Everton agree lease for new stadium site


  • Football
  • Thursday, 23 Nov 2017

LONDON (Reuters) - Everton's move to a new stadium edged a little closer when the Premier League club formally signed an agreement to lease land at the proposed Bramley Moore Dock site on Thursday.

The 200-year lease, for a 'peppercorn' rent, is still conditional upon the club gaining consent and securing a funding package but it means the club now effectively owns the land on which the stadium is to be built.

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