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All you need to know about Dons plans for historic £40million stadium move

All you need to know about the Dons stadium move
All you need to know about the Dons stadium move

Today the Dons announced plans to move away from their historic Pittodrie home to a new home near Westhill in Aberdeen.

The Press and Journal can today reveal details of the Dons’ plans to flit eight miles to a greenfield site at Kingsford.

Here are all the key things you need to know about the move. Just click on each for more details.

 

1) Artist impressions and full details

Artist impression of the new stadium planned for Aberdeen FC
Artist impression of the new stadium planned for Aberdeen FC

The new ground – complete with a purpose-built training complex – would be right beside the A944 Aberdeen-Westhill road and the city’s under-construction bypass.

And the Reds could be playing there within three years in front of crowds of up to 19,000 – and boosting the local economy to the tune of £20million.

 

2) How much is this worth to the north-east economy?

Stewart Milne speaks after the Dons' AGM
Stewart Milne speaks after the Dons’ AGM

Research by a leading north-east business body has revealed the revitalised Dons in a new stadium could deliver a £20million annual boost to the region.

A report by Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce examined the economic impact of the club on the area.

 

3) Pittodrie: A look back at the stadium’s history

Pittodrie is barely recognisable from this 1950s aerial shot.
Pittodrie is barely recognisable from this 1950s aerial shot.

Pittodrie has been the home of football in Aberdeen for nearly 120 years – and the site of numerous “firsts” for the British game over the decades.

It earned it’s unique Gaelic title after being built on the site of the police stables in 1899.

It would be a number of years, however, before the Dons that Aberdonians and fans from all over the north-east have come to know would take up residence at the ground.

 

4) What the business community think

Russell Borthwick, Chief Executive AGCC
Russell Borthwick, Chief Executive AGCC

Russell Borthwick, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce has his say…

 

5) Why it’s a game changer for the club and city

Duncan Skinner
Duncan Skinner

The chairman of Aberdeen Football Club’s community trust has hailed the potential new training facilities as “game changing” for the club and city.

Duncan Skinner said last night that locating the new base so close to the planned stadium was “almost unique” and could help develop future talent for the team.