New Aberdeen Stadium
| Location | Kingsford, Aberdeen |
|---|---|
| Owner | Aberdeen Football Club |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Construction cost | £50m (estimated) |
| Architect | The Miller Partnership |
| Tenants | |
| Aberdeen F.C. | |
The New Aberdeen Stadium is a proposed stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland. It would be the home stadium of Scottish Premiership football club Aberdeen. The stadium would replace Pittodrie and would be located near Kingswells and Westhill in the west of Aberdeen.
Plans for a new stadium began when the club indicated that further development of Pittodrie Stadium was not possible due to the age of the ground and the restrictions from surrounding land. The severe disruption to the clubs activities, and the potential to wipe out some of the club's debt by selling the club owned land for redevelopment, moreover, made a new stadium the only viable option. In July 2008, the club reiterated their desire to move forwards with a new 21,000 seat stadium, despite the financial crisis that had hit Aberdeen City Council in recent months. The plan is unrelated to the proposed Cove Rangers stadium also being built in the south of the city.
In April 2009, the Arena Project Board recommended a site in Nigg for the new stadium. The majority of fans responding to a questionnaire on the proposal from Aberdeen Supporters Trust opposed the building of the new stadium on the site. Amongst the 10% of Aberdeen fans who replied, 81.2% were against the location of the new stadium, and that the second site of Kings Links adjacent to the existing Pittodrie would be their first choice. 62.8% said they would attend fewer matches if the move was to go ahead. The Board considered that a site adjacent to Aberdeen's present home of Pittodrie Stadium was too small and too expensive.
The proposed site is within a Green Belt area, which the local council may donate to the project. Concerns have been raised over the new site due to the need to develop over Aberdeen's only fresh-water loch, and the resultant need for large car parking facilities. Approval for the project would trigger consent for other property developers who have had outline plans for this particular area for a number of years, but until now have been refused due to the Green Belt status.
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