New Everton Stadium

[nikom court]

The CG is a complete red herring and has nothing to do with Everton's plans for our own stadium.

There are no compromises - all that has been said is that the stadium could be used in any successful bid. That could be for the opening ceremony rather than as an athletics stadium for example.

A formal bid for the CG does not have to be made before March 2018 and as Anderson has already stated is heavily dependent upon central Government funding.

Given the reliance on government funding and the timing plus the view that our stadium will not be compromised, no one should be in any way concerned.

Hope you are right but ill believe it when I see it,seen to many false dawns before,city of Manchester stadium is magnificent and shows what could be achieved,as a side note the old car park next to the park end is up for sale,I thought the club had bought this land,obviously not.

 

[balggy]

The only thing I have heard regarding the Commonwealth Games has been from Joe Anderson. He seems to have been making a lot more noise than anyone else about it.

It will be intersting to see whether Steve Rotherham supports a bid because in all likelihood he will be the Mayor of the city region.

 

[Toffeelover]

The CG is a complete red herring and has nothing to do with Everton's plans for our own stadium.

There are no compromises - all that has been said is that the stadium could be used in any successful bid. That could be for the opening ceremony rather than as an athletics stadium for example.

A formal bid for the CG does not have to be made before March 2018 and as Anderson has already stated is heavily dependent upon central Government funding.

Given the reliance on government funding and the timing plus the view that our stadium will not be compromised, no one should be in any way concerned.

A touch of commonsense, hooray.

 

[TheKoeman]

@The Esk hiya mate...any news on the new stadium?

Any announcement due?

 

[Jeff Jones]

If we're going to have a modern, purpose built football stadium, there shouldn't be any requirements or compromises which
could be in place for a Commonwealth Games stadium.

An athletics track must be in the main stadium and that's potentially a serious problem. And that's just one.

 

[TheFinnFan]

If we're going to have a modern, purpose built football stadium, there shouldn't be any requirements or compromises which
could be in place for a Commonwealth Games stadium.

An athletics track must be in the main stadium and that's potentially a serious problem. And that's just one.

CG has supposedly nothing to do with our stadium plans.

 

[The Cowboy]

Hope you are right but ill believe it when I see it,seen to many false dawns before,city of Manchester stadium is magnificent and shows what could be achieved,as a side note the old car park next to the park end is up for sale,I thought the club had bought this land,obviously not.

Looking at this picture, if only the club could acquire about 20 of those houses opposite the Bullens, and that car park above it, by rotating the pitch slightly so that the main stand could run parallel to Goodison Road, shifting the pitch up a bit into the space behind the Park End, and pushing the Bullens Rd stand out into the acquired houses space, you could easily use the existing Goodison Park land to build a new stadium.

That bloody church is an irritating obstacle, mind. Would make it a whole lot easier if that wasn't there. Be a shame if something should happen to it.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

About 4-5 years ago, Everton commissioned architects and stadium designers to cost out a stadium rotation and enlarged footprint and it came out at something like £500m for a 45k capacity. Now perhaps they offered up the conclusion that the club wanted to hear but the constraints of the school, church and closely adjacent properties will never go away.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Looking at this picture, if only the club could acquire about 20 of those houses opposite the Bullens, and that car park above it, by rotating the pitch slightly so that the main stand could run parallel to Goodison Road, shifting the pitch up a bit into the space behind the Park End, and pushing the Bullens Rd stand out into the acquired houses space, you could easily use the existing Goodison Park land to build a new stadium.

That bloody church is an irritating obstacle, mind. Would make it a whole lot easier if that wasn't there. Be a shame if something should happen to it.

Goodison is ace

 

[Toffeelover]

Looking at this picture, if only the club could acquire about 20 of those houses opposite the Bullens, and that car park above it, by rotating the pitch slightly so that the main stand could run parallel to Goodison Road, shifting the pitch up a bit into the space behind the Park End, and pushing the Bullens Rd stand out into the acquired houses space, you could easily use the existing Goodison Park land to build a new stadium.

That bloody church is an irritating obstacle, mind. Would make it a whole lot easier if that wasn't there. Be a shame if something should happen to it.

Think it cheaper and easier to move to the docks as Toffeedoug has also pointed out.

 

[Toffeelover]

Goodison is ace

Wrong participle - was ace. Not really fit for purpose if one is realistic.

 

[toffee66]

If the people who made Goodison the best of its time were in charge today they would take one look at it, one look at what is now possible and build something totally different, almost certainly somewhere different. As fans we have an emotional attachment but the ambition that once drove the club to have the best ground in the country would not be moved by the romantic sentimentalism. We have to do what is right for the future, not cling to the past.

 

[tommye]

If, and that's a big if, the city wins a CG bid any athletics facilities will be built next to, or near to, the existing top level athletics and swimming facilities already in place at Wavertree.

 

[Jeff Jones]

CG has supposedly nothing to do with our stadium plans.

Good!

 

[The Cowboy]

If the people who made Goodison the best of its time were in charge today they would take one look at it, one look at what is now possible and build something totally different, almost certainly somewhere different. As fans we have an emotional attachment but the ambition that once drove the club to have the best ground in the country would not be moved by the romantic sentimentalism. We have to do what is right for the future, not cling to the past.

Who said anything about romantic sentimentalism? We own Goodison, and there's nowt wrong with seeing what is possible with the site.