Everton agree deal with builders over £500m fixed fee to complete new stadium
The Bramley-Moore Dock project will feature a new 52,888-capacity home for the Premier League club.
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Your support makes all the difference.Everton have agreed a deal with the firm constructing their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock which will see the project completed for a fixed fee of £500million.
The PA news agency understands despite spiralling costs for materials and logistics across the globe the club have negotiated an agreement which will see the project delivered for the cost initially touted back in 2018.
It is believed there was a degree of over-estimation in that initial projection four years ago but striking a deal with Laing O’Rourke to deliver the 52,888-capacity stadium for a capped amount means the club can now take the final costing to prospective funders with certainty.
Chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale reiterated owner Farhad Moshiri’s “unwavering” commitment to the ground’s completion despite financial concerns after the club posted losses totalling £372m in the last three years.
Since the project was started the expectation has been Moshiri, who has already invested more than half-a-billion pounds into the club since his purchase in 2016, would provide a large amount, if not all, of the funding.
“This is an important agreement at a crucial time for the club and the stadium project,” Barrett-Baxendale said.
“We are now able to lock in construction costs, while also benefiting from Laing O’Rourke’s economies of scale in what is an ever-fluctuating marketplace.
“Mr Moshiri and the board’s commitment to the project remains unwavering and we’ve been delighted by the progress so far.”
Construction work at the site began in the summer of 2021, with completion expected in the summer of 2024.