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kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
I like the final paragraph.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...on-stadium-opinion-docks-opportunity-11375038
Everton stadium opinion: Why docks is the opportunity Blues can't miss again
An artist's impression of how Liverpool Waters was first planned to look, left, and an aerial view of the North Docks area, one of the two possible sites for a new Everton stadium
It's 13 years since Everton's vivid but all-too brief Kings Dock dream died.
The ensuing passage of time has been every bit as unlucky as that superstitious number suggests when it comes to the club's search for a new ground.
And yet - as one door closed recently, another opened. With the predictable news that Walton Hall Park will not happen, came the admission that two sites remain under consideration.
Reading between the lines of what we know; one of those options, Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth, is clearly easier and cheaper.
Easier for the council and Mayor Joe Anderson to factor into a deal, and simpler in terms of development and delivery.
But striving for the best in any challenge is rarely the easy way.
After more than a decade of being haunted by those images of a new home on the Banks of the Royal Blue Mersey, Everton fans have been given a tantalising prospect of a second chance.
The proposed image of Everton's doomed King's Dock stadium
More than 85% voted that as their preference in an Echo poll last week.
They were voting with their hearts, and their heads. Because while some were swayed by the certainty that a dock-side backdrop wins hands down over a nondescript patch of ground near the East Lancs, perhaps they too realise the full potential.
Andrew Teebay
The Stonebridge Cross site
A new ground in the North Docks, amidst an area Peel insist they are still intent of turning into a dazzling part of the city, would say everything about Everton's ambition.
In brand terms, Liverpool have an enormous advantage over the Blues simply by sharing the city's name.
Global neutrals associate Liverpool the city - the Beatles, pop music, the Liver Birds - with the club that plays its football across Stanley Park.
Building work continues on the main stand at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium..as seen from Goodison Park
As the Reds progress impressively with their redevelopment of Anfield, no doubt they are intent on strengthening that stranglehold.
Their rapidly erected new Main stand already looms large over the Walton and Anfield skyline.
But if Everton were to secure themselves a place on one of the world's most iconic vistas; that stunning Liverpool water-front, they could score a rare gazumping over their neighbours.
It would announce Everton to the world again.
If the artist impressions of Kirkby were slick, there was no escaping that they were for a ground which relied on subsidy from supermarket development outside the city.
The proposed 50,000 capacity stadium Everton hoped to build in Kirkby
Emotionally it would have felt like surrendering the city to Liverpool for some.
Walton Hall Park was altogether a more attractive prospect, but that has gone. Everton must file Stonebridge Cross, for all the logistical boxes it may tick, as an also-ran.
A new stadium there won't be one iota as compelling or potentially as attractive to naming rights partners or corporate clients as one with the Mersey behind it and Peel's skyscrapers book-ending its majesty.
The North Docks, Stonebridge Cross and Mayor Anderson
Everton have a chance to indelibly shift their brand from the humble People's Club to one recognisable in world football for the spectacular location of their ground.
It won't be easy.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...on-stadium-opinion-docks-opportunity-11375038
Everton stadium opinion: Why docks is the opportunity Blues can't miss again
- 19:00, 23 MAY 2016
- BY GREG O’KEEFFE
An artist's impression of how Liverpool Waters was first planned to look, left, and an aerial view of the North Docks area, one of the two possible sites for a new Everton stadium
It's 13 years since Everton's vivid but all-too brief Kings Dock dream died.
The ensuing passage of time has been every bit as unlucky as that superstitious number suggests when it comes to the club's search for a new ground.
And yet - as one door closed recently, another opened. With the predictable news that Walton Hall Park will not happen, came the admission that two sites remain under consideration.
Reading between the lines of what we know; one of those options, Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth, is clearly easier and cheaper.
Easier for the council and Mayor Joe Anderson to factor into a deal, and simpler in terms of development and delivery.
But striving for the best in any challenge is rarely the easy way.
After more than a decade of being haunted by those images of a new home on the Banks of the Royal Blue Mersey, Everton fans have been given a tantalising prospect of a second chance.
The proposed image of Everton's doomed King's Dock stadium
More than 85% voted that as their preference in an Echo poll last week.
