An update on Everton Stadium explains in detail how the foundations of the state-of-the-art playing surface at the new ground are being laid before the seeding of the hybrid turf can begin in a few weeks’ time.
The team won’t run out onto it for more than a year but the building up of the pitch area is well underway so that when the time comes, the Blues have a new hallowed turf worthy of their tremendous new surroundings by the Mersey but also the Club’s traditions in the 20th Century as having one of the leading stadiums in the country.
With the “tiering up of impermeable membranes” at the base level and a “layered drainage system” that will allow for the reuse of raintwater already in place, a gravel layer has been laid on top ahead of the installation of the undersoil heating pipes.
Seven layers will be laid over the undersoil heating area for the new pitch at Bramley-Moore Dock (evertonstadium.com)
The lower and upper root zones will then be installed and then seeding of the hybrid SIS grass surface which, like modern-day Goodison, will have synthetic fibres stitched into the roots to “interlock with the growing grass to provide stability, strength and longevity.”
Work on the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock remains on course for completion at the of this year, with Everton set to play their first competitive match in the 52,888-seater arena in August 2025.