New Everton Stadium

[Milkman]

Why you talking Wiz dave?

I'm with Dave here. It ain't going to win any architecture prizes, but it's still pretty jaw dropping all the same

 

[jonnyboy316]

Futuristic roof / 19th century warehouse base.

I blame no one at Everton or even that idiot Meis. I blame Historic England and the UNESCO luddites.

Ok see where you are coming from. You would rather that they went the whole hog with a Lucas oil stadium type design

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Ok see where you are coming from. You would rather that they went the whole hog with a Lucas oil stadium type design

Some similar to the Lucas Oil would have been an absolute dream....best sport stadium in works in my extremely humble opinion.

 

[James Patrick]

It's the sheer scale of it in that location. Like one of the machines in the War of the Worlds rising up.

I still dont like the hybrid design, but hey...I always said it's all about location, location, location...

Next to a Sewage Works ?

 

[Bez2k2k]

Futuristic roof / 19th century warehouse base.

I blame no one at Everton or even that idiot Meis. I blame Historic England and the UNESCO luddites.

The fact it looks boss. No pleasing some people.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Some similar to the Lucas Oil would have been an absolute dream....best sport stadium in works in my extremely humble opinion.

I like the Lucas oil stadium but if we had gone down that road people would say its just a cheaper version of that.ours is totaly unique in my opinion.

 

[toffee66]

As someone who has been to Lucas Oil stadium it is a mixed bag. Some of the internal views are terrible for a modern stadium which is task one. The giant retractable glazing certainly offers stunning external views open and closed but it is only possible because fans are heavily weighted to the sides not ends in NFL stadia. The retractable roof is spectacular. Hard to judge atmosphere as US crowds are so passive.

Externally it is a bit of a mess visually with too many in your face features making it hard to truly get a clean impression. My takeaway was that nothing quite hung together. Finally, like pretty much every NFL stadium, it sits next to a vast featureless car park with a rather token line of trees passing for landscaping. A lot more thought has gone into the plaza at BMD and Western Terrace.

In summary it has things I really liked and things I really didn’t. It is better than most US football stadia but that is a low bar as most of them are concrete bowls. The new temples of owner hubris in steel and glass with Tottenham style internal excess are not to my taste but I understand why some like eg the JerryDome or SoFi in the same way they might like a certain type of excessive 6/7* luxury hotel. For me Lucas Oil architecturally is not a patch on the really interesting modern baseball parks like Camden Yards, Oracle Park and PNC Park.

 

[The binman chronicles]

 

[davek]

Ok see where you are coming from. You would rather that they went the whole hog with a Lucas oil stadium type design

What a statement this would have been...the Sofi Stadium, LA, the Rams and Charger's home stadium.

 

[Goat]

What a statement this would have been...the Sofi Stadium, LA, the Rams and Charger's home stadium.

It cost 7billion Dave.

The Statement it would have made is "We are morons".

 

[PhilEFC]

Counts our blessings we are getting a new stadium at all, never mind what it looks like.

Imagine what state we’d be in if we hadn’t already started building when all this stuff went off with Moshiri wanting to do one.

 

[AndyRJ]

I see they've painted over the graffiti already

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

What a statement this would have been...the Sofi Stadium, LA, the Rams and Charger's home stadium.

Yuck, that looks chuffing awful.

 

[AndyRJ]

I like the Lucas oil stadium but if we had gone down that road people would say its just a cheaper version of that.ours is totaly unique in my opinion.

I love the 'Birds Nest' in Beijing. Externally anyway, it's spectacular. But something like that wouldn't fit as well into its surroundings as BM does currently.

The design not only had to be iconic (which it is, IMO) but it also needed to consider the immediate and future surrounding area. We'd have struggled to get through planning with a design that was completely out of sync with its surroundings.

 

[BullensRoad]

I've been down to the stadium quite a number of times over the last 3 years (although not in the past few months).

I have to say, it took my breath away yesterday. It's awesome.

If anyone hasn't seen it up close yet, be prepared to be blown away.

Thoughts reciprocated Dave, seen it from the Liverpool side a lot and from the other side of the Wirral it was a serious wow factor.

The location is a game changer imo.

LCC need to grow something and a major cruise terminal.