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New Everton Stadium

devo85 said:
I can understand the sentiment, I have been going to Goodison since my Dad took me as a 10 year old to my first game against Huddersfield Town in 1971. I had to sit on his shoulders to see anything.

However I am sure the board and Mr M have looked at the options and have come to the conclusion that a redevelopment/rebuilding of Goodison would not be the viable option. Certainly not compared to a waterfront stadium with all it's corporate, merchandising, improved profile/naming rights advantages etc.
I've been supporting this club for 45 years and I have never been this exited about the future of Everton, so we should embrace this future and move on to a new "State of the art" stadium with a design that graces the waterfront.

Our heritage will not be lost, for one thing we could build a fantastic Everton Museum dedicated to the history of the club and built it next to the new stadium.
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I agree on the Goodison footprint. Tottenham can do it (knock down and rebuild) because they're in London, where land anywhere even close to WHL is at a premium and the easier option for the planners/council is to let them redevelop what they have rather than upset the status quo in nearby areas. Brentford, Chelsea etc have all found the same, and West Ham got lucky with the Olympics. Arsenal was different because they spent an absolute fortune when they went for the Emirates (and raised a fortune selling Highbury).
Most clubs outside London have to relocate to the outskirts or at least to available + unwanted land (Bolton, Brighton, Sunderland, Boro...)
Unless we compulsory bought the whole Gladwys Street and Goodison Road a la Kopites, there's no chance.
The other thing is that nowadaysyou have to consult local police. They care about two things: getting them in quickly and getting them out even faster.
Goodison would fail on all modern access/egress standards. Transport + roads are just not up to it (and theyre not at Anfield either btw).
I love Goodison as much as the next man but unless we want to build a same capacity stadium we're gonna have to move.
 
devo85 said:
I can understand the sentiment, I have been going to Goodison since my Dad took me as a 10 year old to my first game against Huddersfield Town in 1971. I had to sit on his shoulders to see anything.

However I am sure the board and Mr M have looked at the options and have come to the conclusion that a redevelopment/rebuilding of Goodison would not be the viable option. Certainly not compared to a waterfront stadium with all it's corporate, merchandising, improved profile/naming rights advantages etc.
I've been supporting this club for 45 years and I have never been this exited about the future of Everton, so we should embrace this future and move on to a new "State of the art" stadium with a design that graces the waterfront.

Our heritage will not be lost, for one thing we could build a fantastic Everton Museum dedicated to the history of the club and built it next to the new stadium.
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PS I love what you did there with 'graces the waterfront' because I do look forward to Liverpool having four graces :)
 
JimEFC said:
I agree on the Goodison footprint. Tottenham can do it (knock down and rebuild) because they're in London, where land anywhere even close to WHL is at a premium and the easier option for the planners/council is to let them redevelop what they have rather than upset the status quo in nearby areas. Brentford, Chelsea etc have all found the same, and West Ham got lucky with the Olympics. Arsenal was different because they spent an absolute fortune when they went for the Emirates (and raised a fortune selling Highbury).
Most clubs outside London have to relocate to the outskirts or at least to available + unwanted land (Bolton, Brighton, Sunderland, Boro...)
Unless we compulsory bought the whole Gladwys Street and Goodison Road a la Kopites, there's no chance.
The other thing is that nowadaysyou have to consult local police. They care about two things: getting them in quickly and getting them out even faster.
Goodison would fail on all modern access/egress standards. Transport + roads are just not up to it (and theyre not at Anfield either btw).
I love Goodison as much as the next man but unless we want to build a same capacity stadium we're gonna have to move.
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Spurs have had to evict a load of small businesses to create space for their new stadium. The consensus on here is that knocking down houses for GP is a no no.
 
The Cowboy said:
Spurs have had to evict a load of small businesses to create space for their new stadium. The consensus on here is that knocking down houses for GP is a no no.
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Yes. That's what I meant by compulsory purchasing Gladwys St and Goodison Road.
Nose - spite - face and all that.

My other hidden point is that for Spurs it's worth it (financially, and worth pissing off the locals) cos the cost of moving to a new patch of London is astronomical (ask Arsenal).

We should never knock down those roads and I'd be ashamed of us if we ever did.
 
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Interesting!
 

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