New Everton Stadium

[ALANSTUBBS]

...nobody in the Council works after 5pm, they're all out of the office by 4pm. If big Joe's announcement is at 5pm I reckon it's a recorded message.

Good job it's not a Friday, people in the council leave at 12:00 mid sentence.

 

[EFC78]

Apparently we don't sell out our ground actually. 'Arsenal and Man City' style sell outs because plenty of empty seats have been seen.

Bitter 1:

'I really don't see how that slime ball Anderson can convince a cash strapped council that's making cuts to the bone to services across the board the they should fund a 60-80000 seater stadium unless these 2 base criteria are met.....
1- they sell out every home game and have waiting lists for season tickets.
2-they regularly finish in the top 4 which brings in more games and revenue.

It's a no on both counts so there's no way they can agree it no matter how Hard Anderson spins the Snake Oil hard sell.'

Bitter 2:

'They haven't mate, they offer the tickets on matchday, case in point my brother who's a blue bought his on matchday against west Brom 2 Saturday's ago and could pretty much pick were he sat with his father in law.'

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/02/28/west-brom-sold-out

lol

 

[royalblue66]

...nobody in the Council works after 5pm, they're all out of the office by 4pm. If big Joe's announcement is at 5pm I reckon it's a recorded message.

Like the speaking clock ?

 

[Eggs]

Like the speaking clock ?

...exactly.

 

[jimmythenut]

Once the land has been acquired can work commence on site...Filling in the dock/land prep work?

Or does the whole project need the green light before we start?

 

[Neiler]

We await detail on who pays what to whom. It's great that things are taking shape and there appears to be harmony and now partnership with the local state we've been bumping heads with for so long. But when the dust settles on this apparent funding package a number of major issues are going to emerge, and we better be ready for them:

1/ The inevitable furore over a city council that has made £400M worth of cuts exposing itself to almost as much again for the sake of a privately owned football club.
2/ (relatedly) The spotlight will fall on Moshiri as a very wealthy man fire-walling himself from any financial fall out if it all went wrong and leaving public institutions with the onerous task of paying back banks.
3/ (again relatedly) The impact on the club given the massive amount of borrowing if it should fail and its inability to pay back the debt without losing its home - or control over it (see Coventry a few years back when they ended up as tenants and eventually turfed out).
4/ The very real probability, given the points above, of opposition and an inquiry (and, regardless of Anderson's clout, the possibility of objections at council level).
5/ The figure of £350M looks like rock bottom and over the course of the project, should it go forward, WILL rise again and again - thus multiplying the dangers of other points made so far.


Today and the announced plan = easy bit.
Tomorrow - the firestorm of awkward questions and publicity.

If all that been reported comes to pass, i very much expect the above. Those of us long in the tooth to remember DK and KD, know that this isnt going to be an easy ride.

Personally i have concern if there is an inquiry that the basically the same board of management are in place that conducted the last process which cost the club 10s of millions in fees and legal bills.

If in some way we could mobilise the fan-base as a lobbying group like an anti BU or KEIOC, to support the project it and counter lobby it would be a savy move.

 

[Kenshin]

No new stadium could be complete without having the Riquelme Chip shop built nearby for all our transfer rumors to be about.

 

[The binman chronicles]

But wait...15/0 Esk...

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Funny title. Now i like theesk but i also like WRD1878, but which ones best? there is only one way to find out:

 

[navidson]

No new stadium could be complete without having the Riquelme Chip shop built nearby for all our transfer rumors to be about.

Maybe the announcement will be about the Blue Plaque going up at the West Derby Cashpoint?

 

[The_La]

I don't know specifically who is giving what announcement when tbh other than it's today.
Suffice to say my information has not come from the Everton end of things - so WRD could be spot on in saying that Everton themselves may not make an announcement.

 

[Petit]

Has there been any press conference scheduled or what is all the excitement about?

The Echo is calling this 'Bramley Moore announcement day' but I haven't seen anything official from the club.

Is this all still based on Joe Andersons tweet??

 

[dinverro]

A mate of mine that works for a leading paper said he has seen the brief. Running around 12 today.

 

[GwladysPhil]

Has there been any press conference scheduled or what is all the excitement about?

The Echo is calling this 'Bramley Moore announcement day' but I haven't seen anything official from the club.

Is this all still based on Joe Andersons tweet??

I don't think the club would let the Echo run its mouth like it has if there isn't going to be one.

 

[ijjysmith]

Nobody's arsed

Hmmm

 

[ggooggooggoo]

A mate of mine that works for a leading paper said he has seen the brief. Running around 12 today.

who goes jogging when all this is kicking off?