Everton’s new stadium along Liverpool’s River Mersey was 11 years in the making

The new €925m ground is two miles from Goodison Park, and has been described as 'elite' by Everton boss David Moyes. Goodison Park will continue to be used going forward by Everton’s women’s team.

SWEET TOFFEES: Inside Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool ahead of its Premier League bow this Sunday against Brighton.

DAN Meis received an intriguing prompt 11 years ago.

“I had a young business development guy that said, ‘Hey, if I can give you a meeting with Everton will you go to Liverpool?’” the stadium design expert recalled. “And I said: ‘They’re not going to hire a Los Angeles architect.’ I sort of saw them as like the Cubs of the Premier League, historic and provincial.”