News about our new stadium.

[Guest]

Theoretically they can build over it and get compulsory purchase orders on the houses on the other side of it but it may be 1) Too costly for them, yes even them and 2) Too impractical given the logistics of building over a railway line (A terrorists wet dream) and the fact they're only just filling out OT now - i've been told tickets for their CL semi against Milan were going for way under face value in the hours leading upto kick off - and they're going for a treble too, unthinkable in times gone by for them. I've felt for some time that they've now reached their 'elastic limit' capacity wise and I think the crazy price hikes the Glazers are forcing on them coupled with the impracticalities of expanding further - I think OT may be staying at 76,000 for some time to come.

And I think if we get to increase our capacity to 100,000 fans along the year, we may start by moving the goalposts ourselves and maybe they'll have to move on too.

[lfcruleus]

I thought Railtrack ****ed em off years ago when they politely enquired?

[Roboklopp]

I'd love it if we had 80K, love it.

Truly would be the best stadium in the world.

[wavydavy]

Theoretically they can build over it and get compulsory purchase orders on the houses on the other side of it but it may be 1) Too costly for them, yes even them and 2) Too impractical given the logistics of building over a railway line (A terrorists wet dream) and the fact they're only just filling out OT now - i've been told tickets for their CL semi against Milan were going for way under face value in the hours leading upto kick off - and they're going for a treble too, unthinkable in times gone by for them. I've felt for some time that they've now reached their 'elastic limit' capacity wise and I think the crazy price hikes the Glazers are forcing on them coupled with the impracticalities of expanding further - I think OT may be staying at 76,000 for some time to come.

Reason 2 is spot on. To build over that railway then the lines would have to be shut permanently for the duration of the build (18mths?). All trains would have to use some other route. Logistically it's a no-goer. there is a road which goes under the stand on one side of A Madrid's Vincente Calderon stadium but re-routing cars is a vastly different proposition to railway traffic.

[Phil]

Our new Anfield is going to have an 18,000 single tier stand alone kop (50% bigger than our current kop which is 12,000) as the focal point of the stadium with the other stands standing steeply and intimidatingly over the edge of the pitch - as they would HAVE to be given that we're increasing capacity way above the original 61,000 and the council are NOT allowing us to increase the overall footprint and encroach even further onto Stanley Park. I feel really optimistic that G&H are going to build us something special.

I reckon we're gonna see a different type of seat on the Kop, maybe some sort of benches

[El Jefecito]

I reckon we're gonna see a different type of seat on the Kop, maybe some sort of benches

Who cares, I heard that we'll have an 18,000 single tier. That would be awesome

Apparently, "the Kop will be the orchestra that the rest of the ground will play to"

[Bari]

Who cares, I heard that we'll have an 18,000 single tier. That would be awesome

Apparently, "the Kop will be the orchestra that the rest of the ground will play to"

I doubt the Upper or Lower Centenary Willh:

[El Jefecito]

I doubt the Upper or Lower Centenary Willh:

Who cares, the kop is what inspires us to win