The new Everton Stadium which is being constructed in a formerly neglected docklands area of Liverpool has been described as the ‘fourth grace’ of the city. The Bramley Moore Dock area is already undergoing a transformation, with new residential, commercial, and leisure spaces being created in renovated and extended historic buildings.
The new stadium is widely regarded as the jewel in the crown which will see a predicted £1.3 billion boost to the local economy. It is pencilled in for completion ready for the 2024/25 season, and will have a capacity of 52,888. Thousands of new jobs are expected to be created as a direct and indirect result of the extra visitors to the area.
Dipesh Patel, Principal of BDP Pattern, the technical architects of the stadium, drew comparisons with Manchester City’s stadium in the Eastlands in Manchester. He told the Liverpool Echo: “What excites me most about Everton Stadium is urban regeneration. This part of Liverpool has been in decay for decades.”
“The very fine docks and surrounding warehouses are largely unused and closed to the public and it reminds me, very much, of when I first went to Eastlands in Manchester in 1998, when we started the City of Manchester Stadium (later known as The Etihad).”
He added: “The area was one of the most disadvantaged in Europe, with major social and infrastructure challenges. Today, it is a thriving new part of Manchester, with continuous development since the stadium was competed in 2002 for the Commonwealth Games.”
The stadium has been carefully designed to integrate with the rest of the city, with new river walks, and pedestrian and cycling routes into the city centre. Several new large public open spaces are planned as part of improvements to the local urban environment.
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