English Premier League soccer side Everton have agreed a new financing deal to ensure the long-term viability of the club’s new Bramley Moore Dock stadium project.
The £350 million ($450.49 million) financing deal is sourced from a range of “blue-chip institutional lenders,” with the club adding that the bidding to enter the loan consortium was oversubscribed “multiple times,” – a factor that the club says ensured the financial terms were in Everton’s favor.
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The stadium will open as a soccer venue later in 2025 ahead of the 2025-26 season, and will in addition host non-sporting events, a facet that the club’s ownership claims will generate £1.3 billion in added value for the Liverpool economy.
On February 17, 2025 the stadium hosted a test event, a youth-category game between the under-18 teams of Everton and Wigan Athletic, with 10,000 fans in attendance.
Two more test events are planned at the 52,888-capacity arena.
The Friedkin Group, the US investment consortium that also owns Italian side Roma, purchased Everton in December 2024.
While laying out objectives for the club, on the commercial side the Friedkin Group said it is set on “fostering a distinct on-pitch and commercial strategy for the women’s team,” and “maximising the potential of the new stadium through long-term commercial partnerships and events that benefit the city of Liverpool.”
To that end, the club is reportedly seeking a long-term stadium naming rights partner for the Bramley Moore Dock venue, which for now is tentatively titled Everton Stadium.
A range of partners have already been secured for the venue, including software company Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) network infrastructure arm Aruba as an official supplier of the ground, and culinary experiences partner Aramark.
The club claims that over 1,200 new jobs will be created at the stadium and through wider development initiatives.
