Job due to complete at end of next year
Everton has dismissed reports the scheme to build its new stadium is running late, adding it expects the job to finish towards the end of next year.
Laing O鈥橰ourke is building the 53,000-seat ground and Colin Chong, the club鈥檚 new interim chief executive, who first joined from O鈥橰ourke in 2016, said: 鈥淐ontrary to some ill-informed media reports, there is no delay and the project remains firmly on track and on schedule.
鈥淲hat I can say categorically is that, today [yesterday], the project is several weeks ahead of schedule, with another winter to come.
鈥淚 can confirm, after overcoming a full winter where we lifted the heaviest materials in the most challenging climate, we are confident the stadium will be completed in the final months of 2024.鈥�
He said the venue would be finished during the 2024/25 season, adding: 鈥淚f the project remains on schedule, it raises the question as to whether the club moves in mid-season or alternatively, do we wait and give the Grand Old Lady [Everton鈥檚 current Goodison Park home] a fitting send-off before commencing competitive league games for the senior men鈥檚 team at the start of the 2025/26 season.鈥�
O鈥橰ourke had been expected to start work on extending Manchester City鈥檚 Etihad stadium this autumn but earlier this month 黑洞社区 revealed that plan had been dropped after the pair failed to agree a price.
Speculation has since grown that Sisk, which is working on other parts of the scheme, will now be asked to come up with a price for the whole job.
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