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The new Aberdeen FC Kingsford Stadium is located adjacent to the Aberdeen-Westhill road (A944) and just 200 metres from the new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) at Kingsford to the west of Aberdeen city.

The planned stadium in Kingsford (5km west of Aberdeen) is centerpiece to a much larger community and sports complex. Prior to then, the ground hosted the original Aberdeen F.C. since they were formed in 1903. The new Aberdeen stadium is a football stadium under construction in Kingswells, Aberdeen, Scotland. Used primarily for football, it has been the home ground of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) club Aberdeen F.C. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Aberdeen Football Club has commenced construction on Phase One of its new state-of-the-art community and sports campus. The Aberdeen Arena is a planned new stadium for Aberdeen FC.

Beside the matchday and training uses, the place would become a major hub for conference and social events in the area. Plans for a new stadium began when the club indicated that further development of In April 2009, the Arena Project Board recommended a site in In August 2014, Stewart Milne announced that because of the plans being rejected by the current Aberdeen City Council administration, the training facilities and new stadium would be built on two separate sites. The Dons have put their £50million Kingsford development on hold for the foreseeable future.Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? This project received outline planning approval in April 2011.Construction work at Kingsford was commenced on 3 July 2018, with ceremonial digging duties performed by club chairman Stewart Milne and manager In August 2019, the club confirmed that the training facility would be named Cormack Park due the contribution made to the project by then-vice chairman Dave Cormack;The fencing around the construction site of the new stadium But he still fears for others and reckons “What is in our control is for us to lead as a club and ensure that along with the government and health authorities, we find a way to get back playing football quickly and safely.“Until then all other plans, including the new stadium, are on hold.Dons had started to prepare the ground for the development but Cormack confirmed: “It’s the smart thing for us to do, to move to Kingsford.“In saying that, now all bets are off the table now with regards to timing until we get through this.“If it costs us four, five, six or £10million to get through this as a club, that takes money from other things we might want to do, whether it be Kingsford or investments in the football operation.“Our number one priority is surviving. … The new facilities include a Professional Training campus, Youth Development Academy and Community Hub, leading ultimately to the development of a 20,000-capacity stadium, the largest new-build stadium in Scotland in 100 years. Once we do that, we will take a deep breath, sleep on it and then give our perspective.”However, commercial director Rob Wicks admits any new stadium may have to be scaled down, including reducing the proposed 20,000 capacity.He said: “We are still firmly committed to the new stadium for all the reasons we have stated previously but we have to be realistic.“The unexpected financial challenges that have been brought up as a result of the pandemic means we are going to have to look really carefully at our plans and assess that with the timing of the move.”When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.