Everton's new stadium will have large end based on Borussia Dortmund's 'Yellow Wall' as chief architect says Toffees will have the 'greatest home ground in English football'
- Further plans for Everton's new stadium have been revealed by developers
- American architect Dan Meis gave further insight into the plans on Monday
- Meis met with Everton supporters at a fans forum at St Luke's Church
- He said one stand would likely hold between 12,000 and 15,000 supporters
By
Tom Farmery For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 23:50, 2 April 2018 | UPDATED: 23:50, 2 April 2018
One of the chief architects behind
Everton's new stadium has revealed plans to replicate
Borussia Dortmund's 'Yellow Wall'.
American architect Dan Meis of MEIS Architects met with Everton supporters on Monday evening to provide an update to the progress of the plans for a new ground at Bramley-Moore Dock.
He met with fans at St Luke's Church, which is close to Everton's current home of Goodison Park.
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New images of what Everton's new stadium will look like were released on Monday
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The new stadium is expected to have the biggest TV screen in stadiums in the UK
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Everton will also have a large end stand similar to Borussia Dortmund's 'Yellow Wall'
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Borussia Dortmund's Yellow Wall is 328ft long, 131ft high and holds 25,000 supporters
He said: 'We're planning on creating a very large home end in the south stand of the stadium which should be similar to Dortmund's Yellow Wall'.
'Depending on the final stadium capacity, the stand will hold 12,000-15,000 fans and we also want to include a concourse that will look back at the city, immediately by the home end that would be very cool.'
Meis said he wanted to make Everton's new stadium into a 'fortress', before adding that he wanted the club to have the 'greatest home ground in English football'.
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Everton's new stadium will be located at Bramley-Moore Dock and next to the River Mersey
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Everton surveyed thousands of fans to ensure no stone was left unturned when building starts
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They want to ensure the site, which is on the waterfront, is an iconic landmark for Liverpool
Plans were also unveiled that suggested the Toffees will install the biggest screens ever used at stadiums in the UK.
He also placed an emphasis on making sure that supporters are as close to the action as possible in an attempt to copy the current setting at Goodison Park.
It was also stated that there was a desire from fans to have a stadium that would have the capacity for at least 50,000.
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The idea is to keep fans close to the pitch as possible - similar to how Goodison Park is now
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