Steve Bower apparently - re BMD openingArchived Message
Posted by Deeter_the_Pearls on December 8, 2023, 7:32 pm
Stated unequivocally last night that BMD will open "a year today".
He's usually a well informed mic, often with lots of north-west nuance.
Has he jumped the gun here or have EFC already made some sort of soft-announcement?
It fits in, like, given that the open-secret timetable is for LOR to hand over by 30/9/24 at the latest but possibly any time on or after 01/09/24 (and the only LOR staff who will be on site anyway after Easter will be interiors; all the heavy workers are off to a big project in Manchester from spring).
Also, the last I heard from someone working on-site is that EFC have made the in-principle decision to move mid-season based on the financial common sense to not leave a fully ready stadium empty from Jan 2025 to August just to tie in with the footy season and the emotional pull to give Goodison a good send off, which would obviously be better on a spring day rather than a dark afternoon in winter; but so be it if it has to be so.
Sounds like noises are stirring anyway, which would have to be the case if we move mid-season because the renewals for 24/25 come into play next month (if the last few seasons have been any indicator).
Wonder if EFC might be gearing up for a Xmas announcement?