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Post by rugbytoffee on Jul 4, 2024 6:00:44 GMT
Insider spoke to Everton’s director of new stadium development about recapturing the atmosphere at Goodison Park in their new Bramley Moore Dock stadium. Everton FC’s director of new stadium development told Insider how the club plans to emulate the 'fortress' of Goodison Park to "intimidate" away teams at Bramley Moore Dock Stadium. Speaking after Insider’s Liverpool Waterfront event this week, Alix Waldron spoke of the club’s effort to gain an advantage in the Premier League by making Bramley Moore Dock Stadium a dreaded place for opposition teams to come. She said: "It was a big part of the design. People refer to Goodison as our fortress, so [we are] replicating that down at Bramley Moore, making sure the design fed that. "So we're steep on top of the pitch, we're fully compliant but we're pushing the boundaries and making sure it still feels like an intimidating place to come for opposition. "That atmosphere can be felt around the ground, and even the roof shape and everything has been done so that it bounces that noise back inside, which will be amazing for the atmosphere for the first game.” When asked about the new stadium’s capacity to attracting big names outside the world of football in the form of concerts and events, Waldron said: "I think the stadium design itself is Fso unique, it's on the waterfront. "That beauty shot of the stadium at night along that waterfront, I think that will draw a lot of people to it to think oh that's the kind of venue that I want to go and visit that I want to be a part of. "We're actually working with our consultant team at the moment to maximise that concert capacity so hopefully we can compete and try and attract those big names down to Everton stadium which will be really exciting." She added: "The ambition is to be like you say a 365 destination. Obviously we've got the football, that's our bread and butter, but around generating other things on non-match days. "We've got other major events we could hold, whether that's concerts, whether it's other sporting events. "But then through the week and on a non-matchday weekend opening up that site for people to enjoy it as a place to be, but also access to the spaces within it for private hire, or restaurants within there, cafe space, stadium tours, what we eventually do with the hydraulic tower - just trying to make that accessible for people on a year-round basis.” www.insidermedia.com/
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Post by Everton News. on Jul 11, 2024 9:27:11 GMT
Work is well under way to restore the water channel on the western edge of Everton Stadium.
The original flow between the docks to the north and south of the stadium site was dramatically halted when Bramley-Moore Dock was infilled with 450,000 cubic metres of sea-dredged sand in late 2021, as foundations for the Club’s new home.
But in preparation for that water channel being reinstated later this summer, the sand is now being excavated to strengthen the dock walls.
Secant piles – a wall consisting of overlapping steel beams that were originally installed before the infill – have been uncovered and are being concrete sprayed to achieve complete water tightness.
Once that work is completed, the bulk excavation of the remaining sand will commence, followed by the laying of a concrete slab at the base and the strengthening of the western face, before the water can finally re-link the dock system.
With the stadium roof now complete, work is also under way to install solar panels on the roof of the south stand.
The sub-frame and support rails are in place ahead of the installation of the panels, which will help to generate power that can be utilised across the stadium as part of the huge drive for sustainability.
More than 50,000 seats have now been secured within the stadium bowl, with the rail seating in the south stand and in the north east corner close to being fully installed.
The pitch itself has been cleared of vehicles and work is well underway to build up the layers to provide a world-class playing surface.
Pitchside ducting, which provides all the cabling for the broadcasters, piping for the irrigation, undersoil heating and below-ground drainage, is now laid and the layers needed for the pitch are being built up, beginning with impermeable membranes that provide a barrier for the top-level works.
On top of this, a hot air system will be installed to manage the undersoil heating, layered beneath a drainage system that also allows for water storage for irrigation.
Atop that, heating pipes and a gravel layer will be installed, on which the lower and upper rootzone and grass will sit.
Seeding will be complete in early October, at which time specialised machinery will then arrive to stitch synthetic fibres into the roots of the grass to strengthen them and provide a robust Desso surface.
These fibres, covering around five per cent of the playing surface, are designed to interlock with the growing grass to provide strength and longevity.
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Post by Everton News. on Jul 24, 2024 7:24:46 GMT
Work has continued at Everton Stadium as solar panel installation has started on the roof.
The panels will generate power to be utilised across the stadium as part of a huge drive for sustainability.
Elsewhere, barrel cladding is nearing completion. Once completed, a total of 872 sections will wrap around the west and east stands.
Finally, pitch construction is ongoing as the new surface begins to make shape.
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Post by Everton News. on Jul 27, 2024 5:50:28 GMT
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Post by rugbytoffee on Aug 8, 2024 11:13:18 GMT
Everton has secured a landmark stadium partnership with @aramark The World leading food and drink service provider will become a Founding Partner of iconic new home of Everton Football Club The Partnership will revolutionise fan experience at the waterfront venue Introduce frictionless experiences will help make Everton Stadium one of the most advanced in Europe. The partnership will create 1200 jobs and a new social enterprise between Aramark and Everton in the Community.
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