New Everton Stadium

[Bluesnapper]

If capacity was reduced to 30,000 during the redevelopment it would cost £4-5 million a year in lost revenues. Totally agree on the second point!

Which is why you expand the PE first. You add the capacity before you cut it to redevelop another stand.

 

[The Esk]

Which is why you expand the PE first. You add the capacity before you cut it to redevelop another stand.

Sure I appreciate that is one solution, but there are others such as knocking down the Park End, moving the pitch approximately 10 meters into the Park End to allow for the expansion of the Gwladys Street. It's not unrealistic to assume in the early stages of the development that the capacity might be reduced to around 30,000.

Anyway we all know it is not going to happen with this Board unless they take on investment.

 

[Bluesnapper]

Anyway we all know it is going to happen with this Board unless they take on investment.

Some dont.

 

[roydo]

Still think my pension funding idea has legs.

pfft.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

TH is an engineer.

TS is an architect and urban designer as well as other attributes.

Tbh I'm a bit lost here Bluesnapper, TH didn't design the proposed redevelopment of GP? But TS (?) did and TH takes the credit?

 

[MickA]

Is his GP partner an architect?

This lot are but feel free to call them and check their credentials...........

http://toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/gfe/

https://www.architecture.com/FindAn...ardMchughAssociates/WardMchughAssociates.aspx

 

[The Esk]

Just an observation, I noticed we have not sold out our hospitality seats for the Chelsea game. OK appreciate with it being an early kick off that does not suit everyone but it certainly focuses the mind on our ability to sell an extra couple of thousand hospitality seats each game in a new stadium....

 

[marty mcfly]

These are the Tom Hughes "KEIOC" proposals first put forward 6 years ago:

http://toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/Redeveloped_Goodison_Park.pdf (download of pdf)

I have never seen any costings for these proposals, I am aware of a figure of £100 million which was suggested in the summer. To me that appears a very low figure when other stadia refurbishments are compared.

Whether it is £100 million or more is largely academic without the funding by investment not debt.

It does look very nice that design.

 

[marty mcfly]

Liverpools 1 new stand has been costed at roughly the same amount as that whole new redevelopment, it's pie in the sky mate.

I think that's the problem isn't it. It's a matter of trust and without there being any trust for anyone we tend to just go with our gut. My gut tells me redeveloping Goodison wouldn't be cost effective and it also doesn't have the footprint.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Just an observation, I noticed we have not sold out our hospitality seats for the Chelsea game. OK appreciate with it being an early kick off that does not suit everyone but it certainly focuses the mind on our ability to sell an extra couple of thousand hospitality seats each game in a new stadium....

Looks like they "sold out", and have created a one off package?

 

[The Esk]

Looks like they "sold out", and have created a one off package?

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Interesting as I got someone to phone yesterday and there was still availability.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

This lot are but feel free to call them and check their credentials...........

http://toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/gfe/

https://www.architecture.com/FindAn...ardMchughAssociates/WardMchughAssociates.aspx

Thanks, a link to a feasibility study from the last millennium that bears no resemblance to the design dreamt up by a guy who's mate is an architect.

 

[MickA]

Thanks, a link to a feasibility study from the last millennium that bears no resemblance to the design dreamt up by a guy who's mate is an architect.

Sound mate, keep clapping......

 

[Woolly Blue]

Interesting as I got someone to phone yesterday and there was still availability.

Availability's limited for the full "in stadium" hospitality with just the one that Danny's highlighted. The Hilton based hospitality, where they bus folk up to the ground from, that the club had to introduce last ( ? ) season because they often sold out of the less expensive hospitality is also still available.

On the whole, over at least the last season I'd say it's been demonstrated that for a lot of games, we could sell more hospitality seats if facilities of a decent standard where there.

How many more seats and at what price is anyone's guess.

 

[The Esk]

How many more seats and at what price is anyone's guess.

Yes, I would like to see the projections on how many and how much!

Following the completion of the stadium development at Anfield they are expecting to sell over 8,000 "hospitality" seats at an average of £225 per match which will generate £34 million just in hospitality sales a season.

Our total gate receipts last season by comparison were £19 million plus £3.3 million in other commercial activities - some of which (if not all) will be hospitality sales.