New Everton Stadium

[Kendall's Dream]

New stadium is a pipe dream.

Redevelop Goodison.

Spot on. Best thing for the club is to buy land around the stadium. Liverpool ruined parts of Anfield and arguably decreased property price to get the land for cheaper. Clever but sly tactic. We're sitting on some profits (I think) and have the biggest TV deal coming in, this is our chance to actually do something. If it's not now, it won't ever happen under this board imo.

 

[nil satis]

First post was a pop at anyone criticising Kenwright...

Fact of the matter is - no stadium capacity increase = DAMAGE TO THE CLUB.

Our rivals are making progress.

We are sitting around unwilling to take a 'risk'.

Its a joke. In the real world you have to take a risk to get anywhere. That ECHO article and Elstone's comments are highly offensive as they are simply not true.

No one is stupid here. The TV money influxing into the club now and the next one is only increasing. Yet Elstone's talking like we're idiots.


*PS. Anyone on here including @davek will know I'm no Kenwright critic by default. I do tell people whats coming in football. Aston Villa being a case in point due to their finances. What I've read tonight re: Everton from our CEO is utterly inexcusable.

Hang on the inference there was about some sort of conspiracy theory because I have different opinions from you. Its a forum get over it.
Outside of this forum I have never heard anyone criticise him. I would love a rich Arab to buy us out, but its highly unlikely, and you know what making decisions in the real world is much harder than simply criticising.

 

[Moomin]

Let's just be grateful for Goodison Park eh, for all we know Walton Hall Park could have been the site of satanic worship many hundreds of years ago.

Let's praise Bill for not making us another Portsmouth or building a new ground on land tainted with evil.

Hip hip hooray

 

[davek]

A £120M p.a. business and set to grow further with more tv cash pouring in. Cant upgrade an existing stadium and they have the begging bowl out for a new one...after 15 years of being in charge and with hundreds of millions flowing through their hands.

How can that be right or tolerated? How much longer can they get away with that?

How isn't this the biggest scandal in English football?

 

[sageyefc]

Hang on the inference there was about some sort of conspiracy theory because I have different opinions from you. Its a forum get over it.
Outside of this forum I have never heard anyone criticise him. I would love a rich Arab to buy us out, but its highly unlikely, and you know what making decisions in the real world is much harder than simply criticising.

Finding a rich arab is all but a pipe dream, what isnt is hiring competent, clever individuals or an individual who'll make full use of the crazy amount of money thats flooding in and someone who can go out and negotiate new sponsorship and commercial deals, and have a clear way of taking us forward

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

I just don't believe we can't rebuild the Park End and Goodison Road to increase capacity. I know the footprint is only so big, but I'm confident a rebuild of these stands could get the ground to 50k.

 

[Moomin]

I just don't believe we can't rebuild the Park End and Goodison Road to increase capacity. I know the footprint is only so big, but I'm confident a rebuild of these stands could get the ground to 50k.

They can't afford to do it, we are too busy begging to the council to build us a new stadium.

 

[jinkyali]

My personal opinion...

Got Doogan all over this. When have Everton programme notes ever been released in the echo?

I expect us to fund our part through player sales.

 

[bizzaro]

A £120M p.a. business and set to grow further with more tv cash pouring in. Cant upgrade an existing stadium and they have the begging bowl out for a new one...after 15 years of being in charge and with hundreds of millions flowing through their hands.

How can that be right or tolerated? How much longer can they get away with that?

How isn't this the biggest scandal in English football?

You're right Dave. Its not tolerable.

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

They can't afford to do it, we are too busy begging to the council to build us a new stadium.

The council will give us the land for free, but we still need an investor to pay for the construction, which if we do manage to find will be a cheap and nasty stadium. We are better off just rebuilding bit by bit, at least we control the design that way.

 

[Moomin]

The council will give us the land for free, but we still need an investor to pay for the construction, which if we do manage to find will be a cheap and nasty stadium. We are better off just rebuilding bit by bit, at least we control the design that way.

Don't think we can afford to that. The Kirkby Stadium was a design and build job by Barr. Cheap and nasty to say the least

 

[KevMirallas]

I'd like Elstone to elaborate as to why it is automatically so much more difficult for us to build a stadium compared to all the other middling clubs who have achieved it. He makes that claim with such a matter-of-factness that it's almost as if he is directly referring to the board's incompetence.

 

[Kendall's Dream]

A £120M p.a. business and set to grow further with more tv cash pouring in. Cant upgrade an existing stadium and they have the begging bowl out for a new one...after 15 years of being in charge and with hundreds of millions flowing through their hands.

How can that be right or tolerated? How much longer can they get away with that?

How isn't this the biggest scandal in English football?

It would be great seeing you in a room with Kenwright, Elstone and co. (If that ever happens..)

 

[rochdaleblue]

It pains me to see the redevelopment of villa park. Aston villa is a big club in many peoples eyes but not as big a club as everton. They have arguably had similar 'success' throughout the sky era so turnover wise they must be in a similar position to ourselves. But that's where the similarities end. In the same period they have redeveloped the ground stylishly, unlike some other clubs it doesn't resemble a concrete soulless bowl. There are other examples of teams who have relocated or expanded their stadia but I think villa is an example of what could be done at everton with a little foresight.

 

[bizzaro]

I'd like Elstone to elaborate as to why it is automatically so much more difficult for us to build a stadium compared to all the other middling clubs who have achieved it. He makes that claim with such a matter-of-factness that it's almost as if he is directly referring to the board's incompetence.

See my earlier post: what planet do they think we are on?

Elstone said that 'the challenges ... in building a new stadium are different to other top flight clubs, who have successfully pursued their own lucrative moves from their original grounds.'

No Robert. They aren't.

He's fooling no one. Some of us run successful businesses and know the difference in truth and reality as opposed to absolute drivel.

Livid here reading that ECHO article. He's pretty much said we're a [Poor language removed] club. In not so many words.

@davek