Everton looking to buy Nelson Dock

Never rated Nelson tbh, we need strengthening in other areas in my opinion.

“Our new ownership has tasked me with looking for a sports-led redevelopment that could be accommodated on Nelson Dock, and maybe even further if we can get the right partners to invest… we'll hopefully have some information back in the next month or two”

Whilst it has been previously reported that Goodison could be retained to host the Ladies team, Chong has confirmed that this looks to be ‘most likely', with a ‘deconstruction' favoured over demolition.

This (Nelson Dock) buy is a brilliant idea and just emphasises the fact that, we own this city!!

Controlling what goes on around the stadium and having a significant financial stake in it.

Sounds very promising, especially if the transport links are developed too.

I notice the OS has posted travelling info for the next test event at BMD, there is obviously a long way to go, but giving fans best travel info and options is a must for the time being.

Positive move. The start of the much needed development of the area outside of building a stunning stadium.

We built this city in 1878.

We're rebuilding this city on water and sand!!

With all the tourists visiting the city, seemed a no brainer to me.

"We should buy the river Mersey and claim exclusive rights over it. That would really piss our neighbours off".

Yes, mate, and pour a shit ton of blue dye into it while we are at it! :)

We are going to need all the transport resources we can get.

I don't know the exact date in 1878 when St Domingo's was formed, but every year, mark the occasion by dying the Dock and the Mersey Royal Blue. Light up the birds blue (The Bird is Blue), light displays and fireworks, but only blue and white. Like my Christmas tree every year.

Okay, I'm getting carried away, but in seriousness, this is positive and the blue tide is coming.

Who knows what they could do with it.

The ground is three sides water – what the fuck do we need a canal for? Oh it's so the fans can have something to look at.

Jesus, give me a break, the club needs to make as much money as possible and to ain't going to do that with trees, canals, and bloody tram lines, oh and the wall outside the ground looks so out of place – it's ridiculous.

Oh and no parking either. Yes, the stadium is fantastic but we have lost an opportunity to make money outside of match days. Hope we get a different architect in if we buy the other dock or we will end up with… let's see, um, I know, a boating lake!

Transport links need sorting out, and this will support it, alongside hotels, shops and apartments.

Could it be a new smaller stadium for youth or women's football, or an indoor arena to rival the Co-op arena. The Ethihad area has seen serious development in a poor area of Manchester.

If they're serious about a £5B investment in Boston Celtics, this doesn't look too outlandish.

Nelson dock could support a hotel sports complex with a multi use arena for boxing, darts,, WWE, concerts, basketball etc

GP should be flattened to provide housing, this will also help the businesses that will lose the football trade.

It could have even been their principal aim, a dockland development, but Kenwright put paid to that.

A landing stage at the side of the dock, and I'd also be looking for another one at the far end of New Brighton, although I'm not sure this will work on that side, because of the tide?

New Brighton's a bit out of the way to be honest. I think utilising the Woodside ferry would make more sense.

I can't see the RS selling the sewage works to us, especially after only just building that monstrosity of a new main stand!

Seriously though, it's a shame that this site wasn't secured before we built the stadium because 52,888 was never going to be enough. We'll sell out every game and still have over 30,000 on the waiting list.

I thought Moshiri put most of his fortune into the new stadium at Bramley-More Dock!

Have you had a bad day?

Just keep buying until we own the fucking city!!!

Giving thousands a reason to stay and spend money in the area will take a massive amount of pressure off the transport links rather than having a mass exodus of 50,000 looking for a way home straight away.

A definite no, no from me.

I know me Nan used to rattle on and on about the amazing overhead railway down the dock road. Maybe we could do a Heritage/retro-future thing?

Of course it was probably built because we were the second richest city in the world, because of the docks. Not a sports club with a game every fortnight in the winter.

Successful LRT schemes in UK tended to reopen former rail corridors, or replace existing rail routes (Manchester) with a modicum of street running. Nottingham was successful because it attracted a load of private money. Edinburgh and Sheffield killed the UK government appetite for LRT schemes. Merseytram and Portsmouth were victims of this – despite millions being spent on designs and right-of-way.

Everything is driven by the Business Case. And right now (and for the next 10-20 years) there will be no government funding for major city transit schemes. The monumental arse up that is HS2 has been curtailed to London-Birmingham only – thereby taking the benefit-cost ratio from very minor positive into major negative territory. Oh, and because they're not extending the infrastructure to Manchester, the trains will not be able to run at the speed and frequency desired, so will in fact offer fewer seats than the existing West Coast Mainline.

It's one of the reasons I and many others worked overseas for many years. Seeing stuff get built.

They do need to address the transport access to the new stadium. But for the medium term at least, it will be a bus-based solution. They can push active travel solutions all they like, but the impact will be minimal.

Other than that I suppose you could freeze the water and have a ready made Olympic size skating rink.

Part of the appeal and visuals for me, filling it in would erase that idea and that memory.

Planit-IE unveils new visuals for tweaked Liverpool Waters masterplan — 23 September 2023

If that is anything to go by, the dock will not be filled in.

By being the main reason that most of Moshiri's investment in the football end of the Club went South resulting the Premier League imposing financial restrictions and having to increasing borrowing money to avoid bankruptcy.This meant that Moshiri &Co had to take a hit and allow a takeover, thereby ending their Mersey Dockland ambitions.By the way the Liver building is lossing money handover fist.It's ownership is close to 70% Russian, with a Moshiri minority shareholding, which he lied about.

Moshiri's fortune actually increased in value over this period, so Moshiri investing all his money in the Stadium is incorrect.Also it is questionable if it is Moshiri's money anyway and it is also questionable where the money come from.

A combination of Kenwright &Co mismanagement, interference by Moshiri who was a goose and Sanctions on the real billionaire (the one behind Moshiri) who Kenwright found put paid to their Dockland Development.

Moshiri &Co objective was always a Dockland Development not Everton FC.That is why Kenwright was left in charge.That was their mistake.They went for the discounted purchase price accepting Kenwrights conditions.

By default Everton have got a new Stadium not properly funded.TFG have to get a grip of the Management of Everton FC and they then will be able you extent their Dockland ambitions.

It is early days in seeing if Moyes is the way forward.

There's money to be made from land and property on the waterfront. Filling in docks is expensive, however, unless you have a high-value end user.