26th July 2021.
A day that will go down in Everton's history books.
The day that construction will finally begin on their new state-of-the-art home on the city's famous waterfront.
Rather poetically, it comes almost two years to the day since Dan Meis first unveiled his fantastic designs for Bramley-Moore Dock to a room full of fortunate supporters inside the Titanic Hotel back in July 2019.
Back then many might have envisaged a spade being in the ground by now.
But first a delay due to resubmitting amended plans, and then due to a worldwide pandemic, put the brakes on matters somewhat - until now at least.
The truth is that the wait for a new stadium has gone on much longer than the two year gap between designs first being revealed to the public.
This is the latest in multiple attempts by the club to move away from Goodison Park, with the old stadium feeling the weight of its many years of use as things stand.
Over the last decades, attempt after attempt to find a new home failed. Kings Dock, Kirkby, Walton Hall Park...none of them proved to be the right fit in the end.
But since Farhad Moshiri arrived on Merseyside in 2016, he's made it one of his overriding aims to make sure the Blues do find themselves in a state-of-the-art new stadium as soon as possible.
That dream is about to take a major step towards becoming a reality.
While the club on the pitch has found itself in turmoil on multiple occasions over the last few years, with manager turnover at a shocking high and far too many missed opportunities, the stadium has at least been a constant plus point.
This time around the club have moved at a slow and steady pace. Perhaps that's sometimes been frustrating to fans, as they so desperately want to see progress with their own eyes.
In fact, thanks to the failed moves of the past, there have been a certain section of fans that said they won't believe Bramley-Moore until they can see it.
Soon, they'll be able to.
Towards the end of this month, Everton will start the process of growing their new stadium up from Bramley-Moore Dock ahead of what is anticipated to be around a three-year build.
Over that period of 150 weeks, supporters will no doubt take regular detours from their day to drive along the waterfront and see history being made before their eyes.
Excitement will build at the same pace as the stadium right up until the Blues eventually walk out for their debut match at a new home for the first time since 1892.
The process has been a long one, but that's exactly what the club needed to undertake to make sure this project wouldn't fall by the wayside.
Every nook and cranny has been meticulously researched and planned to make sure there will be no issues further down the line. No stone has been left unturned by those working tirelessly behind the scenes.
Finally seeing the fruits of their labour over the next few years will be a welcome reward to everyone involved in that sense. They've devoted so much of their lives to every detail, and now that is set to pay off.
There's no escaping the fact that the fanbase is fractured right now. The news of Rafa Benitez is taking some getting used to for many, and disillusion with how the season is going to pan out is rife among many.
So perhaps this news has come at exactly the right time.
While supporters find themselves divided on many aspects surrounding the club right now, this is something everyone can fully get behind.
Fans have had to wait a long time for this to happen. They've gone through countless consultation processes, listened to ridiculous heritage claims, seen through a global pandemic and waited for Liverpool City Council's full approval.
But finally there's nothing standing in the way. Everton will have their spade in the ground by the end of the month.
It feels like there have been a number of big milestones from that point on, not least the day in February this year in which planning permission was approved by a council planning committee.
Two years and a day since Meis' plans were first unveiled to a huge wave of excitement, work to bring them into reality will finally get underway.
A new era is nearly here, and it's time to get excited.
