Dan Meis: Designing a football stadium

The inaugural premier league football match at Everton’s much anticipated new stadium will kick off on 23rd August 2025, as the home side host Brighton & Hove Albion. Everton Football Club's radical new home was designed by innovative sports architect Dan Meis, who has developed a reputation for out-of-the-box, innovative thinking while creating projects that redefine their respective building types. This includes the design for the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and “transformable” venue in Japan that mechanically changes from arena to stadium.In 2021, former professional footballer Neil Danns joined Meis, In the Studio, as he commenced the design process for the Everton's new football stadium.Neil examines the creativity it takes to bring a design to life, exploring the process of the designs, how progress is made and how the ever-present challenges are overcome.