New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

I wonder how many blues are going to get one of these prints for Christmas and just have to sort of politely smile and say thanks.

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davek said:
Well, this is all new and fans haven't found their bearings yet, either spatially or in terms of identity. But it's clear the stadium is built with commercial exploitation at the very heart of it. Corporate requirements dictate, for example, the lay out of the interior of the stadium - which doesn't necessarily mean comfort for fans on concourses but efficiency for their exploitation. I expect a struggle to occur over the basic provision of toilets and room to move about. That's an obvious bone of contention already and we can see that it's just not working for many / most fans at the new stadium. That's quite besides the struggle to impose a football club identity physically upon a facility that is unapologetically corporate facing.

I've said this before: the shift from Goodison to BMD also shifted the people who were at the forefront of the struggles against the Kenwright regime, the plans to take Everton out of the city of Liverpool and the Moshiri regime. If the club think they can keep control of that facility and disregard or relegate fan presence to manageable stage army status they should have a very dramatic rethink. The Friedkin Group will find out what all Everton owners have found out: you'll be defeated if you dont bend to the will of our fanbase.
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Whats the issue with the toilets and what part of the ground where you are unable to move?
 
Harryflashman said:
Loads of pubs by the ground and in town have had visits from licensing about breaches of their licence whether it’s pavement drinking or off sales.

Advice has been given , I suspect we’ll see penalties going forward . If they haven’t already sorted their variations I think they’ll struggle to be honest .
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Harryflashman said:
Well what will happen is the pubs will lose their licenses , hence I suspect the woman in the bramley trying to stop people .

I think the plod were surprised by how many of us were about for Brighton , as discussed the city was blue . I also think a few boozers are new and are run by less experienced owners and they hadn’t anticipated the popularity whilst plenty did . It feels a bit small minded to me however I think a few might be in for a shock .
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Seems a bit stupid of licensing not to imagine a pick up in business. They need to fix the licensing for these places, just drop whatever they had around Goodison ffs.

It was ridiculous being told we couldn’t exit the Bramley Moore with alcohol when hundreds were already outside, even the bouncers were laughing at the stupidity of it, he felt a right berk asking us, apologetic. It was impossible to enforce.
 
duncs pigeon said:
Whats the issue with the toilets and what part of the ground where you are unable to move?
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The south stand.

There's not enough urinals in these toilets and the question are drifting out onto the concourse. That contributes to the general logjam on the concourse.

It's been well documented and not just on the south stand.
 
NathDogg said:
Seems a bit stupid of licensing not to imagine a pick up in business. They need to fix the licensing for these places, just drop whatever they had around Goodison ffs.

It was ridiculous being told we couldn’t exit the Bramley Moore with alcohol when hundreds were already outside, even the bouncers were laughing at the stupidity of it, he felt a right berk asking us, apologetic. It was impossible to enforce.
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Don’t understand the licensing rules, but The Bramley-Moore had tables and chairs outside the boozer before the ground was opened. I sat outside for a pint while the build was happening, so assumed they were covered for that type of thing. They’ll need to sort it, as people are gonna spill out every game.
 

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