Everton Football Club gave the world a glimpse of what its future would look like with a test event between Everton U18 and their counterparts from Wigan Athletic. The match, won 2-1 by Wigan, allowed 10,000 lucky Evertonians to flood the South Stand as the club prepares to move into the ground by the beginning of next season.
Fans were left wowed and mesmerised by the grandeur of the new stadium, capable of housing 52,888. Architect Dan Meis’s understanding of the history and heritage of the club as well as Goodison are also on display with the new stadium reflecting a more traditional design compared to some of the stadiums that have been built in recent years.
“My biggest challenge at Everton was, ‘How do you capture the lightning in a bottle that is Goodison Park?’” the architect told City AM.
“I don’t believe in this big, shiny object with LED video screens everywhere. I think that this really comes down to what makes a football game so special – particularly an English football game. There’s just nothing like that experience.”
Great care was taken to preserve the existing features of the Bramley-Moore Dock area. Old railway tracks, dock walls, and a hydraulic tower are a part of the new stadium complex.
“With Everton, we worked really hard to make it feel like the building kind of grew out of the historic fabric of that area. And I think that’s important.
“I didn’t start with talking about a stadium. I started with diving deep into the history of the club and the fanbase and what makes that club unique to those fans.”
Meis, who shared his vision for Everton’s new home for the first time in July 2019, also incorporated fan feedback during his sketching and designing processes. Those ideas have already transpired into reality, giving Evertonians a place they get to call home for the future.
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2 Posted 20/02/2025 at 11:56:03
3 Posted 20/02/2025 at 13:20:43
4 Posted 20/02/2025 at 13:36:44
Here's an interesting lookback to 2018.
5 Posted 20/02/2025 at 13:50:13
It really is a magnificent stadium too. To think we could have been playing in Kirkby ffs.
6 Posted 20/02/2025 at 14:57:53
This is a major failing of the new owners, as far as I see it. TW has always been the best place for fans to swap/sell/share tickets usually without profit because we give a shit about one another.
Not having ticket threads on the homepage means they're never viewed, and thus nobody will ever get a ticket. Sort it out and get the ticket threads to show up on the homepage please, new owners!
Also, if anyone has 1 spare ticket for the Man Utd game this weekend, please let me know on 07809 510888!
7 Posted 20/02/2025 at 15:08:51
The Roma stadium project, having been scrapped once to my knowledge, looks back on track. Given our current links through the owners, we should invite them to the Everton Stadium pre-season, and then have the gesture returned when their new stadium opens.
9 Posted 21/02/2025 at 01:12:47
Brian #4, interesting old link there. I'd say that of the 11 principles Elstone established, there's every chance that 10 of them will be fulfilled (only number 6 seems doubtful!).
Danny #7, I'd say that idea is already well-formed. I can't imagine the Friedkins failing to cross-promote their two brand-new palaces. We'll be seeing multiple Roma/Everton friendlies I'm sure.
10 Posted 21/02/2025 at 01:56:15
Getting to the stadium, and leaving it, are also reportedly problematic with neither the club or the council making any comment of commitment to rectify the genuine problems.
In addition, there's scant catering anywhere near the ground albeit a 10k capacity marquee (namely, a big tent) is lately contended to be a solution.
Question; Who the hell will want to visit a 10k multi-cuisine-faceted (as boasted) tent on the many days the stadium is closed for good reason?
To me, the new stadium is in urgently great need of a large financial investment in its immediate and peripheral location to even begin to attract those who are not rampantly keen Toffees already.
But what do I know? Maybe there are already 52,000 people willing to attend the stadium as is?
Here's hoping, as ever, for decades now.
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1 Posted 19/02/2025 at 17:30:46
I see Meis' work every time I take the ferry over to Seattle, because the baseball stadium he designed 25 years ago overlooks the waterfront. I can't wait to see his newest masterpiece from the same perspective.
Did you know that AS Roma will move into a new Meis-built stadium in 2027?