New Everton Stadium

[Boston Blue Sox]

Zero chance the council let us fill in Nelson Dock and build pitches etc. The maximum TFG could do would be build hotels and restaurants around it, close to what is planned already.

All this news of stadium expansion (of any significance) is a bit fanciful at the moment.

Buying up land around stadia and developing it into mixed-use "entertainment zones" with shops and restaurants is all the rage in the States right now. Every team owner is trying to figure out how to do it over here, including the RS owners, who are managing to do it even though the ballpark they own already sits smack dab in the middle of a densely developed city:

Knowing American sports owners the way I do, I have zero doubt that, while they're probably thinking of some stadium expansion, they primarily view Nelson dock as a real estate opportunity.