Believe it or not the seating amount is the single # 1 design spec for any stadium. Naturally an 70-80,000 seater would be awesome. However in Liverpool, highly unlikely. The logistical elements regarding parking, rail lines, facilities, acreage, size, lighting, security etc... would turn the area around the ground into a madhouse. More likely a 45-50,000 seater is more logical. The increase from a 20,000 seater to 40,000 seater is not as easy as just saying it costs "Twice" as much because your just doubling the seating.
Its actually exponential. A 40,000 seater could be 500 Million a 60,000 seater would be 900,000 Million or 1 Billion.
You want a stadium that fits into the design and overall flow of Liverpool. You dont want it to stick out and look out of place. A big design in the new stadiums is making the stadium look like an old, turn of the century stadium with classic facade of brick and mortar and the Inside being state of the art. A lot of the new Baseball Stadiums like the New Yankee stadium. The outside looks exactly like it did when it was built in the 1900's, then a state of the art stadium is placed inside the interior. So you get great seating views, classic architecture and good amenities. I just dont think a metal and all glass,aluminum shiny stadium would fit in Liverpool. I would like to see them recreate Anfield in terms of looks and add more seats and make it up to date. Keep the legacy of what makes Anfield a classic park and recreate it with a 21st century touch. lower the Pitch, bring the seats down and closer to the field. increase seating angles and slope the seats. Instead of terraced seating going up step by step they slope it at an low increasing angle which makes the seats closer to the field. Almost like a stretched out wide half-pipe. Some of the Arenas for hockey and Basket ball do it and their is not a bad seat in the place.
Because half of the seats and the pitch are actually lower and go into the ground the outside of the stadium is maybe 2-3 stories high.
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