Dundee revealed they are hopeful of being granted planning permission in time to start building their new stadium and event campus at Camperdown next year.
The Tayside club released a video on Friday illustrating how their proposed new home in the north of the city will look.
Dundee applied for planning permission for the ambitious project – which will require an estimated investment of £95 million – earlier this year and are confident of receiving positive news in the coming months.
We are excited to share the latest stage of our Camperdown Stadium Project – an inspiring animated flythrough of Dundee FC’s proposed new stadium and event campus. The three-minute visual spectacular, created by the project’s architect, Holmes Miller, takes fans on a journey… pic.twitter.com/JTk8WAK0PE
— Dundee Football Club (@DundeeFC) August 23, 2024
“We’ve had a team of expert consultants working to ensure the viability of the project and earlier this year submitted the most comprehensive Planning Permission in Principle document I suspect Dundee City Council has ever seen,” the club said in a Q and A about the venture on their website.
“It is our expectation that the councillors make their planning decision shortly to allow us to ‘break ground’ as quickly as possible.
“The extent of the information contained in the PPiP should enable us to apply for full permission in an efficient and timely manner. We have undertaken that process thoroughly and professionally and
have been heartened that the council have stated publicly they want to help developers overcome any planning obstacles as part of the city’s regeneration.
“I have said before I’d like to see a spade in the ground in 2025 but that decision is out of our hands. We will be ready to go provided we get the permission requested.”
Dundee are intent on moving from Dens Park, their dilapidated home for the past 125 years, as the ground has “outlived its intended cycle” and is costing the club £700,000 per year to maintain.
Dundee said the new venture at Camperdown will aim to retain “an element of Dens’ history” but that they will be open to selling naming rights in order to generate revenue.
“The name of the stadium will be determined in consultation with our fans but it also must be adaptable to incorporate potential sponsorship and partnership opportunities,” said Dundee.
“This is the same of stadia across the world.
“The most important aspect is to retain an element of Dens’ history and heritage – and we have shown with our updated design, we have incorporated the Archibald Leitch Chevron (from Dens Park) into our main stand entrance.
“There are other ways of protecting our legacy and making it part of the future that we will explore as we progress.”