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by **tubby** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:03 am

So have we got investment now to fully fund the stadium? We had the planning permission ages ago but the money was lacking Kev. We previously did not have all the funds to complete it but it looks like theres something in the pipeline.

by **der_kaiser** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:51 am

from the BBC website: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/mers ... 222080.stm)

Reds get stadium funds deadline

Artists impression of inside of proposed new Liverpool FC stadium
The EU money is not going to the new stadium
Liverpool FC has been given two months to prove it has the funding to build a new football stadium.

Part of the plan for the £190m stadium in Stanley Park involves regenerating the area around its current Anfield Road ground with European Union cash.

The area could get £9m of Objective One Funding - money earmarked by the EU to revive depressed areas.

Officials who distribute the funds said the club had to provide evidence the stadium funding was in place.

Financial statement

A spokesman for the Objective One programme monitoring committee said it had received written assurances from the club and Liverpool City Council about the funding.

But he added that the committee wanted to see detailed financial statements and accounts before authorising the project.

A two month appraisal is to take place with a sub-committee deciding by 28 September if the club has given adequate proof of its financial package for the new ground.

But the committee is also looking at alternative uses for the money in case the club fails to satisfy its requirements.

It is time for the club to put up or shut up
Coun Flo Clucas

Coun Flo Clucas, the city's head of ecnonomic development warned the club "the clock is ticking."

She added: "The club has had 18 months to bring forward its proposals and it is are now competing with other projects which have already been appraised.

"Put simply, it is time for the club to put up or shut up."

The European cash would pay for environmental and infrastructure improvements in the Anfield area and would not go towards the cost of the stadium.

Nobody at the club was available for comment.

by **Cool Hand Luke** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:14 pm

i think yes what about you

by **El Nino_#9** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:08 pm

STADIUM UPDATE.

Plans for a new stadium for Liverpool Football Club and the redevelopment of the neighbouring area, are taking a major step forward.
The city council is being asked to approve measures such as the granting of a lease, restoration work and the setting up of a joint venture company.

The plans will still depend on the club securing its part of the funding for the project.

The overall cost of the first phase of the project will be £215m.

'Poor' area

It includes the new stadium which incorporates a centre with facilities for education, sport and community activities, along with a fully restored Stanley Park.

Council leader Warren Bradley said: "Liverpool Football Club is one of the best-known and most successful in the world.

"Yet it stands in one of the poorest areas, not only in the city, but in the country.

"What we are looking to do is not just provide a new home for the football club fitting for their status as one of the world's best, but use their success to spark a dramatic revival of the Anfield and Breckfield areas."

by **Redrider** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:28 pm

The only problem with the Stadium is that the Estimates are too optimistic, even at £180m.
It will never be built for less than £200m.
Look at the Emirates Stadium, 60,000 seats for £380m !!

by **BOODIDDY** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:41 pm

good news now i'll get a season ticket in my own name and not have to keep purchasing it off my friend.

by **Ace Ventura** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:57 am

Redrider wrote:The only problem with the Stadium is that the Estimates are too optimistic, even at £180m.
It will never be built for less than £200m.
Look at the Emirates Stadium, 60,000 seats for £380m !!

Might that have to do with the location though ?
Obviously any land costs a hell of a lot more in London, as would wages for builders.

by **Ace Ventura** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:01 am

Just been walking into work, i work just round the corner from the Liverpool town hall, there were a group of about 10-15 protestors (all elderly i might add) with little cardboard banners, trying to stop the ground being built on Stanley Park.
I knew there would obviously be protests that was inevitable, but its the people who do it, they are people that it will have little or no effect on whatsoever, there like the old people with the banners outside the brook....does my head right in...get a life.
:angry:

Apologies if we have any OAP posters on here

by **stmichael** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:44 am

I wish people would stop saying "the design should be changed and made bigger". It's not going to happen.

The stadium plans were released 3 years ago and were giving planning permission 2 years ago. Bar some cosmetic changes the stadium hasn't changed and it isn't going to - we start building in 5 months.

The Kop has been modified to make it totally single tier but there aren't going to be any major changes to it. If people had shown more interest when the plans were released we might have been able to get a few things changed but it's too late to moan now.

