Hill Dickinson Stadium: Everton Football Ground and African Fan Guide

Hill Dickinson Stadium is Everton's football home at the former Bramley-Moore Dock in Vauxhall, Liverpool, opened for competitive football in August 2025. Its opening capacity was 52,769, and it replaced Goodison Park as the men's home ground, giving football and soccer followers a new waterfront destination.

For African supporters, the address changes while the connections remain: Joseph Yobo and Steven Pienaar helped make Everton familiar far beyond Merseyside. Understanding the ground means putting its names, transport links and opening matches together, then checking the fixture information before planning your journey or gathering everyone around a screen.

What Is the Capacity of Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Hill Dickinson Stadium's capacity at opening in 2025 was 52,769, following a seating review that reduced the maximum by 119. Older descriptions giving about 52,888 reflect the earlier figure. The confirmed opening capacity establishes the scale of Everton's new home, although a larger stadium still requires supporters to arrange tickets before travelling.

Who Plays at Everton's New Stadium?

Everton men moved their Premier League home matches here in August 2025. Read the venue beside each fixture carefully: the club name alone does not establish which ground you need. International football and rugby have also brought different teams and audiences to the waterfront.

The move followed Everton men's residence at Goodison Park from 1892 until 2025. That history matters to supporters who first learnt the club through an African player, because their favourite Everton memories may belong to the previous ground. Across football stadiums, a new address often changes the travel routine before it changes the supporter relationship. Here, the Toffees name and blue shirts carry that relationship into a different setting.

How Do You Get to Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Plan the final part of your journey to Hill Dickinson Stadium using the event's transport information, allowing extra time for crowds and crossings. Choose the entrance printed on your ticket rather than assuming that reaching the outside of the ground completes the journey.

For visitors flying from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana or Uganda, Liverpool John Lennon Airport is the nearest airport, while Liverpool Lime Street is the city's principal mainline railway station. A flight itinerary may involve a connection, so compare the complete journey to your accommodation. From Lime Street, use the event's transport guidance to plan your onward journey to Everton's waterfront home. Buy tickets through authorised channels, check your travel documents with your airline and leave a generous interval between arrival and kick-off.

Why Does the Bramley-Moore Dock Site Matter?

The stadium occupies a dock that was filled in during construction, placing Everton's new home within Liverpool's historic waterfront. In July 2021, UNESCO removed Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City from its World Heritage List, with the stadium cited among the reasons. The dock site formed part of the wider historic waterfront area.

The location explains why Bramley-Moore remains part of the stadium's identity alongside its official name. It identifies the site beneath the stands and the waterfront setting that distinguishes this ground from Goodison Park. For a first visit, it also has a practical meaning: plan for a dockside destination rather than following an older guide to Everton's former men's ground. Saved maps deserve the same attention as saved flight details.

When Was the Stadium Built, and What Did It Cost?

Work at Bramley-Moore Dock began in August 2021, and the completed stadium was handed over in December 2024. Dock infilling ran from August to December 2021, followed by the main construction programme from January 2022. The structure was declared complete in February 2024, but that milestone preceded the finished handover.

The cost figures describe different stages: an estimate of about £500 million in 2018 and about £750 million in later reporting around completion. They should not be presented as interchangeable final accounts. MEIS Architects and BDP Pattern designed the stadium, Laing O'Rourke was the main contractor, and Buro Happold provided structural engineering. Those roles help distinguish the design, engineering and building work behind the finished ground.

Which Opening Match and Attendance Belong in Its History?

Everton beat Brighton 2 to 0 on 24 August 2025 in the stadium's first competitive match. The Brighton match gave the new ground its first league result and a clear starting point for its football history.

The Rugby League Ashes Test on 1 November 2025 drew 52,106 spectators. Keep that historical crowd separate from the stadium's capacity, because attendance counts people at a particular event while capacity describes the available places. Subsequent records belong in the updating records information above. When comparing events, read the sport and date alongside the crowd figure, since a rugby occasion and a football fixture can use the building differently.

Which Major Events Have Used the Ground?

The ground was chosen in April 2023 as one of ten UK and Ireland venues for UEFA Euro 2028, extending its role beyond Everton's domestic football. The African connection became especially direct on 31 March 2026, when Ivory Coast beat Scotland 1 to 0 before 33,034 spectators. For African fans following national teams, that fixture gives the stadium a place in their football history even without an attachment to the Toffees.

Rugby has supplied further landmarks: Australia beat England 14 to 4 in the Rugby League Ashes on 1 November 2025, with 52,106 attending. Check the competition label before arranging travel, because the stadium name alone does not tell you which sport or seating arrangement an event involves.

Why Is Everton Stadium Called Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Hill Dickinson Stadium is the stadium's official name. Everton Stadium and Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium are alternative names for the same ground, which explains why all three appear in searches. A supporter asking about the Everton new stadium usually means this waterfront venue. Match the Liverpool location and event date when comparing tickets, maps or older travel instructions.

How Can African Fans Follow Matches From Here?

Everton's Liverpool kick-off time needs a dated conversion because British clocks change seasonally. For a 15:00 start during British winter, supporters in Nigeria use 16:00 WAT; Kenya and Uganda use 18:00 EAT; South Africa uses 17:00 SAST; and Ghana uses 15:00 GMT. A 15:00 Liverpool start during British summer corresponds to 15:00 WAT for Nigeria, 17:00 EAT for Kenya and Uganda, 16:00 SAST for South Africa, and 14:00 GMT for Ghana. Confirm which conversion applies to the Everton fixture before arranging your viewing centre visit.

Look up television and streaming coverage for your country, and ask your chosen viewing centre whether it will show Everton's match. Yobo became Everton's first African captain in October 2007 before captaining Nigeria to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations title. Pienaar earned Everton's Player of the Season for 2009 to 10 and represented South Africa at its home World Cup in 2010. Their Everton careers give African supporters lasting reasons to follow the Blues. Make the venue, ticket details and converted kick-off time part of your final match preparations.