After a storm with heavy rain
The European Championship stadium is suddenly completely under water
Updated on December 6th, 2024 – 2:29 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Everton FC is currently building a new stadium. But the future European Championship arena still has some flaws, as a video circulating on social media shows.
Since 1892, Premier League club Everton FC has played its home games at Goodison Park. For the new season, the “Toffees” are moving away from their venerable stadium. The club plans to play in a new arena from the 2025/2026 season.
Everton is currently building a stadium at Liverpool’s Bramley Moore Dock, around 45 minutes’ walk from Goodison Park. According to English media reports, the new home stadium will cost Everton more than 800 million pounds (around 965 million euros). But the past few days have shown: the arena is definitely not finished yet.
Since Thursday evening, video recordings from the not-yet-finished stadium have been circulating on the online platform What you can see there: a flooded stadium.
The photos initially show an interior area of the arena. The stone floor there is completely covered with water. Then the camera moves towards the stands. Masses of water initially splash down a smaller staircase.
This is followed by a view of the stadium and the stands themselves. The water runs like a torrent down the large stairs and under the folding seats. Before the first stage everything collects in a huge pool. A quick pan upwards of the camera shows that water is flowing through the roof of the stadium, apparently due to heavy rain. Storm Darragh raged over Liverpool on Thursday. It is not clear from the video whether the stadium’s playing field was affected.
The English newspaper “Mirror” now reports that Everton FC is dealing with the situation in a relaxed manner. The club emphasized that the stadium is still in the construction process. To be more precise: the drainage systems required for a top stadium have not yet been installed. The drainage work should be completed in the coming weeks, as should the entire construction process.
The new stadium will then hold 52,000 spectators. Goodison Park can currently only accommodate 39,000 fans. The arena at Bramley Moore Dock will be given a great honor in four years. It is one of the nine stadiums where the 2028 European Football Championship will be played in England. However, Anfield, the home of Liverpool’s flagship club Liverpool FC, is not there.