New Everton Stadium

[tommye]

So it’s 6 months behind schedule? Ace.

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[Tom Hughes]

We will be testing transport and access/egress infrastructure as well as the stadium itself. Spurs were using tried and tested infrastructure that had also been improved. That might account for some of the delays... Perhaps anticipation of construction/financial delays too.

 

[MikeH72]

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Thought it was meant to be handed over in December. Now apparently they’ll only have the test events completed with 2-3 games of next season left. That doesn’t add up.

 

[MikeH72]

Everton get the keys in just over a years time

You’ve then got to get season tickets situated, train staff in all the new stadium procedures, have run throughs of those before you allow people in, make sure all the staff moving into the building have everything they need, train bar staff etc

All that sort of stuff before you even have a test event with peoples.

The test events can be done quickly, sure, but it’s a long process getting there. Spurs were doing these with the stadium still having last minute touch ups but it’s not comparable because they were on the hook for rent at Wembley

Nah, this should all be ongoing now. That doesn’t take 6 months anyway.

 

[Connor]

Nah, this should all be ongoing now. That doesn’t take 6 months anyway.

Nope.

They change procedures at Goodison every few weeks - I have mates who are stewards, they have regular changes - so they can't exactly start planning and running through those for a stadium that is 12 months away from move in

 

[MikeH72]

Nope.

They change procedures at Goodison every few weeks - I have mates who are stewards, they have regular changes - so they can't exactly start planning and running through those for a stadium that is 12 months away from move in

They can take bar staff to a pub though and show them how to pour a pint and make a martini. They can provide office equipment for someone to put in a bag and move into a new office. They can provide a virtual seat viewing system to allow people to choose their seats.

I’m not buying it takes 6 months to train some stewards.

 

[Blue Willy]

How long does it take to train someone to hand over a warm lager in a split plastic glass, or to heat a Balti Pie up so that its hotter than the surface of the sun.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Nope.

They change procedures at Goodison every few weeks - I have mates who are stewards, they have regular changes - so they can't exactly start planning and running through those for a stadium that is 12 months away from move in

That’s makes no sense. You’re saying the reason for the delay is because of the training but it needs to repeated all the time because it goes out of date?

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

How long does it take to train someone to hand over a warm lager in a split plastic glass, or to heat a Balti Pie up so that it’s hotter than the surface of the sun.

Exactly, do people working at the Open receive training for 6 months beforehand?

 

[Tim UpperBullen]

We could have done. Just not on the docks or with the design of BMD.

I assume we could quite easily have made the East & West sides bigger, and then made the gaps between the seats finishing and the roof larger in the North & South stands. Anyway they haven't. Tough on those who otherwise would have had tickets

 

[Blue Willy]

Would imagine theyve still factored in an upgrade option for a few more thousand seats in the future. When its regularly full and theres still thousands of season ticket requests, we will do it right - unlike Letterbox Analfield.

 

[maccavennie]

So it’s 6 months behind schedule? Ace.

Pitch doesn't fit so just trying to work out what to do with the stadium.

We'll all get an email from the club this week where we get to vote what we'd like it to be used for

I'm going to vote for an outdoor swimming pool

 

[roydo]

I assume we could quite easily have made the East & West sides bigger, and then made the gaps between the seats finishing and the roof larger in the North & South stands. Anyway they haven't. Tough on those who otherwise would have had tickets

Oh from an architecture point of view, no issue. But compromises had to be made with a combination of economics and to a degree, the heritage dudes.

 

[Noggsy blue]

Everton get the keys in just over a years time

You’ve then got to get season tickets situated, train staff in all the new stadium procedures, have run throughs of those before you allow people in, make sure all the staff moving into the building have everything they need, train bar staff etc

All that sort of stuff before you even have a test event with peoples.

The test events can be done quickly, sure, but it’s a long process getting there. Spurs were doing these with the stadium still having last minute touch ups but it’s not comparable because they were on the hook for rent at Wembley

The test events are concluded before the handover

 

[Noggsy blue]

IMO we should be playing games in BM as soon as we can, totally unacceptable decision from the club and obviously taking the easy option. Problem is there's no leadership, C Chong is basically keeping the ship afloat.
To leave a new built stadium, unused for 1st games for 8+ plus months is ridiculous.
Not to mention the strain it will have on our finances