Aberdeen FC chairman Dave Cormack has called Aberdeen City Council's request to know how much funding the club would put forward for proposed beachfront stadium "premature".
Aberdeen's proposed new arena, which replaced talk to move the club to Kingsford, would cost an estimated £80m to build. It is believed that the new venue would inject £1bn into the local economy over the next half-century, should plans go ahead.
Discussions have been underway over how the stadium will be funded, with some opposition to putting public money into the scheme.
However, Cormack said that that the club does not yet have enough details about the site's future development to have "meaningful conversations about funding". This is despite a request to know if full-funding was in place from the council.
Aberdeen FC stated: "We have informed the council that we do not yet have the level of detail on construction, procurement, funding, development, ownership and ongoing operation of the proposed integrated facilities to have meaningful conversations about funding.
"We are, however, in preliminary discussions with potential funders and exploring applying for net-zero grants through various vehicles.
"For the club to progress the funding phase, it's critical that we have sight of the council's Outline Business Case, due in December, without which any commitment would be premature."
Aberdeen FC's statement continued that the proposed new venue can be a 'key part' of the wider regeneration of the city centre and added that it remains "fully supportive" of the council-led plans for the beach regeneration.
Plans for a new net zero community stadium were first proposed by the council nearly two years ago, during the previous administration, with the football club stating it has "enthusiastically provided considerable time and resources on the potential design and operation of such a facility".
It is currently unknown just how much of the stadium's price tag the council expect the football club to fund individually.
An Aberdeen City Council spokesperson said: "An update on the beach masterplan will go to council on 14 December.
"We look forward to hearing from Aberdeen Football Club regarding funding for the stadium element, so the vision can be further developed, subject to the usual planning process."
Russell Borthwick, chief executive of Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said: "It was the council that approached the football club about a proposal to remain in the city, so these comments from the administration are disappointing – and we urge all parties to get round a table urgently.
"We understand there is majority support within the council for these proposals to move forward, whether the co-leaders are enthusiastic about them or not, so we remain hopeful that progress can be made.
"Everyone is clear about the squeeze on public finances, and it is reasonable that councillors would want to have clear sight of the financial contribution from the football club before proceeding – and while Yuill’s personal view is that it is not appropriate for public money to be used in such a way, we are not going out on a limb here, we are simply following a successful model from elsewhere.
"At last week’s city centre summit, the ‘ask’ of Aberdeen City Council was simply to deliver on its pledges around the Union Street and beach elements of the masterplan - this is the outline of the jigsaw of regeneration - and the business community of the city will come together to build the rest of the picture. But they can only do this if they have clarity around what they are investing in."
He added: "We have a one-off opportunity to make something incredible happen in the city, letting it fail - just like the pedestrianisation plans - will simply send out the message to the world once again that Aberdeen cannot get its act together."
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