New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[GrandOldTeam]

I was talking about the Co-op opening was rushed and a load of concerts got cancelled and moved back.

Promoters would be worried about the risk at having concerts at the new ground without any evidence it can be done and no issues.

Oh yeah, they definitely value assurance.

But Co-op is pretty much Man City, and they have a regular working relationship now with promoters - so there's another tick in a regional rival we don't have.

 

[NathDogg]

I think if I was a wheelchair user I’d disagree, but, could the north stand not have been used for a lowerbehind the goal accessibility section? Or a section to the side of the lower south like in the gwladys?

Theres already a large disabled section in the north stand, more or less opposite the south stand one.

Again, it doesn’t look great tbh. IMO they seem far too big for the number of people in them?

 

[James Patrick]

Yeah, had this debate many years back on here - promoters don't care one about a nice riverside setting.

It's this;



Bingo.

£150 a ticket at 52,769
£150 a ticket at 61,276

Even when you look at the likes of Emirates Old Trafford who compete, they had Green Day and Foo Fighters a year or two back - only 50,000 but they had hospitality+hotel packages we wouldn't compete with.

But doesnt Anfield have the stage with its back to the biggest end i.e. the 16k Anfield Road End so stadium capacity may be misleading if say the stage at BMD backed onto the 9k North Stand i.e. the smallest end ?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

But doesnt Anfield have the stage with its back to the biggest end i.e. the 16k Anfield Road End so stadium capacity may be misleading if say the stage at BMD backed onto the North Stand i.e. the smallest end ?

Football stadium capacity is only an indication, obviously given the pitch becomes standing etc.

Capacity will always wary depending on production - I've no idea what BMD would be, but 62,000 was at Taylor Swift at Anfield. I don't think it would be that, those extra 8k odd seats matter.

There's a reason Liverpool expanded an Man City doing likewise.

 

[James Patrick]

Football stadium capacity is only an indication, obviously given the pitch becomes standing etc.

Capacity will always wary depending on production - I've no idea what BMD would be, but 62,000 was at Taylor Swift at Anfield. I don't think it would be that, those extra 8k odd seats matter.

There's a reason Liverpool expanded an Man City doing likewise.

We've a bigger pitch.

 

[Ray Purchase]

Anyone else struggling to love it 100 %?

 

[NathDogg]

Anyone else struggling to love it 100 %?

Football and results ain’t helping, but yeah.

 

[Eggs]

These actually look tasty!

….Lamb Scouse is good, L.

 

[blue to the bone]

Any shouts for a good chippy on the way to the ground? Freezing today, so would love a chip barm before the game.

The heritage chippy about 5 mins walk from the stadium is excellent.

 

[Eggs]

To the general public this stadium is a football and rugby venue.

It's 'kin pathetic the way that commercial department have left us open to this.

Someone at the club needs to get in there and make a decision based on stamping an Everton-only identity onto this stadium or the howls of discontent will get louder.

And by the way: that British Gas feller is bad news for this club in that respect....very bad news. His introduction yesterday was horrific. A drone with zero feel for this club.

…to the general public with an interest in sport, it’s Everton’s football stadium. Personally, I quite like the fact it’s being more widely used, not just because it makes financial sense but because it raises our profile.

 

[davek]

Re holding a trump card to attract major musical acts: here's Everton FC’s head of events Suzie Parker‑Myers 12 months ago:

“Architect Dan Meis, who is the Stadium Concept Design Guardian, wanted to create an intimacy” explains Parker Myers. “For football, we wanted to make sure that we had home-field advantage and that visiting teams felt intimidated like they do when it comes to [our old ground] Goodison. But that then works brilliantly for music, with people in the stands closer to the stage than they would be in other stadiums.”

The venue also boasts 5,000 premium seats with a “perfect” view of the stage that can be sold for “three or four times the price of what’s on the pitch”. Another bonus for promoters and concert productions is the ability to drive trucks into the north stand where the stage will be, enabling a fast load-in and load-out.

But the most surprising aspect of the Bramley-Moore Dock campus is the 17,000-capacity enclosed plaza in front of the stadium, which has the potential to host open-air concerts and festivals.

“Promoters could save up to six figures using this space,” claims Parker-Myers. “There’s no need to hire toilets or food vendors because the stadium concourse opens up right there, and the plaza’s outer wall means you can save on fencing and staffing.”

Inside Everton FC's new 'must play' stadium

Amid a boom in stadium concerts, Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool has announced plans to compete for A-list music artists...

www.iqmagazine.com

Interesting to hear her say that the club are looking to "remove tribalism" from the stadium and market it as a city-event centre...anyone saying stuff like that should be sacked on the spot.

 

[davek]

…to the general public with an interest in sport, it’s Everton’s football stadium. Personally, I quite like the fact it’s being more widely used, not just because it makes financial sense but because it raises our profile.

Pfffft!

We have no profile at that stadium atm - maybe if all this came three or four years down the line we'd be able to relax a bit more about some clodhopper rugby outfits claiming this stadium as their home.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Theres already a large disabled section in the north stand, more or less opposite the south stand one.

Again, it doesn’t look great tbh. IMO they seem far too big for the number of people in them?

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Oooooof - asking for trouble with that one
I suggested something like that a while back, in fact I think I said add a row of blue seats across the back to increase the ratio of disabled fans and their accompanying F&F and some one went doolally at the mere suggestion!

However since attending the stadium, I think some of those spaces also serve as vomitory access for other parts of the stand too, not just the disabled fan spaces I initially thought they were.

Visually it seems a poor design / over sized, but I suspect as it serves two purposes, it’s likely the most efficient use of space but just doesn’t look great.
Still think they should do something to make them stand out less, blue back wall etc.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Re holding a trump card to attract major musical acts: here's Everton FC’s head of events Suzie Parker‑Myers 12 months ago:

Inside Everton FC's new 'must play' stadium

Amid a boom in stadium concerts, Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool has announced plans to compete for A-list music artists...

www.iqmagazine.com

Interesting to hear her say that the club are looking to "remove tribalism" from the stadium and market it as a city-event centre...anyone saying stuff like that should be sacked on the spot.

Ah I recall that article now.

The key point;

“For concerts, we’ll be able to host between 45,000 and 48,000 fans,”

As I said before, 62,000 was at Anfield for Taylor Swift.

Now, check out the cost of a ticket and do the maths and imagine you're a promoter.

Little wonder they're talking up the use of the outside space.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Re holding a trump card to attract major musical acts: here's Everton FC’s head of events Suzie Parker‑Myers 12 months ago:

Inside Everton FC's new 'must play' stadium

Amid a boom in stadium concerts, Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool has announced plans to compete for A-list music artists...

www.iqmagazine.com

Interesting to hear her say that the club are looking to "remove tribalism" from the stadium and market it as a city-event centre...anyone saying stuff like that should be sacked on the spot.

“We’ve been engaging supporters on what they want from this stadium since 2016, so there’s a sense of ownership over it,” adds Parker-Myers.
“We didn’t brand that consultation as Everton. This was a stadium for the city of Liverpool and it was about removing the tribalism that football brings.”

Certainly feels like a bit of revisionism here, it’s even a pretty contradictory statement tbh. All the consultation I recall was very much EFC orientated and I’m pretty certain if there was an option in to reduce the tribalism at the stadium there would have been outrage at the thought of it
She must be a Kopite.