NEW ANFIELD (EXTENDED VIDEO TOUR)I'm fairly new to this forum so apologies if this subject has cropped up before, however in light of today's news about the lack of refinancing options available to Hicks it might be a idea to canvas opinion of this subject.
Being an architecture student I always had an un-natural interest in stadia and in particular football stadium designs... and this topic has puzzled me for a while.
It's no secret that to move forward financially, we need to build a new stadium with a higher capacity, to boost match day revenue... thats a given. But I have two major issues with the proposed new stadium:
(1) The design... ok so design is a very personal thing.. but I think it does not reflect the basic principles of our club, it's more of a brash new generation American football stadium.. I could talk for hours about all the elements I don't agree with, but the bottom line for me is that it's ugly.
(2) It's Hicks and Gillett who produced and authorised the damn thing and I don't want the spectre of them hanging over our heads for future generations. I would rather that their period of ownership is remembered for what it really is.... a shambles... and not the building blocks of our future.
Don't believe the hype about the 50 million spent on plans etc... that's just an untruth... I say we scrap this monster and under new ownership start afresh with something that we can be proud of in the future..
But what say you?
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