The modernisation of Everton's new stadium has accelerated significantly. The effects of the work are visible both inside and outside the arena. The changing room is starting to resemble the one in the visualisation, and the stone cover has disappeared from the pitch. What's new on the Liverpool construction site?

Home team's changing room is taking shape

The new changing room at Everton Stadium will be very different to the one Everton now use, but very special. The club has recently submitted photographs that show the progress of the works. They show the changes to the various player areas, and a stencil of the club logo has been created on the ceiling. In addition, the raw Everton crest has already appeared.

The new changing room, which is much larger than the one at Goodison Park, will have more space for the physios and medical staff. Members will have access to a swimming pool and hydrotherapy. Technology built into the room will help managers give instructions to the team during matches.

The dressing room here looks a bit different than that one we’ve been used to at Goodison, so this is fantastic and what they are able to do here, with the facilities, brings Everton to the place it needs to be. Squads have got bigger now, not only on the pitch but also the coaching staff - said former club captain Phil Jagielka in an interview published on Everton's Youtube channel.

© www.evertonfc.com | Rendering of the dressing room at Everton Stadium

Another milestone - work on pitch

Contractors have begun the latest phase of Everton's stadium construction, removing recycled stone that initially provided a solid surface for heavy equipment. In the last week, a layer of stone has been removed and the focus will be on draining the canals next to the pitch, crucial for the installation of cabling, irrigation pipes, underground heating and drainage. Grass planting is scheduled to begin in August.

At the minute, we are just concentrating on the initial stages of those ducting and utility installations. SEL Environmental will then return around July to install the root layers, all of the drainage and irrigation and build up the layers, and we’re hoping to start planting grass seed around August time - Ben Williams explained in an interview on the club's official YouTube account.- the manager overseeing the work on the pitch.

Once the seeding is complete in early October, synthetic fibres will be sewn into the roots of the grass to cover around 5% of the pitch, reinforcing the growing grass.

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Other works - water channel, entrance gates and external elevations

Work has begun on the excavation of the water channel that will eventually connect the dock system to the north and south of Everton Stadium. The flow of water was halted when Bramley-Moore Dock was filled with 450,000 cubic metres of marine sand in 2022. Now that the stadium is complete on the west jetty, the sand is being removed, exposing the dock walls and reconnecting the waterway.

The first brick facade panels have been installed on the walls of the west terrace, matching those on the outer walls of the stadium. The first rail seats have been installed in the south stand. Everton's stadium will have such seats throughout the lower tier of the south stand and in the north-east corner to accommodate visiting fans.Fans can also spot the new stone wall surrounding the entrance gates in front of the new arena. From afar, the new external facade can be seen emerging, particularly in the south-east and north-west corners, where the beamed roof has started to take shape.

Fans can also spot the new stone wall surrounding the entrance gates in front of the new arena. From afar, the new external facade can be seen emerging, particularly in the south-east and north-west corners, where the beamed roof has started to take shape.

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