New stadium update...

[Shaggy]

There's not as much excitement about the pictures of the stadium this time around is there?

Aye.

I almost feel disinterested now. We’ve taken body blow after body blow and it’s hard to muster any enthusiasm for the off-pitch stuff at the moment.

Personally I’m at rock bottom and see nothing but bleak times ahead. Really really ****ing depressing.

[kopdan]

Aye.

I almost feel disinterested now. We’ve taken body blow after body blow and it’s hard to muster any enthusiasm for the off-pitch stuff at the moment.

Personally I’m at rock bottom and see nothing but bleak times ahead. Really really ****ing depressing.

so you need a postitive to cancel out the negative...and another......well just to have a positive

[Shaggy]

so you need a postitive to cancel out the negative...and another......well just to have a positive

Yup.

Can Hicks and Gillett order an Irish coffee at 3am and get it delivered to their room? Nope. I can.

[dom9]

Aye.

I almost feel disinterested now. We’ve taken body blow after body blow and it’s hard to muster any enthusiasm for the off-pitch stuff at the moment.

Personally I’m at rock bottom and see nothing but bleak times ahead. Really really ****ing depressing.

Well hopefully we will beat Havant & Waterlooville tomorrow and progress to the 5th round of the FA Cup.

[desertscouser]

Aye.

I almost feel disinterested now. We’ve taken body blow after body blow and it’s hard to muster any enthusiasm for the off-pitch stuff at the moment.

Personally I’m at rock bottom and see nothing but bleak times ahead. Really really ****ing depressing.

Only Moscow can save me now

[calvoboy]

Just a thought, but if the reports are that the HKS design is basically similar to their previous design, but they've found a cheaper way to do it, then wouldn't that mean that we could go ahead under the existing planning permission?

We'd still need permission to be able to extend it to 70k, but have they found a clever way to start work under existing permission for the 63k stadium?

[Guest]

Just a thought, but if the reports are that the HKS design is basically similar to their previous design, but they've found a cheaper way to do it, then wouldn't that mean that we could go ahead under the existing planning permission?

We'd still need permission to be able to extend it to 70k, but have they found a clever way to start work under existing permission for the 63k stadium?

63k ? No I've read it'll be 61k. They've got planning permission for 61k, so it can be started immediately if they decide to.

[Fagan]

Aye.

I almost feel disinterested now. We’ve taken body blow after body blow and it’s hard to muster any enthusiasm for the off-pitch stuff at the moment.

Personally I’m at rock bottom and see nothing but bleak times ahead. Really really ****ing depressing.

I was really happy when they announced the first set of plans but now we know what kind of people they are i just don't care about their stadium, i just want them out of our club!

[Alpha]

I was really happy when they announced the first set of plans but now we know what kind of people they are i just don't care about their stadium, i just want them out of our club!

Exactly.

The destruction of Anfield will only symbolise the end of the club as we know it and the construction of a money-devouring American monstrosity will only represent what we are to become.

[bobbyfallon]

I was really happy when they announced the first set of plans but now we know what kind of people they are i just don't care about their stadium, i just want them out of our club!

100% agree with that

[Vermilion]

Just a thought, but if the reports are that the HKS design is basically similar to their previous design, but they've found a cheaper way to do it, then wouldn't that mean that we could go ahead under the existing planning permission?

We'd still need permission to be able to extend it to 70k, but have they found a clever way to start work under existing permission for the 63k stadium?

HKS have apparently found "A Cheaper Way", could this mean wow it'll look fantastic, but it'll be built with Plastic & a with a Straw Roof, It would't surprise me at all. As for planning....?

[Fowler_God]

Yup.

Can Hicks and Gillett order an Irish coffee at 3am and get it delivered to their room? Nope. I can.

[Rich]

Yup.

Can Hicks and Gillett order an Irish coffee at 3am and get it delivered to their room? Nope. I can.

God your wife must really love you if she's making you an Irish Coffee at 3 in the morning....

[Vermilion]

Is that THICKS e-mail address still Valid..... Think i'll send one....niothing abusive, just to let em know that Nothing has changed as far as fans opinion go's, well this fan anyway, i do expect a big deal of an announcment-presentation, but after it's over i would like to get my e-mail sent to let them know I STILL WANT THEM GONE SOON AS. I DONT BELIEVE A WORD THEY ARE GOING TO SAY.

[DeanoUK]

Official site:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N158577080125-1027.htm

Kop Football (Holdings) Limited, ("Kop") the owner of Liverpool Football Club, is pleased to announce the confirmation of the selection of the architectural firm HKS, Inc. as designer of the Club's new stadium at Stanley Park.
Confirmation of the selection of HKS was based on the firm's successful development of an improved stadium design that meets the objective of a cost-effective, supporter-friendly design.

The new stadium, scheduled to open in August 2011, will ensure that Liverpool Football Club and its supporters get the much-anticipated groundbreaking iconic design at a capacity of approximately 71,000 seats, significantly more than is currently available at Anfield.

The new stadium will feature enhanced amenities for the Club's supporters while preserving the history and traditions of Anfield and the Club itself.

It will be anchored by an expanded 18,500-seat standalone KOP, an increase of more than 5,000 seats.

Kop also announces the appointment of KUD International as project manager for the stadium. KUD, which will establish a Liverpool office to oversee the project, has developed projects globally, including Silvertown Quays, a large-scale mixed use scheme in London, as well as collegiate and professional stadiums in the United States including the Philadelphia Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field and the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park.

Laing O'Rourke, the largest privately owned construction firm in the UK, has also joined, and provides further depth of experience to, the project team. Laing O'Rourke is currently working with developer Grosvenor on The Paradise Project in Liverpool – Europe's largest city-centre regeneration scheme.

Tom Hicks said: "HKS has developed a more efficient design that, at the same time, is just as stunning as its original design.

"Liverpool supporters should have high expectations for the future: a premier sporting experience at their new stadium at Stanley Park and a winning Club on the pitch for years to come."

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