New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[bigjonny]

Was there blocks of empty seats again like Roma?. Seen a few Everton fans saying there was?.

Yes, noticeable blocks in the west lower.

 

[Eggs]

Anyone else hearing the noise was 126 decibels which was the fifth ever loudest crowd ever recorded at a football game? Wow.

 

[rpm164]

Rewatching the highlights the sound after the goals and the penalty save is incredible - how was it inside the stadium?

 

[Bluelenny1984]

Rewatching the highlights the sound after the goals and the penalty save is incredible - how was it inside the stadium?

Incredible, everything about the place is extra!!

 

[MerseySamurai]

Great day all round. Parked at Beers Timber Yard just off Boundary St,- 5 mins walk across to the ground. Spotted an NCP right next to it….The downside to such close parking is the bottleneck getting out with the lights and the NCP next door. Will be a standard half hour from getting into car to getting away. We’ll get the match day travel routine sussed out soon enough.

Club View L3- sounds like everywhere was the same. Gave up queuing pre match after twenty minutes and not really getting anywhere, did manage to get in at HT and give an 8/10 for the loaded hot dog. £11 quid tho’!!

Loved the whole day, spent a lot of time pre match looking around and thinking this is amazing. Noticed the steelwork high up at the back of the stands has been fabricated with “T” spur off each of the riser columns, future proofing for any future expansion perhaps??

Magic Ndiaye setting the future pub quiz question, Grealish- top drawer. Quality shone through. Happy drive back up the M6.

Issue with Club view was before KO there was an issue with the £10 voucher system not working and the soft drinks machine packing in. So you got there and they where asking you to pay full whack so slowed things down with people having a moan. Believe it started working again in the second half and they got the Pepsi flowing again. Maybe if it runs smoothly the queues will move quicker.

 

[Miked1e]

Can’t get over today…. Our first PL game with season tickets….

1st time I have had a ST for over 25years (late nineties with my dad)…

Now I am taking my son to the match. Magical and emotional….

With the addition of someone exciting like Grealish and a win today….. things are good.

I know Everton will likely spoil it but days like today make it all worthwhile! Already just purchased my son a new Everton home Grealish top…. Already has the home kit with his name on the back!

 

[BlueCelt1878]

Heard that was seized, btw.

Good. Not welcome here.

100% Keep Everton and BMD gammon-free! The spate of nationwide RW flag-shaggin isn’t welcome anywhere near our new home. They can ‘do one’ and support Chelsea or the RS. Imagine being one of Everton’s foreign players and feeling anti-immigration sentiments from your own supporters?!
No Pasarán!

 

[MerseySamurai]

Why Everton’s dizzying new stadium is already a Mersey gem​

Telegraph Sport gives its verdict on dazzling new home as club celebrate start of new era with victory over Brighton

Supporters enjoy the atmosphere inside Everton’s Hill Dickinson new home Credit: Getty Images/Michael Regan
Senior Sports Writer, at Hill Dickinson Stadium
24 August 2025 6:40pm BST

Over the road from Everton’s new home, supporters stood in the shade outside The Bramley Moore pub, gazing at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

The Everton diaspora had made their pilgrimage from Kent, deep western Wales, Dublin and Hull, and that was just four random conversations on the walk from the city centre. Their faces were a mixture of admiration and wonder. The dominant mood was disbelief that all of this was now theirs.

It will take some time, a generation perhaps, for the route along the Mersey to rival that of Goodison Park via County Road. Rituals, neighbours, legroom and sightlines have all changed and it may be several seasons before this place has a true identity.

But it is never too early to pronounce judgment. As Everton celebrated a new era with victory over Brighton, how did the country’s newest stadium fare on its first day of league football?

The beauty of the stadium is apparent as you come closer Credit: Getty Images/Michael Regan

The look​

There has been plenty of uninformed carping about the removal of Unesco’s world heritage status from Liverpool and this stadium’s supposed role in the decision. Its ruling did mention the stadium, but only as a part of wider development of the former docks. Before the match there was a video seminar from architect Dan Meis, greeted on the pitch afterwards with an ovation fit for Barry Horne.

From a distance though, his creation could be anything. Conference hall, mega arena, Amazon distribution centre. As you come closer its beauty reveals itself, stately bricks at the bottom, curving steel above. It is striking and situated tastefully within its surroundings, with the site’s old cobbles and tramlines maintained. The Grade II listed hydraulic tower and Engine House have been restored, actual heritage rather than some contrived attempt to create it. Unesco has got a cheek.
Verdict: 8/10

Stadium architect Dan Meis was given an ovation by fans Credit: Getty Images/Clive Mason

The atmosphere​

Building noise before kick-off was overwhelmed by the senselessly powerful speakers. Who knew the theme to Z Cars had sub bass frequencies to rival a 90s night at Cream? Things quietened after the initial excitement faded, with Brighton fans asking “Is this the Emirates?” in the eighth minute.

With grumbles growing after a patchy start it was an ecstatic surprise when Iliman Ndiaye scored. The frenzy went up a notch when James Garner did the same but the reaction to Jordan Pickford’s penalty save might have eclipsed both goals. The sheer volume when the crowd reaches a peak is fearsome.

