Bill Kenwright: "The funding is going ahead but we're not there yet, but it's very exciting, the prospect."GETTY IMAGES
Premier League side Everton Chair Bill Kenwright "insists the funding is going ahead for the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock." The club hopes to be in its new home for the start of the '22-23 season. But to get the stadium built, it has to find £220M ($287.1M) to add to the £280M ($365.4M) Liverpool City Council pledged to loan. Kenwright said, "Any new stadium at this moment has to be carefully planned and thought out. Look at the problems poor Daniel (Levy) is having at Tottenham. It's step-by-step" (PA, 9/12).
The fate of Christchurch, New Zealand's NZ$300M ($197M) government fund "will become clearer on Thursday," but some are "appalled" with how it is "likely to be divvied up." The Christchurch City Council proposed putting NZ$220M ($144.4M) of the fund toward a new multi-use stadium, while giving NZ$40M ($26.3M) to transport improvements and NZ$40M to the Avon River Red Zone's "green spine." The council is meeting on Thursday to make a decision. Greening the Red Zone Chair Celia Hogan said that the fund is "unevenly distributed and top-heavy" toward the stadium (STUFF, 9/12).
