Homepage Update: Waterfront Stadium Is Close

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Waterfront Stadium Is Close

A deal with Everton over a new waterfront stadium is close, with Peel Group saying a "state-of-the art" ground would make the Liverpool waterfront a “visual spectacle”.

Everton is in talks with Peel, who owns Liverpool's northern docklands and is developing it under the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme.

Lindsey Ashworth, development director at Liverpool Waters for Peel said: "We're optimistic we will agree heads of terms to allow a state-of-the-art football stadium at the northern end of the Liverpool Waters. Maybe even Commonwealth Games.

“I cannot say how excited we all are.”

Mr Ashworth told the ECHO: "We're in quite healthy talks with Everton at the moment, so it's not finalised yet. But as Peel and as myself I would love to see a stadium on the waterfront.

"To have this as the anchor at one end of the waterfront, and then you go all the way down towards the ECHO arena... the waterfront would be a visual spectacle.

"So we're pushing forward with it, the council are helping, and I think we'll get to a conclusion. A good one. Hopefully in the near future."

 

[JonS]

I just hope it isn't 99.9999% close....

 

[McBain]

Lets call it the Bonzer Dome

 

[TheFinnFan]

YYYYYEEEEERRRRRSSSSS!!!!

 

[Prevenger17]

Let's call it the SSSNnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaakepit

 

[Bungle]

I wonder how many heads have just popped off in kopite households, the day it's officially announced (assuming we don't balls it up) is going to be an amazing spectacle.

 

[GwladysPhil]

Excellent news, a lot of people assumed Peel were going to be the biggest hurdle.

Just the financial side now as I believe Robert Earnshore said they're trying to find the funding at the AGM.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Keep Bill And Elstone away from these final negotiations at all costs

 

[Verbal Kint]

Refuse to get my hopes up until I sit in a brand new stadium with an unobstructed view. And even the. I won't believe it until we spend 5 years in it.

Everton

 

[peteblue]

Good, another step forward. I expect a few ITK's will shortly be repeating this story as if they were in on it.......

 

[hktoffee]

Good timing so that fans can forget about Lukaku until Saturday.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Great news, certainly cheered me up after Rom, wonder when we will see the design as it sounds like it's done

 

[ijjysmith]

Is the deal as close as the Lukaku contract was?

 

[davek]

There we have it then: "hopefully in the near future".

'kin ell, could they be any more vague than that?

We are miles off.

 

[matty1878]

So it will be Shane long running around in it and not lukaku