The New Anfield...
Name:
New Anfield (Stanley Park)
Club: Liverpool FC
Scheduled inauguration: n/a (before season
09/10)?
Capacity: 61,000 seats
Countdown
June 2000 - Plans for 70,000-seater New Anfield at Stanley Park.
September 2000 - First images.
January 2001 - Speculation that the club has lined up Speke as a
possible substitute.
May 2002 - Consultants GVA Grimley say new stadium better than
rebuilding Anfield.
October 2002 - 19,000 residents support new ground.
October 2003 - Planning application for £80m, 60,000-seater
stadium submitted.
July 2004 - Planning permission given.
August 2004 - John Prescott agrees not to call in plan.
January 2005 - Talks over sharing new stadium end in failure.
February 2005 - Liverpool still waiting for decision on £11m
funding from Northwest Development Agency.
March 2005 - NWDA says it still wants clubs to ground-share. Cost of
the stadium is estimated to be rising at £750,000 a month.
Timetable for action
* SEPTEMBER 8 - Council Executive Board to vote on releasing Stanley Park for new stadium
* End of September - Final decision on public sector funding
* Spring 2007 - Work starts on new stadium
* May 2007 - Vernon Sangster centre demolished
* Spring 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
The sparkling new Anfield will hold 60,000 spectators
THE new stadium will increase Anfield's capacity by 15,000 to 60,000.
There will be an underground car park, club shop and museum as well as the Community Partnership centre.
Extensive CCTV systems will be installed, making the areas around the stadium, the new Plaza and Stanley Park safer.
Liverpool FC will pay an annual ground rent of £300,000, increasing in line with inflation.
The football club will be allowed to use part of Stanley Park to store excavated soil from the new stadium for 18 months.
Latest news
5/4/2007
Work on Liverpool's new stadium in Stanley Park will start next month,
the club and City Council have announced.
The stadium was given the go-ahead after new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, along with club chief executive Rick Parry, held a successful meeting with Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley and director of regeneration John Kelly.
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