New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

PhilM said:
Park End and Main Stand are the only two that could stay open, with the latter likely needing work too. It does, however, have the hospitality already there.

That was the reason. There is a system within the roof that collects rainwater into tanks, which is then used to flush toilets, irrigation and whatnot.

The issue was, as I've stated before, other parts of the build needed completing before this was finished and activated as part of the sequence of installation.

Some of the posters in here probably believe the world is flat.
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I don't believe that pipework wasn't connected at that point as the roof was complete and internal fit-out started, otherwise this would have been happening continuously for every rainy day. It did happen during an absolute deluge, so hopefully it was a case of it not all being opened up to full capacity or a blockage somewhere. However, I think the main concern stemmed from the fact that the barrel roof gutter was even able to overflow into the stadium bowl at the corner and not externally to it. The main advantage of an upturned roof is that all rain drains to the outer roof perimeter, and you should never get the Old Trafford and Dortmund type overflowing issues.
 

Evo2901 said:
Personally I’d rather them knock Goodison down completely and build something similar to Man City’s Academy Stadium. It would be great to retain elements of Goodison but it just doesn’t seem cost effective and would generally undermine the big send off we’re giving it tbh. The Southampton game should be the last ever game at Goodison Park as we know it, in my opinion.
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That's a bit like being really upset that your grandad pulled through a major illness because you'd heard that there was going to be a free bar at the funeral.

What's cost effective about paying to build a new 10-20k stadium at WHP that you won't own, when you already have a stadium available on the site of the first purpose built football stadium in the world, and a stadium that once hosted a World Cup semi-final?
 
Tom Hughes said:
That's a bit like being really upset that your grandad pulled through a major illness because you'd heard that there was going to be a free bar at the funeral.

What's cost effective about paying to build a new 10-20k stadium at WHP that you won't own, when you already have a stadium available on the site of the first purpose built football stadium in the world, and a stadium that once hosted a World Cup semi-final?
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No I meant to build this stadium on the site of Goodison Park, therefore we’d still own the stadium/land. I’m no expert but I imagine the maintenance costs for keeping Goodison exactly as it is for the women’s team would be significant. Especially considering they’ll likely only get crowds of 2.5/5k (that’s no disrespect to them as women’s football may grow exponentially in popularity but the appetite isn’t really there at the moment).
 
Evo2901 said:
No I meant to build this stadium on the site of Goodison Park, therefore we’d still own the stadium/land. I’m no expert but I imagine the maintenance costs for keeping Goodison exactly as it is for the women’s team would be significant. Especially considering they’ll likely only get crowds of 2.5/5k (that’s no disrespect to them as women’s football may grow exponentially in popularity but the appetite isn’t really there at the moment).
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The stadium would have 2 revenue streams. One as the club and potentially general football museum housing the whole Everton Collection and other exhibits and with regular stadium tours showing the evolution of stadium design and Leitch's work. The other being the Women’s team games.... which is still a growing industry. Maintenance costs would be less than at present because the whole stadium wouldn't get as much wear and tear for smaller crowds and some parts may be mothballed or even go altogether. It might also be significantly less cost than building whole new stands at WHP and/or renting elsewhere. I'm sure that's what they're weighing up.
 

Tom Hughes said:
I don't believe that pipework wasn't connected at that point as the roof was complete and internal fit-out started, otherwise this would have been happening continuously for every rainy day. It did happen during an absolute deluge, so hopefully it was a case of it not all being opened up to full capacity or a blockage somewhere. However, I think the main concern stemmed from the fact that the barrel roof gutter was even able to overflow into the stadium bowl at the corner and not externally to it. The main advantage of an upturned roof is that all rain drains to the outer roof perimeter, and you should never get the Old Trafford and Dortmund type overflowing issues.
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The Laing Project manager, in charge of that aspect of the build, would disagree. The access to the tanks was closed, so it overflowed back through the piping.
 
PhilM said:
The Laing Project manager, in charge of that aspect of the build, would disagree. The access to the tanks was closed, so it overflowed back through the piping.
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Perhaps, but It rained lots of days before then too, which would beg the question of how come it didn't overflow continuously? As I said, the bigger issue for me was why a single point failure led to flooding inside the bowl itself. Hopefully it was just a missing or poorly fitted seam or expansion joint.
 

I mentioned it earlier in the thread but all the hospitality areas are still literally just plasterboard.

Has anyone who's got a ticket in those areas able to let us know if you've been updated by the club?
 
mahermi1 said:
Who is doing this the Council or the Club and anyone know the reason ?
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I believe they are raising the level of the cycleway up so that it is flush with the adjacent footpath and also installing blue surfacing.

There will still be drop kerbs down to road level at the two main vehicle entrances but elsewhere it should be flush.

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