Stadium Decision

[tomasjj]

Also the price in steel, and the cost of borrowing due to the turmoil in the money markets.

Yes, the steel prices have been outrageous for a while, and you are probably right about the financial markets. There is a lot of **** going on nowadays, and them Yanks are not getting a lot for their dollars.

[wavydavy]

Today's annoouncement will, I hope, go some way in calming a few down regarding our recent lull. G&T have got big plans for LFC and it starts now! Can you imagine the Mancs' faces when LFC are on Sky for the first televised game at the new Anfield ( Britain's largest footy ground!!!!) ****ing priceless!!

[Kenneth]

Hope we end up with more than a ****ing great hole in the ground before the money runs out.

[Guest]

Hope we end up with more than a ****ing great hole in the ground before the money runs out.

[einar]

The city council's planning committee granted permission to move the few yards from Anfield to a new home with a potential capacity of 76,000, as large as Manchester United's Old Trafford.

Liverpool granted permission to move to new stadium
Bright future: Liverpool's proposed new stadium in Stanley Park

Liverpool's new ground will initially hold 60,000 fans but further applications to add seats may be made.

The turf will be sunk 26ft into the ground allowing room for more supporters to be accommodated around the pitch.

Liverpool won permission for a 60,000-seater stadium in March 2006 but the club's new American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were unhappy with the design so planners returned to the drawing board.

Liverpool say work on the new stadium can begin almost immediately and it is hoped it will be ready for use in 2010.

Construction of the new ground, which will hold 114 executive boxes, means the Stanley Park area will benefit from regeneration with the actual park receiving £14m-worth of funding.

As part of the planning proposal up to £10m of Government funding will be used to redevelop the old Anfield site. Plans include a new park, sports centre and hotel.

Talks are also under way with families of Hillsborough victims about moving the memorial to the disaster in 1989 in which 96 Liverpool supporters died.

The club's Anfield home, which has a capacity of 45,400, was originally built in 1884 for Merseyside rivals Everton.

Not all were in favour of the move, however, and the club's application was opposed by scores of local residents and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England.

Local councillor Steve Radford said: "Had it been any other applicant it wouldn't have got in the room."

What is he on about?

[Chris]

Local councillor Steve Radford said: "Had it been any other applicant it wouldn't have got in the room."

What is he on about?

He's against it so just another bitter little **** who'll play the "everyone bends over for the nasty red****e" card

[Kenneth]

What is he on about?

Well I presume if ASDA had asked to dig up half of stanley park and put a huge metal and glass structure there with parking for 20000 cars, they wouldn't have stood much chance at all.

[tomasjj]

Sniff, sniff - do I smell bluenose?

[wavydavy]

The city council's planning committee granted permission to move the few yards from Anfield to a new home with a potential capacity of 76,000, as large as Manchester United's Old Trafford.

Liverpool granted permission to move to new stadium
Bright future: Liverpool's proposed new stadium in Stanley Park

Liverpool's new ground will initially hold 60,000 fans but further applications to add seats may be made.

The turf will be sunk 26ft into the ground allowing room for more supporters to be accommodated around the pitch.

Liverpool won permission for a 60,000-seater stadium in March 2006 but the club's new American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were unhappy with the design so planners returned to the drawing board.

Liverpool say work on the new stadium can begin almost immediately and it is hoped it will be ready for use in 2010.

Construction of the new ground, which will hold 114 executive boxes, means the Stanley Park area will benefit from regeneration with the actual park receiving £14m-worth of funding.

As part of the planning proposal up to £10m of Government funding will be used to redevelop the old Anfield site. Plans include a new park, sports centre and hotel.

Talks are also under way with families of Hillsborough victims about moving the memorial to the disaster in 1989 in which 96 Liverpool supporters died.

The club's Anfield home, which has a capacity of 45,400, was originally built in 1884 for Merseyside rivals Everton.

Not all were in favour of the move, however, and the club's application was opposed by scores of local residents and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England.
Local councillor Steve Radford said: "Had it been any other applicant it wouldn't have got in the room."

What is he on about?

These people really piss me off. Radford's a Tuebrook councillor and has practically **** all to do with Anfield. I got a lecture a few years ago by some old dear on how a stadium would destroy the beauty of our local park. I quickly pointed her in the direction of the Park's "beautiful", historic bandstand on the Priory Road side of the park. It currently looks like the ****ing Taliban have laid siege to it. Great news. I can't wait for work to start.

[red g]

Sniff, sniff - do I smell bluenose?

maybe he looks like a right toffeenosed ****?

[FT9]

Sniff, sniff - do I smell bluenose?

Is that coops?

[Kaip]

Aye, it would.

you reckon the massive cost increase is down to the hike in capacity? Including the new rail line and other infrastructure?

**** knows

[Dirk07]

This truly is great news; I wondered though how this would compare to Arsenals new stadium though in terms of generating revenue (as apposed to atmosphere) from the corporate side and found this

Immediately above the club tier there is a small tier consisting of 150 boxes of 10, 12 and 15 seats. The total number of spectators at this level is 2,222. Box prices start at £65,000 per annum plus VAT, and covers admission to all home league games and any home games Arsenal play in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup.[6] The most exclusive area in the stadium is known as the "Diamond Club" which is invite only and costs £25,000 up front plus £25,000 a year. Tickets here include use of a private lounge, a complimentary restaurant and bar, valet parking and concierge service. Members will also have the option of travelling to European away games on the players' aeroplane.

Due to the high demand for tickets and the relative wealth of their London fanbase, Arsenal expect the revenue from their premium seating and corporate boxes to be nearly as much as the revenue from the entire stadium at Highbury.[7]

I imagine even with 76000 fans in the stadium we will still be behind arsenal in match day revenue

[kev776]

Today's annoouncement will, I hope, go some way in calming a few down regarding our recent lull. G&T have got big plans for LFC and it starts now! Can you imagine the Mancs' faces when LFC are on Sky for the first televised game at the new Anfield ( Britain's largest footy ground!!!!) ****ing priceless!!

There are current plans at Old toilet to increase capacity there to 92 000 by the time our new stadium is ready

[Guest]

There are current plans at Old toilet to increase capacity there to 92 000 by the time our new stadium is ready

They'll have to move. They can't expand Old Trafford further.