New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

Eggsyblueskin said:
Whilst I agree with your sentiments it is important to realise the importance of the RS to the city.
The bars and restaurants which thrive in our city and help make it a desirable place to visit or live, rely heavily on the roughly bi monthly invasion of mutants that accompany their home games.
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I'm sure the residents around there will be chuffed that a load of spivs in town are coining it in while they get treated like rubbish.

If there was a really vibrant local media they'd be all over these decisions taken in the council concerning that football club.

There's defo something very wrong there.
 

Disappointed but I can't say I'm surprised by the news. The councils always bend over for them. I'm still getting over Knowsley basically gifting them £5m worth of land and letting them build on playing fields.

On the plus side, if they make this work, it at least proves there is some non-match day income to made at BMD.

On the downside, it looks like they have at least 5 years without competition in the city, so that will be yet more millions added to the turnover gap. Also, the mere presence of Anfield as a viable alternative to BMD will likely limit what we can get away with hiring the place out for.

You also get the horrible feeling that this is a precursor to them extending Anfield further. If they announce that before BMD takes some tangible steps forward things could turn even more toxic.
 
indieman1 said:
Disappointed but I can't say I'm surprised by the news. The councils always bend over for them. I'm still getting over Knowsley basically gifting them £5m worth of land and letting them build on playing fields.

On the plus side, if they make this work, it at least proves there is some non-match day income to made at BMD.

On the downside, it looks like they have at least 5 years without competition in the city, so that will be yet more millions added to the turnover gap. Also, the mere presence of Anfield as a viable alternative to BMD will likely limit what we can get away with hiring the place out for.

You also get the horrible feeling that this is a precursor to them extending Anfield further. If they announce that before BMD takes some tangible steps forward things could turn even more toxic.
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BMD will blow Anfield out of the water as a venue on many counts
 
Brisan123 said:
BMD will blow Anfield out of the water as a venue on many counts
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No doubt, but promoters will follow the money. If the rs charge £1m for use of Anfield no promoter is going to pay us £1.5m to use BMD as they probably won't be able to make up that differential on tickets. Whereas if Anfield didn't exist as an alternative option we really might be in a position to set our own price.
 

indieman1 said:
No doubt, but promoters will follow the money. If the rs charge £1m for use of Anfield no promoter is going to pay us £1.5m to use BMD as they probably won't be able to make up that differential on tickets. Whereas if Anfield didn't exist as an alternative option we really might be in a position to set our own price.
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With regard to
Access for bands and their articulated lorries
Access and egress for 60,000 fans
Toilet facilities
Food and drink concessions
Electrical , wi fi and sound systems
Security and CCTV systems
All of the above and more will make BMD the preferred choice of promoters
 


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