LIVERPOOL | New Anfield | 60,000+ | Approved

[dups45]

I think the stadium should be completely scrapped and redesigned. It shouldnt be built on stanley park, it should be built nerarer to the city centre, with a transport hub nearby. And instead of being what it looks like now, it should be a truly modern iconic design. If its going to be our home for the next 100 years then we want something decent!

There are lots of new stadiums we could take design cues from, i just think the plans at the moment are rather ordinary

[Paul D]

New stadium plans are exhibited


Plans for Liverpool Football Club's new stadium and the regeneration of Stanley Park have gone on show in Merseyside.
Liverpool FC's new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks agreed to make funds available to build the new stadium as part of the purchasing deal.

Residents in the area are now being asked for their views on the proposals for the park.

The plans will be exhibited at the Vernon Sangster Sports Centre on Monday and Tuesday.

The Stanley Park work is part of a £215m project for New Anfield and Breckfield which is expected to bring new community facilities, jobs, homes and business to the area.

The wider regeneration project will be one of the largest urban park restoration schemes in the UK.

It will involve the repair and restoration of the park's structures including bridges, walls, pavilions and the park lodge.

The new 60,000-seater stadium includes a Community Partnership Centre, a replacement for the Vernon Sangster Sports Centre.

It is due to open at the start of the 2009/10 Premiership season.

[*England*]

cant we view the plan online?

[Paul D]

Originally Posted by *England*

cant we view the plan online?

No not yet.

[Durbsboi]

That sucks, cant someone go down to the center & take some pics & post it .......... please

[Paul D]

Originally Posted by Durbsboi

That sucks, cant someone go down to the center & take some pics & post it .......... please

They don't appear to have changed.
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html

[tommygunn]

Originally Posted by Paul D

They don't appear to have changed.
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html

A little bit disappointed with the design and the size of the stadium.

[*England*]

liverpool have got 25,000 season ticket holders and 56,000 on waiting list and they are basically spending 200 million quid for an extra 15,000 seats to take it from 45,000 to 60k seater, this new stadium should be 80k or more seater, wont be long before manu have a 90k seater and no one will compete with them once it happens.

[UrbaniseD]

Originally Posted by *England*

liverpool have got 25,000 season ticket holders and 56,000 on waiting list and they are basically spending 200 million quid for an extra 15,000 seats to take it from 45,000 to 60k seater, this new stadium should be 80k or more seater, wont be long before manu have a 90k seater and no one will compete with them once it happens.

I agree 100% They should be increasing capacity before work starts. Or at the very least make it so it can be expanded.

I've heard it won't be possible to expand with this design! Which seems bloody ludicrous.

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by *England*

liverpool have got 25,000 season ticket holders and 56,000 on waiting list and they are basically spending 200 million quid for an extra 15,000 seats to take it from 45,000 to 60k seater, this new stadium should be 80k or more seater, wont be long before manu have a 90k seater and no one will compete with them once it happens.

56,000 on the season ticket waiting list. Are you having a laugh because that sounds a bit far fetched.

[*England*]

Originally Posted by andysimo123

56,000 on the season ticket waiting list. Are you having a laugh because that sounds a bit far fetched.

no i am not having a laugh, dont know why it seems far fetched liverpool is the most successful football club in the world and has more silverware than the queen!

[*England*]

Originally Posted by UrbaniseD

I agree 100% They should be increasing capacity before work starts. Or at the very least make it so it can be expanded.

I've heard it won't be possible to expand with this design! Which seems bloody ludicrous.

it is stupid cos an 80k seater would be too small and by the time it opens they will be even bigger and stuck with 60k and saying damn we should of built the largest capacity stadium in the world.

look how many home games they play a season including all the cups must come to 30 or more, be looking at over 2 million quid a game just for the seats sold not to mention the money made on food drinks merchandise and museum, could spend double on stadium and make that back before 3 years, leaving next 100 years to buy any top players they want.

[majormystery]

Originally Posted by *England*

no i am not having a laugh, dont know why it seems far fetched liverpool is the most successful football club in the world and has more silverware than the queen!

The fan clubs seem to think its between 10000 and 14000 on the season ticket waiting list. And also that a 70000 capacity ground will meet the clubs needs.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/stadium-against.php

[Agent Vengence]

I cant quite believe that they are only going for a 60000 seater stadium. All this effort and time going into the new ground and its not going to be that much bigger than anfield. They now have the money with the new owners so they should just forget about 60000 and start thinking much bigger.

[Durbsboi]

Originally Posted by Paul D

They don't appear to have changed.
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html

I saw that design ages ago, with most part of the roof being transparent & only the new 'KOP' end being coverd almost fully with sheeting

[Gherkin]

According to www.newanfield.co.uk , expansion is possible!

The stadium capacity is just over 60,000 as that is what is in the planning application, although the ground can be extended in the future it will have to get new planning permission to extend in the future.

The "New Kop"

There will be a "kop" like stand and it will be the biggest of the four stands which are each individual as the ground has a bowl shape feel to it as they have enclosed the front of the corners but not all the way up.The stand will have 22,000 seats compared with the 12,000 now.

Timeline:

* 26th February 2007 Ground tests underway

* 16th March 2007 - Vernon Sangster centre demolished

* April 2007 - Work starts on new stadium

* June 2009 - Work on new stadium finished and handed over to club

* August 2009 - First match at new stadium

* December 2009 - Existing Anfield stadium demolished

* May 2010 - Building of New Anfield Plaza on site of old ground

Here's the link: http://www.newanfield.co.uk/publicplans.html

[andysimo123]

This is a fact Liverpool will not fill a 80k seater ground every week. I don't think they'll fill a 60k ground everyweek, anyway time will tell.

[Paul D]

Liverpool are one of the biggest teams anywhere on the Planet,I sometimes think Man U fans don't understand that.Wherever I go in the World and mention where I'm from it's always Liverpool F C or the Beatles that people will start to talk about.Liverpool will fill a 60k no problem,you don't have all that success in Europe and not pick up a massive support along the way.

liverpool have got 25,000 season ticket holders and 56,000 on waiting list

I've heard that somewhere before but there's no way they'll sell that many season tickets because you need different people coming to the ground to assure you have future generations of fans.

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by Paul D

Liverpool are one of the biggest teams anywhere on the Planet,I sometimes think Man U fans don't understand that.Wherever I go in the World and mention where I'm from it's always Liverpool F C or the Beatles that people will start to talk about.Liverpool will fill a 60k no problem,you don't have all that success in Europe and not pick up a massive support along the way.



I've heard that somewhere before but there's no way they'll sell that many season tickets because you need different people coming to the ground to assure you have future generations of fans.

The fact is since expanding the ground to over 45,000. They haven't been selling out Premier League games. The best season was 1999-2000 with an average of 45,852 but since then they they have been between about 42,000-43,000. Last season was better at 44,236. If your getting an average of 43,000 over 6-7 season it sort of tells you they won't fill a 60,000 seater every week like United have been doing. That's about 50-60,000 tickets a season in the league that go unsold.

[*England*]

Originally Posted by andysimo123

The fact is since expanding the ground to over 45,000. They haven't been selling out Premier League games. The best season was 1999-2000 with an average of 45,852 but since then they they have been between about 42,000-43,000. Last season was better at 44,236. If your getting an average of 43,000 over 6-7 season it sort of tells you they won't fill a 60,000 seater every week like United have been doing. That's about 50-60,000 tickets a season in the league that go unsold.

arsenal rarely sold out their old stadium that sort of told us they wouldn't sellout 60k each week but they have and its pointless comparing to manu when half their stadium is full of corporates