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New Everton Stadium

When we are in the stadium I think we will appreciate the differences that make each stand visually identifiable and subtly different to each other.

There are also lots of little internal touches echoing Goodison/Leitch (pitch side fencing, handrails on internal stairs, visible steel lattice patterns) without being pastiche. No doubt over time the club, inspired by fans, will find other touches to add.

The atmosphere will be up to us but the 1878s will carry some of the energy and effort from latter seasons at Goodison into BMD to give us a leg up early on.

As someone who had the privilege of visiting I can only echo others who say it is just “more” inside and out than the drone videos can really convey. You can never please everyone but it is the most impressive thing the club has done since the 80s, albeit as brieverton notes funded in unconventional and undesirable ways.
 

Tom Hughes said:
The Gwladys St is the traditional home end, home to the most vociferous fans, so it is almost bound to be the noisiest part of the ground. That doesn't make it a particularly loud stand though. I fairly regularly sit near the half-way line in the Top Balcony, and quite often the much smaller Park End actually sounds louder, despite having only just over half the capacity. So yes, if everyone is up for it, any stand can be noisy, but the tiered format and roof design can greatly help to help generate and promote a good atmosphere. Plus, when talking about stadium acoustics, there is a difference between designing for whole-stadium-atmosphere and individual-stand atmosphere of a traditional home end. A lot was made of trying to emulate Dortmund's Yellow wall. Creating one end that was the powerhouse for the rest of the stadium in terms of atmosphere. The South stand may well be that, but would've been far more so if it was slightly larger and those rearmost rows had been closer to the roof, for greater acoustic catchment.

At present we have a 2 home end format with both stands of different format/identities/demographics and on occasion, both stands almost chant in unison to generate a great whole-stadium-atmosphere. That might recur at BMD, but the north stand, being so much smaller and so distant from its roof, might not quite have the acoustic umph to do it. Then again, perhaps that large glass wall and the over-arched roof will allow the chants from the South stand to reverberate around the whole stadium, bringing it all together.
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The park end sing 2 or 3 times a season so I doubt we'll notice the difference tbh
 

brieverton said:
Quite astonishing really that construction has begun and been completed during arguably the most turbulent and chaotic period in the clubs history.

To a large extent this has soured the enjoyment of the development for me. Having to contend with relegation battles, points deductions, and general chaos. Wondering if it gets finished, what league we'll be in.

It will be recalled in years to come and people will wonder how it got started, let alone finished..

I very much doubt also that any other stadium in modern times had such complex and unconventional funding.

It is literally almost miraculous that it is where it is now. For that to mean anything it must become the catalyst for renewal of the club. There has been blood, sweat, and tears put into this.
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The on and off the field problems have made it a nervy build but on the flip side also it has been an escape at times from those problems at the club watching videos etc of it progressing. Which has probably been the most enjoyable part of supporting the club over the last 4 years and has given hope of change from the hamster wheel that we seem to have been running on endlessly for too many seasons now.
 

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