Just think how cheery Id have been if it wasn't my birthday
The point I was making (rather sarcastically I'll admit, sorry about that) is that this has been looked at by people fully clued up with both the needs of the club and with the regulations involved in staying and redeveloping the current location, have you considered that the club may have investigated the options you've thought up and found them to be unfeasible? People have pointed out in other threads the difficulties the club face with keeping the current stadium maintained. There was also a widely publicised study done on potential locations for a new stadium. We've missed the boat for staying at pittodrie as soon as the surrounding land was sold off.
Do you really think that if there was a suitable site within the city centre area the club would flat out reject it for no good reason? Maybe, just maybe the current plans (as unfavourable the reception it's got from the fans) were the best solution available?
Also, it's not like moving stadium is being pushed for by the club so Milne can get his hands on the land pittodrie sits on for next to nothing...
As far as paying for the new stadium goes, at least selling the land pittodries on will go a long way towards paying for a new stadium, even if it won't cover the full thing.
I don't think anyone would disagree that in an ideal world we would stay at pittodrie, unfortunately it's not an ideal world.