New stadium update...

[sonsofthedesert]

I think they are right to take a bit of time to decide. They clearly fkd up the previous announcement and we need to make sure we get this one spot on.

I would have been more concerned if they announced the design they wanted today.

[Scratch]

Looks like the meeting was more of a presentation, where both design companies pitched their ideas to G&H. So obviously a decision won't be made straight away, they'll have to weigh up the pros and cons of each submission.

I wonder if we'll get to see each design submitted at some point?

[Yozza]

Right,

I've got a contact at AFL who's managed to get hold of the Powerpoint presentation that was shown today... cant be e-mailed as it's too big... so it's been put on a memory stick

Hopefully I'll get hold of it tomorrow & will be able to extract some pics

The said person says it doesnt look anything special - just an ordinary bowl stadium

No promises....

[sonsofthedesert]

Right,

I've got a contact at AFL who's managed to get hold of the Powerpoint presentation that was shown today... cant be e-mailed as it's too big... so it's been put on a memory stick

Hopefully I'll get hold of it tomorrow & will be able to extract some pics

The said person says it doesnt look anything special - just an ordinary bowl stadium

No promises....

Please do mate.

[Dhav]

Right,

I've got a contact at AFL who's managed to get hold of the Powerpoint presentation that was shown today... cant be e-mailed as it's too big... so it's been put on a memory stick

Hopefully I'll get hold of it tomorrow & will be able to extract some pics

The said person says it doesnt look anything special - just an ordinary bowl stadium

No promises....

Thanks for that though mate, obviously anything you can get would be greatly appreciated

[Scratch]

The said person says it doesnt look anything special - just an ordinary bowl stadium

Thought RS4 was told the revised AFL design was Kop orientated? Could this still fit in a bowl type design??

RS4, you out there geezer?

[bigfooty]

It's been debated to death but to some extent I'm not overly fussed about the look. Stadiums are great in a football sense because of what happens inside them, not out.

[sonsofthedesert]

It's been debated to death but to some extent I'm not overly fussed about the look. Stadiums are great in a football sense because of what happens inside them, not out.

Very true but it would be great if it was a stadium that if anyone around the world saw they would think "that is new anfield".

[Yozza]

Thought RS4 was told the revised AFL design was Kop orientated? Could this still fit in a bowl type design??

RS4, you out there geezer?

it could.. dont see why one side couldnt be bigger that the others as its been done before (google Hull City's KC stadium) - dont want to speculate too much; hopefully I'll/we'll find out tomorrow

[Guest]

it could.. dont see why one side couldnt be bigger that the others as its been done before (google Hull City's KC stadium) - dont want to speculate too much; hopefully I'll/we'll find out tomorrow

Actually you could save some of the juicy picts in that powerpoint file and share it in here instead of bothering with the whole file mate.

[Roboklopp]

Is that the huge red potty then or what?

[Imy]

If it's a bowl i hope it looks something like this:

[Yozza]

Actually you could save some of the juicy picts in that powerpoint file and share it in here instead of bothering with the whole file mate.

Thats what I plan to do when I get the file

[Bender]

it could.. dont see why one side couldnt be bigger that the others as its been done before (google Hull City's KC stadium) - dont want to speculate too much; hopefully I'll/we'll find out tomorrow

[Dero]

Liverpool have yet to make a decision on the design for a new stadium as the club's owners attempt to refinance the loans they used to buy the Reds for £220million.

A meeting between chief executive Rick Parry and owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett took place in New York at which two rival firms of architects presented designs for the Stanley Park project.

Parry says a decision on the design will follow "soon" - one had been expected on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Hicks and Gillett are embroiled with trying to sort out their refinancing problems before a February 1 deadline.

The American business tycoons borrowed £270million to buy Liverpool last February, the main lenders being the Royal Bank of Scotland, and are looking for a new loan package worth around £350million - of which £60million will go towards a new stadium - but their plans have been hit by the 'credit crunch' in the USA.

Hicks, Gillett and Parry listened to presentations by architects HKS and AFL yesterday.

Dallas-based HKS had produced the original stadium plans but they were scrapped last month on cost grounds and they and Manchester firm AFL have both come up with new, cheaper designs.

Parry told the club's official website, www.liverpoolfc.tv: "It was a very full day. We had two very detailed and very informative presentations which were very thorough and extremely professional.

"It has been another big step forward to finding the best possible solution and the whole meeting was very constructive.

"Everyone is reflecting on what they have heard and a clear decision will be taken soon.

"They were both very good in terms of coming closer to the right solution. As ever, when you have a competition, you hope it produces outstanding results and I think that is what we have seen.

"Whichever we do go with, it will be an excellent result."

Hicks and Gillett are no longer looking to load the debt onto the club in the way that the Glazers have done with Manchester United, and are hopeful of clinching a refinancing deal before February 1.

In the event they are unable to do so, they may have to come to a new arrangement with the RBS.

If the worst comes to the worst and they are forced to sell the club - and sources close to the pair say that is very unlikely - then Dubai International Capital, the investment arm of the ruler of Dubai, may again become interested in buying Liverpool, but only on an outright basis rather than just obtaining some shares.

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