capacity stadium, maybe 10-15% above our average. Cormack wants 15000 season ticket holders, if he gets that we have zero room for growing our fanbase. Would prove we have no intention of ever being anything but a diddy team. LOL You do realise 15k season ticket holders would represent huge growth? Link to comment
NEM Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, frankie_mac's_4 said: And if it fucks the mealers aff, that's a bonus Amen. Wifeys and Foundry reds as well with a bit of luck Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, NEM said: LOL You do realise 15k season ticket holders would represent huge growth? Yes and then i assume we just peak there and don't have any ambition to grow any more? Diddy!! Link to comment
frankie_mac's_4 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 minute ago, zeroisgod76 said: Yes and then i assume we just peak there and don't have any ambition to grow any more? Diddy!! Goan listen to the red tinted specs interview. You're like a broken fucking record min 1 Link to comment
NEM Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, zeroisgod76 said: Yes and then i assume we just peak there and don't have any ambition to grow any more? Diddy!! Living in a dream world min Link to comment
Gooby1983 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 9:59 AM, StandFree1982 said: 16k is incredibly short sighted. We'd be losing out on thousands of fans for big games that would normally sell out, any future big international games, European Games, gigs etc. £120k difference between 16k and 20k fans coming in paying £30 a head. Unless the cost of building those extra seats is in the 10s of millions, in a few years the extra tickets coming in would cover it. Of course there's overhead, and staffing costs etc to factor in, but if we made the group stages of Europe, we could potentially have 3+ sell out home games, not including any big league games that season. Is the footprint big enough for a 20,000 seater ground? Perhaps 16,000 is all that can fit in this location? Link to comment
sooth_stander Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, NEM said: Amen. Wifeys and Foundry reds as well with a bit of luck And Foundry Red wifies Link to comment
sooth_stander Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Question that either podcasts should have asked Wicks. The land at Kingsford where the stadium was planned to go, will we sell that land off? We’ve already got plenty of available land to expand the training facility if required so what will happen to that track of land? Asda? Hooses? Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, Gooby1983 said: Is the footprint big enough for a 20,000 seater ground? Perhaps 16,000 is all that can fit in this location? If that was the case that would be even worse, if its 16000 with room for expansion then fair enough. If the footprint is onlt big enough to ever have 16000 then they shouldn't even be entertaining the idea of building there. Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, sooth_stander said: Question that either podcasts should have asked Wicks. The land at Kingsford where the stadium was planned to go, will we sell that land off? We’ve already got plenty of available land to expand the training facility if required so what will happen to that track of land? Asda? Hooses? I would imagine if the beach plan did progress then the land at Kingsford would be sold to the highest bidder to help with the funding. Whether that would be residential, retail, entertainment or industrial. Link to comment
sooth_stander Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, zeroisgod76 said: I would imagine if the beach plan did progress then the land at Kingsford would be sold to the highest bidder to help with the funding. Whether that would be residential, retail, entertainment or industrial. Or, did the planning prawcess for the Kingsford stadium/training facility prevent selling the land off for comemrcial gain? Link to comment
elephantstone78 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 4 hours ago, NEM said: LOL You do realise 15k season ticket holders would represent huge growth? We couldn’t or wouldn’t get to15k STs if they were handing them out free. Cormack can have all the aspirations or KPIs he likes, it’s never going to happen. Another season like last and we will struggle to shift 7k. Link to comment
Redtillimdead Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 We need a rich Saudi to buy us and become another oil club so wavering gloryhunters start following us to the semis of the Champions League. That will increase our attendance. 1 Link to comment
Crashnyploshnit Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Redtillimdead said: We need a rich Saudi to buy us and become another oil club so wavering gloryhunters start following us to the semis of the Champions League. That will increase our attendance. I knew some Russian oligarchs when I worked in Moscow. I suppose they wouldn’t be allowed to buy the club given what their pal Putin is doing in Ukraine. Link to comment
Millertime Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Crashnyploshnit said: I knew some Russian oligarchs when I worked in Moscow. I suppose they wouldn’t be allowed to buy the club given what their pal Putin is doing in Ukraine. Yep Thats why it wouldn't happen Link to comment
Poodler Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 So no more pseudo-rich aberdonians then? Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 17 hours ago, Redtillimdead said: We need a rich Saudi to buy us and become another oil club so wavering gloryhunters start following us to the semis of the Champions League. That will increase our attendance. We've basically had a rich American buy us (nae Cormack). Arthur Blank, owner of our Atlanta United overlords, has a net worth of something like $7 billion. Link to comment
redstrummer Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 28 minutes ago, Andy_123 said: We've basically had a rich American buy us (nae Cormack). Arthur Blank, owner of our Atlanta United overlords, has a net worth of something like $7 billion. Give us a Blank cheque then 2 Link to comment
Redtillimdead Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 22 hours ago, Andy_123 said: We've basically had a rich American buy us (nae Cormack). Arthur Blank, owner of our Atlanta United overlords, has a net worth of something like $7 billion. What's a hundred million to him then? Would 100 million be enough? Link to comment
wee jock poo-pong mcplop1 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Would you trust Goodwin to spend 100 million? Link to comment
NEM Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 4 hours ago, wee jock poo-pong mcplop1 said: Would you trust Goodwin to spend 100 million? Could up our offer for that useless cunt Dunne for starters ? Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4442178/aberdeen-council-review-building/ Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4442178/aberdeen-council-review-building/ Jobs fucked Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 And so begins the backtracking from the council on the beach project. We will never build a new stadium there if it’s tied in any way to any pie in the sky plans the council may have. Link to comment
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