Everton will be able to install two statues at Hill Dickinson Stadium after marking out two locations for future development.
Plans submitted to Liverpool City Council suggest two sites in front of the East Stand of the stadium have been earmarked for statue plinths, although the plans are listed under ‘future development’, suggesting there is no immediate plan to install statues.
Everton do have two prominent statues at Goodison Park. The Holy Trinity statue near the corner of the Main Stand and Gwlady’s Street depicts Colin Harvey, Howard Kendall and Alan Ball, while the Dixie Dean statue near the Park End has become a spot for Evertonians to leave floral tributes to loved ones.
The club is not expected to move these statues and an installments at Bramley Moore would probably be newly commissioned artwork.
Everton have also earmarked the western dock wall on the River Mersey-side of the stadium as a site where artwork will be displayed in future. It is labelled ‘Mersey Sea Wall Boundary Art Work’ and joins potential artwork sites on the Northern and South Western walls of the stadium.
Other Everton-themed additions to the fan plaza and area surrounding the stadium include Goodison Park Heritage seats that will be painted in Pantone 286 – Everton Blue.
Meanwhile, Liverpool City Council has launched an application itself to install lamppost banners between Everton’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium and the city centre. The banners are similar to the ones seen on the roads around Goodison Park and will be available to ‘rent’ for local events and businesses.
