June 29 – Premier League Everton, who kept their top tier status on the last day of the season have confirmed that they will not be in their new stadium for the start of the 2024-25 season.
Colin Chong, Everton’s interim CEO and Chief Stadium Development Officer, said that the £700 million stadium at Bramley Moore Dock is not behind schedule and that “a precise moving-in date for our new stadium has never been publicly set by the Club.
“We have repeatedly stated that the schedule of the development will see the keys for our new home handed to us from Laing O’Rourke during the 2024/25 season.”
“The project remains firmly on track and on-schedule,” said Chong.
The decision for the club is now whether to play the full 2024/25 season at Goodison Park and open the new stadium with the start of the 2025/26 season, or shift mid-season in 2024/25.
Chong said that moving mid-season “may offer some commercial benefits”.
“Whatever decision is reached, it won’t be based on sentiment; it will be reached in consultation with fans, while also considering the impacts it will have across our football club in terms of our football operation, our commercial partners and third-party contracts, our staff, seasonal workflows and the impact, of course, on supporters,” said Chong.
“What I can say categorically is that, today, the project is several weeks ahead of schedule, with another winter to come.”
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