New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

Marius57 said:
Yeah but what’s the capacity of the women’s toilets compared to the men’s? Can fit a hell of a lot more urinals in an equivalent size room.
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Now its getting tricky for me, hadn't thought of that.
Think I counted 8 cubicles in the Ladies I used & I'm happy enough with the female toilets compared to Goodison, in & out much quicker.
Feel sorry for you men though.
 

Marius57 said:
Yeah but what’s the capacity of the women’s toilets compared to the men’s? Can fit a hell of a lot more urinals in an equivalent size room.
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I've heard a few people say the % of male to female toilets should be relative to attendances, which in footballing terms you could say would be equity.

But the stadium has been a) designed as a facility to hold non-footballing events, with a different % of gender attendance, and b) future-proof.

Right now, I suspect, it's likely easier for a female to go to the toilet than a male during peak times, but that shouldn't mean less female and more male.

It should be utilising the space in the male sections more effectively. The toilets at the back of the Gwladys (upstairs) were ideal for their role.

Even at HT, you could get a minimum of 32 people using them at a time, but in reality it was closer to 48-50 people. It ticked off quite efficently.
 
I did point out on here the problems re the toilets after the 1st test event and suggested improvements to the club. Obviously I was ignored lol!

Using hand sanitiser intead of an inadequate supply of paper towels would have been tidier, healthier and would speed up the queues a lot. Can't understand the reasoning behind not having it tbh.

I would echo the point that there is wall room for loads more urinals, too.
 
Honestly if it’s not one thing to moan and whine about it’s another.
Have none of you ever heard of these?
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Or these
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In the good old days you’d just go in the coat pocket of the person in front of you ffs.
 
PhilM said:
I've heard a few people say the % of male to female toilets should be relative to attendances, which in footballing terms you could say would be equity.

But the stadium has been a) designed as a facility to hold non-footballing events, with a different % of gender attendance, and b) future-proof.

Right now, I suspect, it's likely easier for a female to go to the toilet than a male during peak times, but that shouldn't mean less female and more male.

It should be utilising the space in the male sections more effectively. The toilets at the back of the Gwladys (upstairs) were ideal for their role.

Even at HT, you could get a minimum of 32 people using them at a time, but in reality it was closer to 48-50 people. It ticked off quite efficently.
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Wouldn't photograph quite so easily though for 'the all new dazzling state of the art stadium' pics would it. Form didn't follow function on this choice. Ancient pish troughs were effective, but they stank and showed their use quite starkly. I reckon the plush lay outs reported in the mens urinals play up to the aspect of it looking better but not necessarily operating anything like as effective. Could be an interesting club feedback point to raise.
 

Rita_Poon said:
Wouldn't photograph quite so easily though for 'the all new dazzling state of the art stadium' pics would it. Form didn't follow function on this choice. Ancient pish troughs were effective, but they stank and showed their use quite starkly. I reckon the plush lay outs reported in the mens urinals play up to the aspect of it looking better but not necessarily operating anything like as effective. Could be an interesting club feedback point to raise.
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To be fair, they weren't actually too bad or at least the upstairs toilets weren't. Those near the turnstiles, well they were a different entity entirely.

But you're right: a toilet is about effectiveness, not aesthetics. It's about how quick people can get in, do their business and get out, while it stays clean.
 

PhilM said:
I've heard a few people say the % of male to female toilets should be relative to attendances, which in footballing terms you could say would be equity.

But the stadium has been a) designed as a facility to hold non-footballing events, with a different % of gender attendance, and b) future-proof.

Right now, I suspect, it's likely easier for a female to go to the toilet than a male during peak times, but that shouldn't mean less female and more male.

It should be utilising the space in the male sections more effectively. The toilets at the back of the Gwladys (upstairs) were ideal for their role.

Even at HT, you could get a minimum of 32 people using them at a time, but in reality it was closer to 48-50 people. It ticked off quite efficently.
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Agree with this completely, it's about facilities management. I go to the boxing a lot and the ratio of men to women must be easily 20 men to every woman and the arenas they host the boxing in don't make any changes to the signage or toilet access. It's crazy, you've got 20,000 well oiled men using facilities designed for half that amount, whilst the maybe 500 women have essentially private usage of the loos available for 10,000 females. I'm sure it also cuts both ways, I've never been to a Taylor Swift or Little Mix concert but I'm sure the exact opposite problem exists in that scenario. I don't know why flexible signage can't be applied in these scenarios (although I accept toilets that largely contain urinals won't be especially useful for the women).
 

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