New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[Exeter_Gently]

Supposedly Budweiser

No....please....no.

On the picture of the bars there seems to be a number of taps.

Hopefully there is a decent selection.

Wishing thinking hoping I get German lager and IPA's but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I want the pies to not be the same temperature as the sun.
I value the skin on the roof of my mouth.

Nothing worse than being starving at the ground and getting a pie, then having to wait till half time for it to be cool enough to eat!

 

[Exeter_Gently]

I want the pies to not be the same temperature as the sun.
I value the skin on the roof of my mouth.

Aramark who'll be providing the catering do bits for US sports teams so they'll more than likely know what they're doing.

 

[JLW]

Nothing worse than being starving at the ground and getting a pie, then having to wait till half time for it to be cool enough to eat!

My first swig of a pint then am starving, get a pie and theres that much steam coming out my mouth it looks like am vaping.

 

[toffeeblue9]

No....please....no.

On the picture of the bars there seems to be a number of taps.

Hopefully there is a decent selection.

Wishing thinking hoping I get German lager and IPA's but we'll have to wait and see.

Sadly that's not how these things tend to work - they'll give the contract to a big company and you'll have a choice of whatever brands they brew/distribute

Beck's and Stella were the other options, but seems likely they've settled on Bud, San Miguel and Corona

 

[MikeyMike]

I've been informed by an ITK that there will be a selection of champagnes on tap in the Club View section. Pies will be a choice of smoked salmon or caviar.

 

[James Patrick]

Aramark who'll be providing the catering do bits for US sports teams so they'll more than likely know what they're doing.

A very naive take.

 

[Azza]

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That is wholely inaccurate. davek wears the tightest lycra when out on his bicycle.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Sadly that's not how these things tend to work - they'll give the contract to a big company and you'll have a choice of whatever brands they brew/distribute

Beck's and Stella were the other options, but seems likely they've settled on Bud, San Miguel and Corona

Diabolical lager... suppose it is what it is.

I used to run boozers so I get the jist of how it works,I was more hoping against hope It wouldn't be the usual suspects.

Suppose a Corona top will have to do, it just means it will limit the time I'll spend there after the match drinking.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

A very naive take.

I know it is.

 

[wearethefamousefc]

Yeah, a lot hinges on this.

The parking situation is going to be a nightmare - your logical starting point before any conversation in it is that because the stadium is situated on the banks of the river, there is 50% less surrounding land to park on vs Goodison.

That's problematic in itself, then you add 30% to the existing capacity of Goodison and you've already got a significant problem

Goodison, being about as well-established as it gets, has had decades for parking to evolve into the situation we have now

So driving to the new stadium is going to be a real, real problem - and that's before you get into the conversation about the road network to actually reach the site

Having said that, this isn't unusual - there are lots and lots of stadiums in this country and around Europe where the situation is similar, however they pretty much all have the same thing in common - public transport is scaled up for match days. I was in Mainz last weekend and they're a great example of how this has been managed. I was in Schalke last year and ditto.

Sandhills station and whatever bus services are laid on will be the route that most people opt for - this will be ok if the situation is managed well. Lots of extra trains are going to be required, because the use of Sandhills will increase by a huge amount vs the traffic that it sees on Goodison and Anfield match days currently.

Essentially it's going to be a watching brief on this - my early thoughts are that I'm going to tweak my match day routine and hang around for a couple of pints after the game to let the worst of the queues at Sandhills die down - the cynic in me says that Everton aren't going to be devastated by that

Sandhills is going to be chaos

The island platform is completely unsuitable... Ideally you'd queue people separately for North/South direction of travel. The queues due south will be huge but much less in the other direction. Therefore they'll will have to make it one direction of travel only before and after the match I'd imagine, otherwise it's one queue for both or people switching

There's land on both sides of the track. North/south only platforms can be built if the will and the money is there

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Sandhills is going to be chaos

The island platform is completely unsuitable... Ideally you'd queue people separately for North/South direction of travel. The queues due south will be huge but much less in the other direction. Therefore they'll will have to make it one direction of travel only before and after the match I'd imagine, otherwise it's one queue for both or people switching

There's land on both sides of the track. North/south only platforms can be built if the will and the money is there

Do think the will and money thing only tends to happen once someone god forbid is hurt or killed?

 

[toffeeblue9]

Sandhills is going to be chaos

The island platform is completely unsuitable... Ideally you'd queue people separately for North/South direction of travel. The queues due south will be huge but much less in the other direction. Therefore they'll will have to make it one direction of travel only before and after the match I'd imagine, otherwise it's one queue for both or people switching

There's land on both sides of the track. North/south only platforms can be built if the will and the money is there

Yeah, I'm not very optimistic that what they've put in is going to be sufficient. I tend to think they have underestimated the demand at Sandhills and that it won't be long into the new season before we see headlines in the Echo about the chaos there, but we shall see.

 

[James Patrick]

Sandhills is going to be chaos

The island platform is completely unsuitable... Ideally you'd queue people separately for North/South direction of travel. The queues due south will be huge but much less in the other direction. Therefore they'll will have to make it one direction of travel only before and after the match I'd imagine, otherwise it's one queue for both or people switching

There's land on both sides of the track. North/south only platforms can be built if the will and the money is there

I'd envisage anyone fit and able travelling south/wirral will walk into town. Sandhills is a 15 minute walk plus then with your queuing/travelling time you'd probably be at Moorfields/James St before you board a train at Sandhills.

 

[dockroad]

The queuing for trains in rain will ve a disaster after all the years they had to plan it. Can only hope mersey rail put on more services to help with the queues but they haven't for games.at goodison even when limited services are running.

I come in from Maghull North ,the last couple of Sunday games they have put on one extra train to Ormskirk which eases the crush . Sandhills is going to be overwhelmed and I don't see any scope for extra trains in the weekday timetable especially into town . Longer trains would help but it will be quicker to walk into town if able to. Or stay for a bevvy if not. .