The Kop is set to be expanded as part of Liverpool's summer plans for Anfield.http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kop-set-expanded-part-liverpools-12739649Echo website is very slow and advert heavy, no images, but here is the article.
The Kop is set for a summer makeover with Liverpool FC looking to add a further 470 seats to the world famous stand.
The proposed building work forms part of a planning application submitted to the city council as the Reds look to improve provisions for disabled supporters ahead of the 2017/18 season.
Around 1,000 seats will need to be moved in order for Liverpool to meet the requirements of the Accessible Stadia Guide. The number of wheelchair bays will be increased from 195 to more than 250.
The changes will have an impact on general admission seats and some season ticket holders will also have to be relocated elsewhere in the stadium. However, Liverpool insist that Anfield’s 54,000 capacity won’t be reduced as a result of the changes.
Part of the plan involves expanding the size of the Kop, which currently has a capacity of around 12,400.
The planning application proposes: “An increase in the seating area of the Kop Stand comprising two ‘in fill’ additions at the rear of both sides of the stand creating 470 additional seats.”
It goes on to state that: “LFC’s owners wish the expansion of the Kop terrace at high level to be as unobtrusive as possible, to ensure that the expanded elements of the stand ‘look at though they have always been there’.
“To this end the extension of the two upper corner terrace areas and relevant structural additions will be extended and clad in materials to match the existing stand. There will be a slight amendment to turnstile block B (Main Stand end) as manned turnstiles will be replaced with new unmanned turnstiles, and a new exit gate is added.”
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