New Everton Stadium Discussion

[Goat]

Eh?!

The stadium will be built on land that is either empty or occupied with water.

 

[kev]

Yes, by the press and the fans reacting to it. Then they act...with a press release about preserving a tower...which should have UNESCO squared off like.

 

[davek]

You have to laugh at this Everton response though. Absolutley nothing about preserving anything at that dock all year, then they have their flunkies at the Echo produce a story about a tower being preserved four days after the UNESCO story breaks.

It's insulting.

 

[Death]

Ai yai yai yai yai. All these accromoyms and confusions. Is it been built or wha.

 

[Jacko93]

You have to laugh at this Everton response though. Absolutley nothing about preserving anything at that dock all year, then they have their flunkies at the Echo produce a story about a tower being preserved four days after the UNESCO story breaks.

It's insulting.

They're acting like they have a major announcement coming in a matter of weeks and are trying to preload on some of the conversation. The cheek of it.

What makes you think that the UNESCO press release wasn't prompted by the upcoming consultation?

 

[kev]

You have to laugh at this Everton response though. Absolutley nothing about preserving anything at that dock all year, then they have their flunkies at the Echo produce a story about a tower being preserved four days after the UNESCO story breaks.

It's insulting.

I don't believe for one minute that you didn't see the Colin Chong quotes in May -

Stadium development director, Colin Chong, said: “At the consultation in July and August the Club will reveal much more detail about both parts of this project, consult on the design concepts for the stadium and how it will respect and complement its historic context."

 

[davek]

They're acting like they have a major announcement coming in a matter of weeks and are trying to preload on some of the conversation. The cheek of it.

What makes you think that the UNESCO press release wasn't prompted by the upcoming consultation?

Well if it was, it doesn't sound like they're too impressed by the previous 12 months worth of work done by the club/council/Peel in addressing their concerns.

 

[Frang]

Press reports about UNESCO kicking off again; four days later club responds in local press with 'preservation' story.

This is just predicatable amateur night stuff by the Keystone Cops who run Everton. All SOOOO predictable.

they should already have sets of detailed plans that they could have or should have relesed with how the tower could be renovated, in several different styles??

surely that would have been the easiest thing to do.

 

[davek]

I don't believe for one minute that you didn't see the Colin Chong quotes in May -

Stadium development director, Colin Chong, said: “At the consultation in July and August the Club will reveal much more detail about both parts of this project, consult on the design concepts for the stadium and how it will respect and complement its historic context."

Yes, I also remember this from DBB around that time:

Heritage issues, including the development’s role in the waterfront’s UNESCO World Heritage Status, have been raised, although the club’s chief executive reassured the audience the architect “had been briefed” and Everton was “ensuring the design team respect the dock and bring new life to an area that’s currently abandoned”.

It's inconceivable that UNESCO haven't been consulted of these plans in advance as an interested party who can derail the stadium plans - they'd have been well briefed by now on Meis' designs, for sure. And yet we still have them coming at the project. Baxendale's words look less than reassuring on answering UNESCO's concerns. That has alarm bells ringing.

 

[davek]

they should already have sets of detailed plans that they could have or should have relesed with how the tower could be renovated, in several different styles??

surely that would have been the easiest thing to do.

I am very wary that we've seen no designs at all after two and a half years.

 

[Frang]

I am very wary that we've seen no designs at all after two and a half years.

few weeks before an official announcement of plans and not one single leak of anything considered to be the real deal.

nothing

NADA.

 

[kev]

I am very wary that we've seen no designs at all after two and a half years.

Well we will see them in July.
No doubt you'll find something else to be very wary about then.

 

[davek]

few weeks before an official announcement of plans and not one single leak of anything considered to be the real deal.

nothing

NADA.

It looks evasive.

 

[davek]

Well we will see them in July.
No doubt you'll find something else to be very wary about then.

I wouldn't hold your breath on that.

How many times have the fans been teased with that?

 

[Goat]

I am very wary that we've seen no designs at all after two and a half years.

LOL