The first images of Everton's proposed new stadium have been revealed - and the club has again vowed that the development will help to regenerate the whole city region.
The club wants to move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, at the northern end of the city's famous waterfront.
The first images of the stadium, designed by architect Dan Meis, were revealed to fans tonight..
The that the 52,000 stadium would be built with "traditional" brick, glass and steel to fit in with its surroundings.
Bramley-Moore Dock sits in Peel's massive Liverpool Waters redevelopment zone and in a part of the city that has lacked investment in recent years.
The club hopes the stadium will have a wide economic impact, attracting investment to the area around.
Peel hopes the Everton ground will also accelerate the development of Liverpool Waters. And the development could also accelerate the council-backed plans to turn the semi-industrial streets between the dock and city centre into a "Ten Streets" creative quarter.
Everton's chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale said: “Today marks an incredibly important milestone for us as we seek to build a new stadium which will act as a ‘game changer’ for the Club and our city region.
“Our proposed stadium design takes its inspiration from both our city’s maritime history and from our Club’s rich heritage and traditions.
“It is, first and foremost, a stadium for football, for our passionate fans and for our players.
"A stadium that gives Everton Football Club a platform for growth both commercially and socially.
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"But it is also a stadium for the entire city and a development which will deliver transformative benefits in terms of regeneration and inclusive growth for the whole Liverpool City Region and for North Liverpool in particular.
“Our plans for Goodison Park, although much more outlined at this stage, fulfil our promise to our neighbours in Liverpool 4 to work together to create something that will benefit the community for generations to come.”
Now the images have been revealed, there will be a month-long public consultation. The club aims to submit a , and an outline plan for its Goodison Park legacy project, by the end of the year.
