New stadium plans go on display

[Lecter]

Transportation problems

Provided we put in an application and a transport link then I believe we would get approval for an expansion

The major reason it cant be expanded is the roof is "self supporting" (there are no restricted views) according to an interview with the stadium projects manager in an article I read elsewhere

Now its my opinion that the "cant be expanded" comment is more to do with the cost of the expansion making it prohibitive (self supporting roof, new transport links etc..)

[PLY]

thats what i'm dissapointed at, i wanted the new owners to perhaps change the plans to make it more like anfiled with 4 main stands packed in along the touchlines. this is what makes it a more intimidating atmosphere and gets the 12th man right on top of the opposition

I may be wrong but I think that new build stadiums have to have a certain distance from the stands to the pitch due to UEFA regs

[dom9]

why isnt it expandable? thats just plain ****ing stupid, its why we are moving now, are we just gonna keep building new stadiums everytime we need a bigger capacity?

No - you build it once the size you want. It is not possible to have a bigger stadium unless you move to Kirkby or something.

Why would you ever build something smaller than you want to build it, then spend loads of money making it bigger?

It will be as big as it ever can be.

[Xabi_is_God]

planning permission for 80,000 was applied for originally as far as i can remember. it was shot down due to the infrastructure in the area being unable to cope with such a high number of people on match day. 60,000 was seen as reasonable

[Chiccada]

Wasn't it discussed that the initial build was going to be around the 60k seater mark, with a view to expanding.

Keep the costs lower at first to help us remain competetive in the transfer market??

I could be wrong.

[bazza76]

planning permission for 80,000 was applied for originally as far as i can remember. it was shot down due to the infrastructure in the area being unable to cope with such a high number of people on match day. 60,000 was seen as reasonable

77,000 as far as i can remember is what was wanted, then it went down to 55,000 which was largely due to GH being afraid of all the clubs resources being used. then back up to 61,000.

[Red_Polo]

Because a larger stadium would have cost almost double the amount

When the initial costings were done the 61,000 (which is the actual capacity of the new stadium) seater stadium was costed at £80 million, a 70,000 plus seater stadium was costed at £120 million

The huge gulf in the costs is because the council insisted that any larger stadium must have direct transport links which of course would have increased the costings

By the way I know your post was being ironic

[anfieldanfield]

Dortumund's 18,000 seated/standing single tier...

[El Jefecito]

Dortumund's 18,000 seated/standing single tier...

That is bloody amazing