StevO Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Every time I see a new post in here I get excited. I need to stop that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Can't wait for the disappointment when all the opposition is revealed and we decide it's too much hassle and end up going to other, and crap, option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted February 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 They're talking about filling the docks in right? Why don't they not fill it all the way and create a sub level stadium? Excavate some of the area rather than building up. That way, you don't get howling winds (from the Mersey) or the issue of space. Build high/steep sides (intimidating ones that we like), sunken pitch (like Juve's new one) and build the amenities and facilities above ground? How this works on a practical level, I have no idea (mock up below). But it would certainly save on the resources required to fill in it its entirety (the dock). Matt and nutmegwolf203 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Love that idea! I like the sunked pitch too, provided the end of the stands are right on the edge of the pitch, the front row being about four foot up would just add a bit to the atmosphere and intimidation of fans looking down on the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Buffalo bills stadium is like that. Makes it a good atmosphere inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I got a bit mixed up, 17th today so I was really hoping for some news; then realised I was a month premature . (Been told I was premature in the past, but that sets a new record ) Sibdane and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I read this thread with my eyes closed tightly, fingers in my ears shouting " la la la la la" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Pad, when the new stadium is built do we have to change your name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I don't believe any good news with Everton until I see the press release from the official website. It's helped my sanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Pad, when the new stadium is built do we have to change your name? I have no idea what you're talking about mate, what ground move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Haha I'll see you in a couple of years for a name change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 The cost of the DPC will be a bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead1 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 I'm not sure about a below ground level stadium, I'm pretty sure it restricts the capacity as it's harder to evacuate in a dangerous situation. And as we're Everton there would be a freak once in a lifetime flood and we'd end up with the world's most expensive swimming pool! MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Haha can you imagine our half a billion pound stadium under water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted February 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Did this ever get posted? http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/gallery/what-can-everton-learn-feyenoord-12496528#ICID=sharebar_twitter Sibdane and nutmegwolf203 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 That Feyenoord project looks immense. Would love something like that. Especially if we could have Dutch laws and smoke a fat doobie during the game. nutmegwolf203 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 That Feyenoord project looks immense. Would love something like that. Especially if we could have Dutch laws and smoke a fat doobie during the game. If the smell is anything to go by plenty do that anyway . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Pisspots galore doing flops off that platform! Design looks great though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Pad, when the new stadium is built do we have to change your name?If the pitch is below ground level and floods we will have to call Paddock Haddock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 You know those artist impressions are pure fantasy, because of the blue sky, sunshine, and calm waters. How many games are held under those conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4276146/Everton-s-new-home-350m-stadium-edges-closer.html In its heyday, the Bramley Moore pub opposite the dock that shares its name used to be swamped by dozens of thirsty workers. If Everton’s dream of a £350million new stadium at the same site is realised, those boom times could return. Decades of decline have hit the area and those halcyon days are a distant memory, with the famously long bar cut in half to allow space for a kitchen. ‘We might have to bring the long bar back,’ the landlady’s daughter says as she serves the one fluorescent-jacketed lunchtime punter in the place.‘It’s all anyone is talking about and it would be good for business!’ While the club, who have been at historic Goodison Park since 1892, are reluctant to comment given previous botched attempts to move, in January it emerged that this site, just north of the city on the banks of the River Mersey, was their preferred option.The wheels are in motion. US architect Dan Meis, whose new Colosseum-inspired Stadio della Roma on the banks of the Tiber is set to open in 2019, has been commissioned. A capacity of 52,000 has been mentioned. One year after the arrival of Farhad Moshiri and his billions, the positive noises are being made about the money being there to make the dream a reality.Earlier this week, chief executive Robert Elstone said he was confident funding would not be an issue to complement Moshiri’s investment. This is a sliding doors moment in Everton’s distinguished and proud history. Everything is in place. Should Barcelona keep their hands off him, the club have a forward thinking, bright manager in Ronald Koeman. Slowly, they are strengthening their squad, with recent interest in Wayne Rooney a statement of intent. At Finch Farm, the club’s newly-sponsored training ground, substantial building work is taking place. There are rumours of a stadium announcement later this month. For one remaining docker, an Evertonian enjoying a crafty pint who (for obvious reasons) did not wish to be named, it is simple. ‘This is our city,’ he tells me. ‘What better way to show that than by moving here, on the banks of the Mersey – closer to the city than that other lot?’ Over at the town hall Mayor Joe Anderson OBE, who once delivered lemonade to the childhood home of a certain Joe Royle, shares the optimism. The lifelong Evertonian agrees that a new stadium is key to the club gatecrashing English football’s elite. ‘Everton are going through a revolution off and on the pitch,’ he explains. ‘Their ambition is to break into that top six group of clubs and compete with the best - again. A new stadium is a key part of realising that ambition.’ Evertonians are wary of talks of new homes by the waterfront following the 2003 collapse of the King’s Dock project when Everton failed to raise their £30m share of the cost. Further letdowns in Kirkby and at Walton Hall Park followed. A backup for Bramley Moore is at Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth. But 59-year-old Mayor Anderson, who has already said he thinks Everton will have a new stadium within three years, believes supporters have every right to be optimistic this time. ‘The club have never been in as a good a position since the Premier League was formed as they are in today,’ he says. ‘Mr Moshiri is transforming how Everton operates as a club and as a business. The fans have every right to be excited. ‘We know how such a development can act as a catalyst for regeneration. We will provide as much support as we can, as we did with Liverpool when they looked to rebuild their main stand. ‘The new Anfield gave us a platform to look at the wider regeneration of the community and that is exactly what we have done, with new homes, a new high street and very soon a new hotel. Everton’s new stadium has arguably greater potential in its impact to regenerate what is a key part of North Liverpool.’ Back in the pub, the docker is finishing up. ‘All my life we have been in the shadow of Liverpool,’ he says. ‘They’d be gutted if we came here. It’s time for them to be envious of us.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 repeat after me: mustn'tgetexcitedmustn'tgetexcitedmustn'tgetexcitedmustn'tgetexcitedmustn'tgetexcited Durban have definitely withdrawn from hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/39256432 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 If true and Liverpool do get the go ahead, the speed in which they'll turn around a stadium will be incredibly impressive. There will be a MASSIVE injection of funds to get the place ready in time. Let's see what the outcome of an alternative host city will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-fc-waterfront-stadium-deal-12743567 It's becoming harder not to start dreaming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-fc-waterfront-stadium-deal-12743567 It's becoming harder not to start dreaming! Let's hope it doesn't go the way of Lukaku's new contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 The Echo site seems to load really slow for me due to all of the adverts and videos they embed. I stopped visiting a while ago because of it.Look at that article, there's ten lines of interest and they've embedded a timeline. And today, speaking at the Mipim property festival in Cannes, Lindsey Ashworth, development director at Liverpool Waters for Peel, said: “We're optimistic we will agree heads of terms to allow a state-of-the-art football stadium at the northern end of the Liverpool Waters. Maybe even Commonwealth Games. “I cannot say how excited we all are.” Mr Ashworth told the ECHO: “We're in quite healthy talks with Everton at the moment, so it's not finalised yet. But as Peel and as myself I would love to see a stadium on the waterfront. “To have this as the anchor at one end of the waterfront, and then you go all the way down towards the ECHO arena... the waterfront would be a visual spectacle.“So we're pushing forward with it, the council are helping, and I think we'll get to a conclusion. A good one. Hopefully in the near future.” Heads of terms is an initial agreement ahead of signing a full contract. Peel's other plans for the northern docks, including floating buildings, will be changed if the stadium happens. He said: “At the northern docks, Bramley-Moore Dock and Nelson Dock, we have two options.“One is to develop it out with several developers for residential and put floating buildings in the docks themselves. And the floating buildings would be doctors' surgeries, workshops, bars, restaurants. “And obviously Everton stadium is another. “ I couldn't care less about the Commonwealth Games bid to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 It is taking too long now, it will become another pipe dream, if it hasn't already done so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Everton want it The council want it The land developer and owner want it The fans want it I think we can start to dream out loud now. We've all been quietly dreaming for a while I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Everton want it The council want it The land developer and owner want it The fans want it I think we can start to dream out loud now. We've all been quietly dreaming for a while I'm sure. But the kopites who walk their dogs don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Until something actually happens, I have totally lost interest. nutmegwolf203 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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