The progress made on Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock has been miraculous, having risen up at remarkable speeds to give a glimpse of their new home on the Mersey.
Drawn-up images before they even began work could not even start to emphasise just how powerful the arena is in person, with its impressive stature sure to make it a huge draw for fans far and wide,
Even rival fans will scurry to take up a seat in the Toffees’ new home ground, seeking to cause an upset in front of a rampant home support.
That demand for places inside the stadium was actually on the agenda of BBC Radio Merseyside (12:30 pm, 08/11/23) earlier today, with Tony Snell welcoming Liverpool’s Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram onto the show to chat about transportation in and around the city.
Whilst he answered the grievances of various callers, complaining about limited bus routes and a lack of train carriages, he did briefly touch on plans to implement a tram system around Bramley-Moore Dock and into town, noting: ‘What we’re trying to do now is to retrospectively try to see whether we can fit something in but a lot of that land in the corridors have had other things built on them in the intervening 20 years. It’s a bit messy, but there’s potentially an alternative solution.
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‘There’s something that we at some stage will be telling the public about, but it can connect to Bramley-Moore for instance, because we need to do more on that.’
Then, when quizzed on the potential of water taxis across the Mersey, he gave another hopeful update: ‘It’s feasible that you can build new ferry drop-off and drop-on points along the River Mersey, but of course those things do cost some considerable sums of money.
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‘I think that area will be developed, I think Everton’s ground is not just great for Evertonians, I think it’s going to be a catalyst for regeneration of the whole of north Liverpool and south Sefton.’
When will Everton move into the new stadium?
With pictures and videos constantly emerging of the build, given the unbridled excitement it continues to generate, it is no surprise that fans are clamouring for the move-in date.
However, that could end up different from the completion of the project, which is set to come in 2024.
When during that year it will be remains unknown, and it is this ambiguity that has suggested that a mid-season move could be in order.
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Everton have already entered talks over such an eventuality, seeking to consult fans over what their preferred outcome might be. However, if it proves to be commercially viable to depart Goodison Park halfway through the 2024/25 campaign, it might be taken out of their hands.
After all, their current financial situation is one that cannot be brushed aside for a good send-off, with a potential 12-point deduction looming.
