Stifler Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Decky said: Ours will be a different animal though. Basically in the same place, much bigger and money won't be a barrier so it'll be completely state of the art. There's a strong chance ours will be the best in European football, even world football. For a period of time anyway. Yeah I get that. In my opinion all Everton have done is catch up with SJP 25 years after it became what it is in its current guise. I honestly think it could have been, and should have been a bit more. In saying this, I’m not quite sure them lot down the road would swap either, especially when in theory they could have a bigger capacity. Edited February 18 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 4 minutes ago, Stifler said: Yeah I get that. In my opinion all Everton have done is catch up with SJP 25 years after it became what it is in its current guise. I honestly think it could have been, and should have been a bit more. In saying this, I’m not quite sure them lot down the road would swap either, especially when in theory they could have a bigger capacity. Yeah true, it definitely looks like something that could have been built years ago rather than a mid-20s build but I still think it'll be a good job for them. As long as the corporate and VIP stuff are good they'll get plenty of corporate revenue from it, and they'll get concerts. With Anfield though they'll not have the monopoly over concerts and maybe they should have factored that into it. Goodison, while iconic in English football, was a dive though and Everton fans will be rightly over the moon with the new place. FWIW I think the atmosphere will be good there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 4 hours ago, Hovagod said: Just me that thinks Everton’s new ground looks bland as fuck? Will judge when fully finished and I visit it next season. If the pitch views are brilliant and acoustics excellent then not much else needed really. Everton fans on the whole seem to love it already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I met the top guy from Haas UK last year and he was such an inspirational guy, obviously very rich and he works in Uni's in his spare time with the designer graduates. His train of thought is to, think big, think like money or infrastructure or Physics is no object, what would you build............and work back from there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Re the capacity at Everton’s stadium. Can it easily be extended? 53k isn’t really a massive increase considering their fanbase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Danh1 said: Re the capacity at Everton’s stadium. Can it easily be extended? 53k isn’t really a massive increase considering their fanbase. Looking at the locality I’d say no and officially no also I believe. However can go to 62000 if safe standing legislation changes over the coming years apparently. Edited February 18 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, LFEE said: Looking at the locality I’d say no and officially no also. However can go to 62000 if safe standing legislation changes over the coming years apparently. Fair enough, I was unsure due to the proximity to the river. Quite the jump that mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Ben said: I met the top guy from Haas UK last year and he was such an inspirational guy, obviously very rich and he works in Uni's in his spare time with the designer graduates. His train of thought is to, think big, think like money or infrastructure or Physics is no object, what would you build............and work back from there So basically act like the Mrs during IKEA trips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I wonder if we’d go down similar route? 70K but safety access in place to increase safe standing if allowed to 80K+ Would be a smart move if so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 22 minutes ago, LFEE said: Looking at the locality I’d say no and officially no also I believe. However can go to 62000 if safe standing legislation changes over the coming years apparently. Do they have the fanbase to sell 62k every game? Obviously, they might well do if they started challenging towards the top end of the league, but if they remained similar to what they are now? I suppose they probably do. Most established PL teams do nowadays. West Ham don’t have much bother filling their stadium (although often not for the full 90…) but that is London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Good acoustics might not be a positive with their fans though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 25 minutes ago, SteV said: Do they have the fanbase to sell 62k every game? Obviously, they might well do if they started challenging towards the top end of the league, but if they remained similar to what they are now? I suppose they probably do. Most established PL teams do nowadays. West Ham don’t have much bother filling their stadium (although often not for the full 90…) but that is London. Get asked the same question about us and 75/80/85k/100k! 🤷🏼♂️ Who knows when we are talking about the next 100 years of a sport. Would certainly fancy their chances for Oasis/Coldplay/Swift etc. Boxing very popular in the NW also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 15 hours ago, Stifler said: The big question I’d have to ask would you trade SJP for Everton’s new stadium? Honestly I wouldn’t. The capacity is only marginally better, and I don’t think it offers anything or can do anything that SJP can’t. It looks good from the outside, but when you get closer and inside, it’s bland and a bit bare. Problem with evertons is capacity and location. Think it'll be a bit of a mare getting in and out since it's bang on the river. Give me that ground in our location with 75k and I'd be delighted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 If there’s one thing folk in the East Stand have been crying out for, it’s a vegan pie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Christ, be more people whining about people leaving their seats now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I assumed the food was vegan already due to the no natural ingredients thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Woke nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpinho Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Wasn’t sure where to post this, but does anyone on here go to Stack before games? If so, how early would a group need to go on Sunday to get in without a giant queue? Never bothered before but got visitors coming for game so was looking at options. Any info appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J7 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I had chilli loaded fries at the Bromley game and have to say I was impressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 19/02/2025 at 09:43, SteV said: Do they have the fanbase to sell 62k every game? Obviously, they might well do if they started challenging towards the top end of the league, but if they remained similar to what they are now? I suppose they probably do. Most established PL teams do nowadays. West Ham don’t have much bother filling their stadium (although often not for the full 90…) but that is London. There is an argument that Everton has a bigger fanbase than us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said: There is an argument that Everton has a bigger fanbase than us Don’t think I would agree with that argument, but not one I’d particularly want to get into either. If they’re selling out this stadium every single week whilst continuing to be mediocre at best, then good luck to them. Tbf, I’d expect all established, historically big PL teams to be doing that (see West Ham). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. TC Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: There is an argument that Everton has a bigger fanbase than us This is maybe true worldwide, but nowhere near true in terms of local support wanting to attend games: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453507/local-fans-premier-league-clubs/#statisticContainer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 minute ago, SteV said: Don’t think I would agree with that argument, but not one I’d particularly want to get into either. If they’re selling out this stadium every single week whilst continuing to be mediocre at best, then good luck to them. Tbf, I’d expect all established, historically big PL teams to be doing that (see West Ham). Everton aren't West Ham tbf - they're significantly bigger than them. Everton's historical average gate ranks them as 7th (we're 5th if anyone is curious) - and that's with Goodison limiting their capacity for decades now. 2 minutes ago, Dr. TC said: This is maybe true worldwide, but nowhere near true in terms of local support wanting to attend games: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453507/local-fans-premier-league-clubs/#statisticContainer That only tells you the proportion of their support which is local, not how big the local support is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Everton aren't West Ham tbf - they're significantly bigger than them Maybe historically, but nowadays it’s so easy for large London clubs to fill the ground. West Ham went from 35k to 62k no bother. Anyway, as I say I don’t really want to get into it too much, as it’s all a bit ‘my dad’s bigger than your dad’. Ourselves, Everton, West Ham all have very large fanbases, if obviously a step down from the global attraction of Man Utd and Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, Thorpinho said: Wasn’t sure where to post this, but does anyone on here go to Stack before games? If so, how early would a group need to go on Sunday to get in without a giant queue? Never bothered before but got visitors coming for game so was looking at options. Any info appreciated. last time i went there was no queue at all. an hour and a half before the game. you'll stuggle to get a table though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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