New stunning aerial footage of Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock stadium has emerged just over a week after the club confirmed the development is on schedule.
Everton announced plans to build a new stadium on the banks of the River Mersey in July 2021. It will see them move away from Goodison Park, which has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England.
And now, in footage released by Mister Drone UK, fans have been given a glimpse of what it looks like inside the stadium. Supporters see up close what both the North and East stands currently look like, as well as getting a glimpse of all four corners of the ground.
The footage also includes an aerial view of what the walk up to the ground from Sandhills train station and past the Tai Pan restaurant will look like. The release of the video comes over a week after Colin Chong insisted the stadium remains on schedule and that the club is confident it will be completed "in the final months" of next year.
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"The one question I’m asked more than any other is, ‘When will the stadium be ready and finished?’" wrote Chong, who has overseen the project as the chief stadium development officer.
"There is no delay, and the project remains firmly on track and on schedule. 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.
"When a new stadium is completed from a build perspective, it must be put through its paces and the building tested. We will be working on the planning for those test events with the aim of them taking place in the final months of 2024."
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was left in awe upon seeing Everton’s new stadium for the first time and believes the club could become a force once they move into their new home.
In a scene filmed for the Overlap on the ferry heading across the Merseyside, former Liverpool winger John Barnes points out Everton’s new ground to Neville, who says: "Oh my God! Is that Everton’s new stadium?"
Before he added: "I didn’t even realise they had started building it. They are going to be some force in this city!"
*Watch the full footage from Mister Drone UK here.