As for the 70,000 capacity, it's not really feasible to go much bigger than that due to the extra costs that come with a bigger stadium. Once you go past 60,000 the costs rise ever more steeply. Whether we'd fill it or not is irrelevent - and there wouldn't be much point in reducing ticket prices to fill it as we aren't moving to accomodate more fans, we're moving to make more money.

And I'll just say that Arsenal's new ground is cr@p aswell. Just a pile of concrete ar$e.

by **Anfield rapper** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:28 am

Ace Ventura wrote:Just been walking into work, i work just round the corner from the Liverpool town hall, there were a group of about 10-15 protestors (all elderly i might add) with little cardboard banners, trying to stop the ground being built on Stanley Park.
I knew there would obviously be protests that was inevitable, but its the people who do it, they are people that it will have little or no effect on whatsoever, there like the old people with the banners outside the brook....does my head right in...get a life.

Apologies if we have any OAP posters on here

I reckon when its built we should put in for planning permission to get it increased to an 80,000 seater just for the crack. see what the protestors have to say then.

by **stmichael** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:36 pm

Liverpool have received the go-ahead from the city council to build a new 60,000 all-seater stadium.
Council leaders approved a 999-year lease on Friday for a piece of land in the city's Stanley Park, just 300 yards away from their Anfield home.

"It's all systems go. All we need now is the club to confirm the funding," said council leader Warren Bradley.

Liverpool have until the end of September to convince the council it can come up with £180m for the project.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/5327426.stm

If financing is approved, building work could begin early next year with the first match pencilled in for August 2009.

Bradley added: "If Liverpool have the funding in place, they can start on the site from January."

The overall cost of the first phase of the project will be £215m.

It includes the new stadium which incorporates a centre with facilities for education, sport and community activities, along with a fully restored Stanley Park.

by **RUSHIE#9** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:55 pm

I do like the design of the new stadium but I think the club and the architects have fucked up big time with the positioning of the main roof supports at the corners. They appear to cut into the stands thus not allowing for any future expansion. (See below)

It would be better for these to be moved further away from the stands so that we could fill these corners in with the minimum of fuss in future years if needed. Anyway lets just get the fookin' thing built and worry about that later.

by **tommycockles** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:25 pm

In Rick Parry's interview on the main site he says that due to the design it would be impossible to increase the capacity at a later date so it looks like we'd be stuck with 60,000 wherever the roof supports go.

That aside, personally i think Arsenals ground doesn't look too bad- one thing about our new design is that we don't have the huge gaps at the top of each stand just under the roof like at the Emirates. hopefully it should keep the sound in a bit better and help create a good atmosphere!

As much of a shame as it'll be to leave Anfield- it's got to be done to keep us earning along with the other top teams. Imagine the extra revenue that Man U and Arsenal will be taking in the 3 years it takes us to build ours, let's hope we don't suffer because of it and that Benitez still gets some money to spend!!

by **ste123lfc** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:34 pm

stmichael wrote:I wish people would stop saying "the design should be changed and made bigger". It's not going to happen.

The stadium plans were released 3 years ago and were giving planning permission 2 years ago. Bar some cosmetic changes the stadium hasn't changed and it isn't going to - we start building in 5 months.

The Kop has been modified to make it totally single tier but there aren't going to be any major changes to it. If people had shown more interest when the plans were released we might have been able to get a few things changed but it's too late to moan now.

As for the 70,000 capacity, it's not really feasible to go much bigger than that due to the extra costs that come with a bigger stadium. Once you go past 60,000 the costs rise ever more steeply. Whether we'd fill it or not is irrelevent - and there wouldn't be much point in reducing ticket prices to fill it as we aren't moving to accomodate more fans, we're moving to make more money.

And I'll just say that Arsenal's new ground is cr@p aswell. Just a pile of concrete ar$e.

Is that definate about the Kop been on one level and not tiered. I hope so, that will certainly add to the atmosphere.

by **Lando_Griffin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:43 pm

What's the point in moving stadiums if we can't increase capacity above 60k?

Surely a 55k-seater Anfield is better than a 60k seater souless shell?

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