New Everton Stadium

[Chadder]

I just find it a bit frustrating when people point out what other clubs have done as if it's the same in every case.

Sure because using real life l examples is much more irritating than using unresearched speculation. Praise be to Jesus!

 

[Bullinasia]

So many months have gone by and still no debate. There was a clear indication I thought, perhaps from the Mayor, we'd hear something before the new season kicked off. We've gone past that. Elstone merely repeated his standard AGM script a couple of months back. Anyone ITK on what is happening behind the scenes given the silence?

 

[peteblue]

It's all about football inflation. A new ground costs about £300M, a new player five years ago cost about £3-5M, so it was the equivalent of 100 players. Of course, now players are going for £30M it's only about 10 players. Bill is just waiting for players to be bought and sold for £150M then he'll sell 2 and buy the stadium......simples..........

 

[magicjuan]

Every thing we need is in place, apart from a board that has the ability to pay for it or willingness to step aside...nimps

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

It's a shame we'd have to sell almost our entire squad to have enough for a new stadium.

 

[GwladysBlue]

The Mayor said before summer ends, not before the start of the season.

 

[Pabbers]

We are and have been a new ground away from eating at the Champ League table, for 20 years.

 

[ically]

Better hurry up,it's nearly 8 years since Goodison was failing it's safety certificate.

 

[meagher94]

The Mayor said before summer ends, not before the start of the season.

 

[GwladysBlue]

I stand corrected, I'm sure he said something about things still to 'bloom' before summer ends in a different tweet.

 

[Aberblue]

I stand corrected, I'm sure he said something about things still to 'bloom' before summer ends in a different tweet.

Did he say summer of which year?

 

[Moomin]

Did he say summer of which year?

One in this century he said.

 

[Sapie88]

One in this century he said.

If we're lucky.

 

[mrb85]

It's all about football inflation. A new ground costs about £300M, a new player five years ago cost about £3-5M, so it was the equivalent of 100 players. Of course, now players are going for £30M it's only about 10 players. Bill is just waiting for players to be bought and sold for £150M then he'll sell 2 and buy the stadium......simples..........

Ever stopped to wonder why it costs so much to build stadia in the UK? Wembley stadium £800m!!! You could build a new town for that, never mind a concrete bowl. And this £300m figure often quoted for a new Everton ground, again, why so much? Wasn't Sunderlands ground built for less than £100m? And haven't Rotherham or someone just built a 20,000+ new ground for a total cost of £25m. Now I know we're not comparing like with like with this example, but seriously £300m! Employing 1000 workers for a full year on average wage of £1000 a week would only give a wage bill of £50m. Even doubling that takes us to only £100m...........so £200m on materials etc!........really??? Or is it typically a case of £100m on materials and the other £100m left as profit for everyone from suppliers to designers who got their finger in the pie.

 

[Blue Cheese]