Everton aren’t looking to sell a minority stake in the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, although cannot rule it out in the future.
The Toffees are set to move into their new 52,888-seater home from the start of the 2025/26 season, with the stadium build seen as a game-changer for the beleaguered club in terms of potential revenue generation.
Its construction has seen plenty of financial pressure placed upon the club at a time where a change of ownership seems imminent, with 777 Partners moving towards meeting the four conditions set out by the Premier League to allow them to take over Farhad Moshiri’s 94.1% majority shareholding, a deal which was initially agreed back in September of last year.
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Everton Stadium will provide the club with a valuable asset on the banks of the River Mersey, one which is intended to be used as a 365-day-a-year venue, with a host of retail and hospitality options on offer.
At a meeting between the club’s interim CEO Colin Chong, and chief commercial and communications officer Richard Kenyon, with the Everton Football Club Shareholders Association (EFCSA), Chong was asked about the potential of a stake in the stadium ever being sold to raise capital.
The interim CEO told EFCSA members present, as detailed in the minutes of the meeting, that it was the intention of the club to keep a ‘majority and thus controlling interest in the stadium’.
Club sources, when asked about the comments, told the ECHO that no such deal was being pursued, nor were talks about such a deal planned, but that nothing could ever be ruled out with certainty if the economics of the
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