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Where Everton chances of expanding Hill Dickinson Stadium stand

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04 Oct 2026, 2:10 pm

Everton are starting to feel right at home at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

There was a lot of emotion about leaving Goodison Park, where they played for wonderful 132 years.

Moving to the wonderful venue at Bramley Moore Dock make the transition a little easier.

Moreover, the truth is that Everton's shiny new stadium just makes the club far more viable commercially.

The Toffees' new home has a capacity of 52,769, and last season saw Everton home matches have an average attendance of 52,121.

Now, architect Dan Meis has been addressing questions about whether there is potential to improve the capacity at the Hill Dickinson.

Could Everton expand the Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Everton's average attendance last season was their largest in the club's illustrious history.

Long-term, the Toffees will hope that they can bring success and silverware to the blue half of Merseyside.

In turn, that could lead to an increase in demand to watch Everton home matches, which may lead to a clamour for more seats.

Speaking on the Royal Blue Podcast to the Liverpool Echo, Meis did a long-ranging interview about the challenges and concerns he had when developing the stadium.

He also said it would not be impossible to increase the capacity at the venue, though warned it would provide a logistical challenge.

Meis said: "It would be complicated but it’s not impossible. Partly because the way the roof works, it would be difficult to add seats at the back.

“I get asked this a lot, why the cut on the north end, but we were up against the site constraint of the neighbouring property. It’s not impossible to add a few thousand seats but it would be very challenging.”

Everton make further SCR move with Hill Dickinson Stadium first later this year

Success first, expansion later for Everton

It is nice to hear that there could be an expansion at the Hill Dickinson if need be.

But, frankly, that needs to be a conversation for way down the line, not least because Everton are still settling into their new home, which is only hosting its second season.

Everton supporters witnessed a hugely frustrating transfer window, and the general feeling is that there needs to be a show of commitment to improving things on the pitch.

If that can happen, and Everton can start moving back into the conversation for European football and major honours, then and only the should any talk of expansion be a serious conversation.