Hill Dickinson Stadium is set for dramatic changes ahead of the kick-off for its first season with Everton adding club branding to their future home
Hill Dickinson Stadium is set for dramatic changes ahead of the kick-off for its first season with Everton personalising their future home. After 133 years at Goodison Park, Everton played their final Premier League game in Walton on May 18 when they defeated Southampton 2-0 and are now relocating two miles to Vauxhall and the Mersey waterfront at Bramley-Moore Dock.
On June 16, it was announced that Everton will host Roma – also owned by The Friedkin Group – in the inaugural first team match at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday, August 9, while less than 48 hours later the 2025/26 Premier League fixtures came out, revealing that the Blues will play their first competitive game at their new home a fortnight later against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, August 23.
Then, on June 24, Everton confirmed that the stadium’s capacity for sporting events would be 52,769, not the original figure of 52,888, following a thorough post-construction audit and review of the seating configuration and on June 27, they revealed a legends match for retired players from both clubs would follow David Moyes’ men on what now becomes a double header on a day that doubles as the venue’s third and final test event.
With the calendar falling into place – plus video footage this week of Hill Dickinson branding being added to the roof after the club announced what they described as “one of the largest stadium naming rights deals in Europe,” with the Liverpool-based international commercial law firm on May 16 – and just six weeks to go until the historic official opening, many Blues have been asking about when Everton symbols are going to be added to the stadium.
Goodison Park had large Everton crests on either side of the exterior of Main Stand plus the word ‘Everton’ spelled out in the seats of both the Upper Gwladys Street and Bullens Road stands and ‘EFC’ in the Lower Gwladys Street and Park End.
On Friday, this correspondent received a letter from a Blues supporter which read as follows: “I am wondering if you could shed some light on any Everton insignia that may be erected on or around the new stadium.
“I work on the Mersey as a ship’s pilot and find it a little disappointing that there is no Everton insignia on or around the stadium, in fact I was bringing in a cruise vessel last week and passengers were asking: ‘what is that nice building, what’s it for, and who owns it?’ Very fair points I thought.”
In light of the enquiries of our readers, the ECHO contacted the club were told by a senior Everton member of staff that Everton branding will be in place in line with scheduling and in advance of the new season.
The insider added: “I think Evertonians will be very happy with what they see.”