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THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING The north Liverpool landscape is changing as Everton Football Club’s new stadium build at Bramley-Moore Dock gathers pace. Work on the development, a former semiderelict dock, has been in progress for a year this month (July 2021). And the Everton Stadium will provide another iconic landmark on the city skyline – and act as a mesmeric gateway to Liverpool for cruise ships that bring legions of visitors. The remarkable transformation, widely recognised as the largest single-site private sector development in the country, will provide Everton with one of the most environmentally-friendly football stadia ever built. It will contribute an estimated £1.3bn to the UK economy, creating thousands of jobs and attracting 1.4m visitors to the city of Liverpool, annually.
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Once complete, the scheme will have acted as a catalyst for more than £650m worth of accelerated regeneration directly benefiting the nearby Ten Streets development. And importantly, it ushers in a new dawn for Everton Football Club after more than a century at Goodison Park. The 52,888-seater stadium offers not only an increased capacity, but also a revolutionary opportunity for a re-set of traditional football hospitality at Everton Stadium. It allows the Club to develop new concepts, enhance traditional ones, innovate and offer supporters a broader choice and more ways to meet, in a variety of social spaces on matchdays.
In readiness for the new stadium opening, the Club is set to contribute to upgrades of the facilities at nearby Sandhills train station. This follows a fan survey held by Everton Football Club back in 2018, to help inform the planning process, which suggested that 60% of fans wanted to use public transport. The close proximity to the city also means more fans will have the opportunity to walk the short distance to Bramley-Moore Dock, while a matchday shuttle bus service will run between the stadium and the main stations in town, for those who cannot make the journey on foot. Once the new stadium is opened, a fitting legacy will be delivered on the Goodison Park site, a project which could include high quality and affordable housing, a multi-purpose health centre, community-led retail spaces, a youth enterprise zone, office and business facilities and green space.
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