When it is quiet it is deathly, but you could say the same about Goodison. If you were EQing the fans like an audio engineer you might turn down the treble. The noise feels harsh at times, not quite the deep guttural roar of football’s past. Perhaps that is the point, sound you feel as much as hear.
Verdict: 8/10

The views​

The much-trailed steepness of the stands is clear immediately and experienced in the quad muscles when climbing to the top rows. The gradient is 34.99° in many areas, with the legal limit 35°. Fingers crossed the quality assurance work is not referred to VAR.

Pushing to the extremes is worth it, the interior is quite unique for this country, agreeably square and and miraculously intimate for a 50k+ capacity. Crucially, despite many modern trappings, it feels like a football stadium, with flashy design secondary to the people filling the seats. Or the safe standing berths, as in the lower tier of the Dortmundesque south stand. If the match does not hold your attention there is also the vista of Bootle to admire from the windows above the north stand.
Verdict: 9/10

The steepness of the stands is clear immediately Credit: PA/Peter Byrne

Fan experience​

Everton have benefited from the crimes committed at previous new-build stadiums, especially the disastrous dead zones around them. Here the “fan plaza” (their silly name) is airy and welcoming, just a shame that Gary Neville’s plan to buy a brick in Jamie Carragher’s name was thwarted by an attentive member of staff.

It was all very lovely in the last of the summer sun, it may be a different story in February. A delightful, or dangerous, innovation are the self-pour beer dispensers. Unfortunately these are sophisticated machines which will serve you exactly one pint for £6.95, this is not an unlimited refills situation like at a Pizza Hut buffet.

Some moans about queues for food, turnstiles and toilets from fans, with those in the club view level of seating in the east stand particularly affected. Empty seats were obvious everywhere in the minutes after half-time, suggesting all was not well on the concourses. These are surely teething issues which will be addressed in the coming months.
Verdict: 7/10

The stadium’s name has attracted jibes from some rival supporters Credit: Reuters/Peter Powell

The name​

More unnecessary scorn about this from other supporters, who claim that the Hill Dickinson Stadium is in some way embarrassing. True it is plonked on the exterior in an overtly American touch, looking like a real-life map legend. But Hill Dickinson is no Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Colorado), Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles) or Kit Kat Crescent (York, briefly).

It is a 215-year old law firm with local roots. Nothing to be ashamed of in the current gambling-dominated climate. Bring on its affectionate shortening to ‘The Hilly Dick’.
Verdict: Get over it

The only thing missing from today was Peter Reid coming out and giving two fingers up to UNESCO

 

[BlueCelt1878]

Regarding the Stadium itself - fantastic and sightlines are brilliant. Great noise today. Look forward to it genuinely feeling more like home as get used to it.

Hopefully teething troubles on speed of food and drink service will improve.

I didn’t see any free water fountains like they have in Music Arenas but think they should be available.

More separate kiosks if just want a drink, plus more ‘offerings’ outside the stadium.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Got into Club View about 12.10 having given up meeting with my mates for various reasons , looked at the signs above the bar Camden Pale £6.95 that’ll do , buy myself two and use my £10 credit. Got in the shortish queue and word went round the £10 credit wasn’t working - IT issue , ok I’ll just have one and wait for mates. A pint of Camden Pale please, Kopparberg ? , no, Camden Pale , San Miguel ? , no , I can’t see Camden on my till, well it’s up there, I can’t see it, ok mate forget it. Went to e-bar got a pint eventually. About 13.30 £10 working now, let’s leave it to the end and have a couple, mate tried to get food at half-time , nothing left. Full time, bars are shut, spoke to EFC rather than catering staff and apparently they ran out of beer and food at halftime.

@chicoazul

This review of today turns up over and over. Bottles of water are a H&S concern.

 

[TrailerTrash]

How did There She Goes go down?
Think it will be played every match?

Played it before and after.
Love that tune, hope it becomes a mainstay.

 

[McCallsVolley]

One thing I would like to see is bigger Everton signage rather than the HD.

 

[Preki]

100% Keep Everton and BMD gammon-free! The spate of nationwide RW flag-shaggin isn’t welcome anywhere near our new home. They can ‘do one’ and support Chelsea or the RS. Imagine being one of Everton’s foreign players and feeling anti-immigration sentiments from your own supporters?!
No Pasarán!

Absolutely. None of that rubbish required.

 

[MerseySamurai]

Listen it’s a fecking beautiful stadium and one that will feel more and more like home, but the 20 odd porta loo’s in the plaza lined up against the wall are hideous

 

[Rita_Poon]

For anyone who had issues using the credit in club view today, the club has emailed out acknowledging the issues of the fans in there and are preloading the passes for the next game for £20 each fan! That and addressing any issues that the fans have highlighted to!

Have to say they’ve acted quickly there, and the customer service shown is pretty spot on. I’ve been quick to criticise the service at times, that right there is getting it right!

It's gonna be £190 for the last game and there's gonna be rivers of vomit to deal with 'cos the credit won't roll over to the following season.

Marvellous!