They were voting with their hearts, and their heads. Because while some were swayed by the certainty that a dock-side backdrop wins hands down over a nondescript patch of ground near the East Lancs, perhaps they too realise the full potential.
Andrew Teebay
The Stonebridge Cross site
A new ground in the North Docks, amidst an area Peel insist they are still intent of turning into a dazzling part of the city, would say everything about Everton's ambition.
In brand terms, Liverpool have an enormous advantage over the Blues simply by sharing the city's name.
Global neutrals associate Liverpool the city - the Beatles, pop music, the Liver Birds - with the club that plays its football across Stanley Park.
Building work continues on the main stand at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium..as seen from Goodison Park
As the Reds progress impressively with their redevelopment of Anfield, no doubt they are intent on strengthening that stranglehold.
Their rapidly erected new Main stand already looms large over the Walton and Anfield skyline.
But if Everton were to secure themselves a place on one of the world's most iconic vistas; that stunning Liverpool water-front, they could score a rare gazumping over their neighbours.
It would announce Everton to the world again.
If the artist impressions of Kirkby were slick, there was no escaping that they were for a ground which relied on subsidy from supermarket development outside the city.
The proposed 50,000 capacity stadium Everton hoped to build in Kirkby
Emotionally it would have felt like surrendering the city to Liverpool for some.
Walton Hall Park was altogether a more attractive prospect, but that has gone. Everton must file Stonebridge Cross, for all the logistical boxes it may tick, as an also-ran.
A new stadium there won't be one iota as compelling or potentially as attractive to naming rights partners or corporate clients as one with the Mersey behind it and Peel's skyscrapers book-ending its majesty.
The North Docks, Stonebridge Cross and Mayor Anderson
Everton have a chance to indelibly shift their brand from the humble People's Club to one recognisable in world football for the spectacular location of their ground.
It won't be easy.
TheFinnFan
Finners
Anderson will have to offer something special to Everton if it suddenly starts to seem like the docks could happend...just watch he'll be like "hey everton I promise to build railway connection to SC and sell that land at half price ok!???"
Onwards Evertonians
Player Valuation: £8m
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
Make it happen Mosh.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
With respect, £100 million for a ten-year deal is (imo) out of the question.
A more realistic and achievable figure would be £3-5 million a year tops...
The dark empire is crumbling and old hall street has found it,s voice.
wainy
Player Valuation: £35m
Most welcome as well. Lovely to see the media try and apply some pressure to the club.
Onwards Evertonians
Player Valuation: £8m
That's why I posted the article, the Echo seem to be pushing for a stadium on the waterfront, the content is not important, it's applying pressure to the right people to make the right decision.
wainy
Player Valuation: £35m
Couldn't agree more. This really will be a defining moment in our history seeing as it is clear we have the cash to progress without sticking a giant supermarket on the side now. The waterfront says Everton are back and mean business, Stonebridge Cross, well...
Gardocki
Player Valuation: £8m
New stadium location. Will it be in the docklands, or Croxteth?
New stadium design. Will it be iconic, or a bit ordinary?
Will we be playing in a 45,000 stadium, a 50,000 stadium or a 55,000 stadium? Will there be room to expand?
Who will Everton's manager be? Could we potentially have one of Europe's top managers on the sideline?
How much money will we actually have to spend on players?
Will Moshiri attract other investors to bring even more financial clout to the club?
Will the potential new era persuade Stones and potentially Lukaku to stay? (unlikely with Lukaku)
How the hell are we supposed to concentrate on work when there are so many unknowns? Its exciting times, but I'm not sure I have the patience to wait for the answers to be revealed.
New stadium design. Will it be iconic, or a bit ordinary?
Will we be playing in a 45,000 stadium, a 50,000 stadium or a 55,000 stadium? Will there be room to expand?
Who will Everton's manager be? Could we potentially have one of Europe's top managers on the sideline?
How much money will we actually have to spend on players?
Will Moshiri attract other investors to bring even more financial clout to the club?
Will the potential new era persuade Stones and potentially Lukaku to stay? (unlikely with Lukaku)
How the hell are we supposed to concentrate on work when there are so many unknowns? Its exciting times, but I'm not sure I have the patience to wait for the answers to be revealed.
