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Goodison Park, the house of Everton Football Club for over 130 years, is expected to close in the summer of 2025. The historic land was built in 1892 following a disagreement with the owner of Anfield – the land in which Everton had started his professional career, and where local Liverpool rivals are playing now.
Goodison Park was chosen to welcome the FA Cup final in 1894 and 1910, with five 1966 World Cup games that were also stated. The stadium was developed in 1994, which gives it a capacity of 39,572. While in Goodison Park, Everton won nine first division titles, the most recent of which came in the 1986/87 season.
This season is Everton’s latest campaign on the ground, with the recent 2-2 draw with Rivals Liverpool a last Merseyside derby, rightly noisy. Now, 133 years since its construction, Everton has a review at the stadium while they move to a new site in Bramley-Moore Dock.
Everton fans received their first overview of the new club stadium on February 17, while 10,000 supporters attended the first test event in Bramley -Moore Dock – A friendly match for Wigan Athletic.
Our Merseyside journalist experienced the test event at the new club stadium. Chris Bascombe was impressed by his futuristic feeling without forgetting the rich heritage of the club – he compared it to Allianz Arena from Bayern Munich.
What happens to Goodison Park
After a match against Southampton on May 18, 2025, the stadium, affectionately known as the Grand Old Dame, will no longer be used by Everton, with a farewell festival in Goodison planned by the club.
A three -day festival should take place, including live appearances and players, if the approval of the Liverpool council is approved. Everton obtained permission for the last time to host a non-football event in 2016 when Boxer and Everton Fan, Tony Bellew won the WBC cruiser weight title.
Why does Goodison Park close?
The distance from Everton de Goodison Park has been discussed for over 20 years, with a 1996 plan to move to a new abandoned site due to insufficient funding. Another project failed in 2006 when the club allowed fans to vote on the question of whether a move should occur. The supporters were in favor of this, but the proposal was rejected by the government.
In 2017, the president of Everton, Bill Kenwright, confirmed that Bramley-Moore Dock was the favorite site of a new stadium, with the plan later confirmed that year. The expansion of the capacity of the club’s home and the increase in the financial value offered by the stadium in Everton are the main reasons suggested by the reason why the club has decided to move.
What will happen to Goodison Park:
At the end of the 2024-25 Premier League season, the stadium should be demolished with a mixed housing program in its place, as part of the Goodison Park Legacy project.
This plan, which will create 173 houses and more than 50,000 square feet of offices, was agreed in February 2021, following the approval of the new Everton stadium. The 82 million pounds Sterling project will also include a care house, green spaces and 100,000 square feet of community spaces.
What is the size of the new Everton stadium?
The new Everton house, located in Bramley-Moore dock in Vauxhall, Liverpool, should be the seventh largest stadium in the Premier League, with a capacity of 52,888. It would be bigger than St James’ Park, with only Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Ham, Tottenham and Manchester United having a larger ground. In addition, there will be parts of the stadium with safe seats.
The club has also confirmed that the land is “Time”, which means that the club can increase its capacity if the government changes the legislation surrounding the ratio of a person standing at a seat. In total, the project will give Everton more than 13,000 additional seats compared to Goodison Park.
How much did the new Everton stadium cost building?
The initial cost of moving away from Goodison Park was estimated at around 500 million pounds sterling, but it is now supposed to have cost closer to 800 million pounds sterling, the club has made it possible to help international banks, Like JP Morgan, to finance the move.
The real extent of the cost of the stadium was revealed in the documents of Everton’s call to their deduction in 10 points during the 2023-24 season, due to a violation of the rules of profit and sustainability.
When will Everton move to the new stadium?
With the almost complete construction, Everton seems ready to move into the new stadium for the start of the 2025-26 Premier League season.
Before their move to the stadium in August, Everton welcomed 10,000 fans for the first test event at Bramley -Moore Dock – A friendly match for under 18 against Wigan Athletic. The supporters were seated in the southern stand, which was the first of the three test events at the stadium before its complete opening next season.
A second test event involving the under 21 of the club will take place at the end of March or early April, when the capacity is increased by 25,000. A third test event will take place later in the season.
The stadium was also chosen as one of the six English places to accommodate the 2028 European Championships, alongside Wembley, Stade Tottenham Hotspur, Stade Etihad, Park St James and Villa Park. In addition to the euros, the new Everton stadium could also be used for the first ash of the rugby league in more than 20 years.
What will the new Everton stadium be called?
The full name of the stadium has not yet been confirmed with the fact that it is called both the Everton stadium and, more often, Bramley Moore, due to the platform in which the soil is located. It had been reported that Everton had accepted an option of names of name of 30 million pounds sterling with the former shareholder of Arsenal, Alisher Usmanov.
However, the club now declares that they are “working to secure a name of denomination rights”. The new owners of Everton, the Friedkin group, will focus on obtaining denomination rights and also believe that there is financial potential in the sale of advertising space throughout the site.
