Aberdeen Football Club have written to the council in a bid to relaunch "more constructive and collaborative" talks with the local authority over a new community stadium at the beach.
Alan Burrows, the Dons' chief executive penned a letter to Aberdeen City Council bosses thanking them for helping organise the Scottish Cup open-top bus parade on Sunday which drew around 100,000 people into the city centre.
Having seen the letter, The Press and Journal exclusively revealed this morning Mr Burrows also branded claims by planning vice-convener Martin Greig - that the stadium was "unlikely to happen" - a "slap in the face".
Amid hopes that the celebratory scenes in the city centre would revive the stalled beach stadium plans, Mr Burrows also urged the council to get back around the table and begin “more constructive and collaborative” discussions.
The Research Chamber at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce published an independent report into the economic impact of a new beach stadium.
It calculated a community stadium at the beach would inject at least £1billion into the region's economy over the next 50 years and generate footfall of 38million.
A new stadium and community leisure complex would directly support 260 sustainable jobs, providing £6million per annum in salaries, and an additional £14.3million of gross value added (GVA) every year.
Furthermore, £80million will be generated in new construction activity, creating almost 400 jobs across the industry.