New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[Bedfordblue]

Never be ready for the first game.

 

[charlie atkins]

as long as I'm alright though. Flat warm English ale for me please, at £1:99 a pint too

Oh a weatherspoons fan

 

[matty1878]

Never be ready for the first game.

why so?

 

[rochdaleblue]

Looks amazing, we are very lucky

Got quite emotional watching that. Back in the 90s I did my dissertation at uni, on our proposed ground move under Johnson. So many failed opportunities since then, I thought I’d never see it in my lifetime. A stadium befitting of this great club, we now just need the team.

 

[pejic]

Ok, they've sponsored the stadium but why the name plastered everywhere. Does the Etihad or Emirates have this?

 

[James Patrick]

The transparent bags from the shop will be fine; this is a policy about bringing your own bags (backpack etc.) to the game.

So they should say that surely ?

 

[Bedfordblue]

why so?

There’s a world wide CO2 shortage so there’ll be no gas for ale pumps.
That and number of cones left to bring drown from the roof.

 

[PhilM]

So they should say that surely ?

They should, I agree. However, this has been the policy (or a similar one) for a few years if my memory serves me correctly.

 

[Fedlingen]

Never be ready for the first game.

They still need to make room for regulation sized pitch. That 7-a-side grass patch surely isn't fooling anyone.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

State of the pointing on that brickwork…Shocking

 

[Harryflashman]

They should, I agree. However, this has been the policy (or a similar one) for a few years if my memory serves me correctly.

It has

 

[James Patrick]

It has

Clearly one where enforcement is hit and miss.

 

[Drico]

I'm loving the added addition of the removable pitch...as it sinks into the Mersey.

 

[BullensRoad]

If you remember Tom, the Kings' Waterfront design had a retractable pitch that effectively slid out to form an inaccessible garden for the low rise apartments that were to be built adjacent. At the time it was felt that better exposure to the sunshine would lead to a better quality pitch. But also partly because the original non-football events included speedway racing. The pitch to the council at the time was it could host a speedway meet in the morning, a match in the afternoon, and a Tina Turner concert in the evening. Naturally you wouldn't do those on the same day but the council needed a lot of convincing - the initial response from the leader (a red) was "There's 6 world class bids for this site. Everton's is 7th".

They were looking to build on Stanley Park at the time. Everton's planning consultants dashed off a couple of dozen viable planning objections that could be made, and then later in the year Everton became preferred bidder. The rest of course is history.

I'm guessing this was the design for the sliding pitch and apartments?

Thinking back to it, having a 55k in door arena would have helped the city a lot and stopped Manchester MEN Getting all the big acts

 

[The binman chronicles]

Never be ready for the first game.

It's okay we'll play our first 6 games away.