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Long queues for food and drink should be a problem of the past at Everton’s new home after the club secured a landmark partnership. Industry giant Aramark has won the right to oversee the culinary service operation at the waterfront stadium in an agreement the club is celebrating as one of the biggest commercial deals in its history.

Everton Football Club and Sefton Council have agreed to work together with a view to further enhancing the transport offer from the borough ahead of the club’s new stadium opening at Bramley-Moore Dock.

The two organisations will work in unison with the ultimate goal of promoting the effective arrival and dispersal of supporters to and from Sefton.

The collaboration willfocus on public transportation links, active travel opportunities, parking, leisure opportunities utilising the new stadium and around Bootle town centre, as well as respective events programmes that might attract fans before and after matches at the spectacular waterfront stadium, which is set to open in the summer of 2025.

Cllr Marion Atkinson, Leader of Sefton Council, said: “This is an exciting time for Bootle town centre and with Everton Stadium little more than a goal kick away, it makes absolute sense for the Council and Everton to work together to make sure fans have a range of choices in how they arrive and depart from the new stadium.”

With Bootle Strand Bus Station and the town centre offering park and ride opportunities for supporters, Sefton Council will also point to investment plans for the nearby Strand Shopping Centre and the development of Salt & Tar – a 3,000-capacity event space featuring street food, bars and live entertainment – as a potential pre-and post-match venue close to the transport hub.

Given the relatively close proximity, both parties are committed to working to improve transportation to and from the stadium.