Everton’s new stadium – all you need to know

It’s time to bid adieu to Goodison Park for the Everton faithful – with the toffees set to begin a new chapter at the newly opened Hill Dickinson stadium on Liverpool’s waterfront.

David Moyes’ men will play their first official senior team fixture at Hill Dickinson stadium when the 2025/26 Premier League campaign gets underway. The Scotsman is in his second spell with the Toffees and is expected to have them competing in the top half of the table given his impact after his appointment last season.

The stadium is expected to host as many as 53,000 supporters, placing it 7th in the pecking order of the biggest stadiums in England in terms of capacity.

A test game has already been played at the new venue where an U-18 friendly game was played against Wigan Athletic in the presence of 10,000 spectators. Before the naming agreement was finalised, the new venue was referred to as the Everton Stadium or Bramley Moore Dock in Vauxhall, Liverpool.

The club have been linked with signing the likes of Douglas Luiz having already made their loan move for Carlos Alcaraz permanent from Flamengo and adding Villareal striker Thierno Barry and keeper Mark Travers from Bournemouth.

Sponsorship and finances

The Toffees have adopted the name Hill Dickinson Stadium due to sponsorship with a local law firm. The deal is said to be worth £10 million a year, making it amongst the largest naming rights agreements in Europe.

Initial projections estimated that the move away from Goodison Park to a modern facility would cost £500 million. However, Everton’s true outlay was discovered to be £800 million – as the Toffees appealed against a 10 point deduction in 2023/24 season served to them on account of the breach of the Profitability and Sustainability rules.

International lenders like JP Morgan have helped Everton undertake the massive costs associated with the construction of a new stadium.

The new stadium and its facilities

The newly constructed Hill Dickinson Stadium is believed to be ‘future proof’. Implying that Everton will be able to add more seating in the future if the need arises. The current seating capacity of 53,000 is a massive bump up from the 40,000 capacity at Goodison Park.

Additionally, the new venue has been selected as one of the six venues to host the 2028 European Championship – along with Wembley Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, St James Park, Etihad Stadium and Villa Park.