Inner-city
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Other than a small rise capacity isn't the argument the club have put forward, it's corporate everyone whines about. If, 'ucking big if with this board, it was done correctly and with a strategy, additional expansion in capacity could be factored in. There are numerous occasions where external agencies have bent over backwards to help and accommodate Everton FC, but the one thing that has always been missing is the willing of the board to engage. Key word in all this is 'plan', the board don't have one other than wishful thinking and the occassional lucky dip.
The club have put forward all the reasons why they need to move. Poor corporate income at the current ground is only one of them. A new owner would assess and come to the conclusions of the existing board - a new stadium is needed. As I have emphasised in other posts, the club failed in not assessing the transport problem at Kirkby. The city has a mass-transit rail network, the biggest after London, with an abundance of mothballed lines strategically located - not to use it is total madness in an expanding city, and region, in numbers and economy. Liverpool is predicted by HSBC to be one of 7 super-cities in the UK in 15 to 20 years time. Manchester is not.
This all has to be taken into account when planning such a large important structure as a high capacity stadium. These structures heavily impact in many ways on the districts they are in as well as the whole city, and they are not to be taken lightly. What is good for the city will be good for the club(s).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...itain-resurgence-HSBC-says.html#disqus_thread
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