New £500m Everton stadium approved by Liverpool council

Everton have received approval for a new £500 million stadium.

The Toffees will be investing significantly in the state-of-the-art 52,888 capacity ground.

Everton hope to have the stadium open at the start of the 2024-2025 season.

Liverpool City Council approved the plans for the stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

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Now the report goes to Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government for approval.

“Whilst today is just one more step in our long journey, it is a very important one,” Everton chairman Bill Kenwright told Everton’s official website.

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“Farhad [Moshiri, club co-owner] and I would like to thank Denise [Barrett-Baxendale, club CEO] and Colin [Chong, stadium development director] and their dedicated team for the extraordinary hard work and commitment that has got us to.

“We are also enormously grateful to the many organisations and tens of thousands of individuals across the city region who have given us their feedback, ideas and support along the way. It’s been a good week for Everton and Evertonians.”