August 10 – Premier League Everton have broken ground at Bramley-Moore Dock, the construction site of their new £500 million stadium.
The 52,888 capacity waterfront stadium will take three years to build and will create up to 12,000 construction jobs.
Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright said: “This is a momentous day. One that we have all been waiting for. To know that Evertonians and the people of this great city are together with us on this journey is a special feeling. Now that the work has commenced we can all watch our magnificent home as it comes to life.”
The construction site forms part of Peel L&P’s £5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme in the city’s Northern Docks. Laing O’Rourke are the lead construction firm.
The club said that its new stadium project “is the largest single-site private sector development in the country contributing an estimated £1.3 billion to the UK economy, creating more than 15,000 jobs and attracting 1.4 million visitors to the city of Liverpool. Once complete, the scheme will have acted as a catalyst for more than £650 million worth of accelerated regeneration.”
Everton Chief Executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale added: “Breaking ground is a significant milestone for this project, for our football club and our city region. It is a tangible symbol of Everton’s future and a clear signal of our Club’s ambitions.
“Today’s ceremony represents the culmination of an extensive and robust planning process. It delivers an exciting new future for our football club, invests in our local and national economy and supports our community as our region builds back better following the impacts of the global pandemic, while also ensuring the city’s oldest professional football club remains in our spiritual home of North Liverpool.”
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