Reds reveal final 71,000 Seater Anfield

Is this F***ing ploy or something wtf is going on??

Jan 25th 2008 - New Anfield Stadium plans - 71,000 seats























http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N158580080125-1030.htm

This is to try and deflect attention surely??

I know the size has increased hasn't it
Looks good on the inside but not so good on the outside.. like a mothership!

It looks exactly the same as the original one that was released!! So what have they scaled down exactly?? Trying to get us back on their side by any chance??

It looks exactly the same as the original one that was released!! So what have they scaled down exactly?? Trying to get us back on their side by any chance??

It's just a smokescreen mate...

There are some minor alterations, the away end is definatly bigger, and i think the corners are better filled in.

What bothers me is this:
We have now got an extra 11,000 seats AND reduced the cost by £150.

Now forgive me for being slightly synical, but that does not add up!!!!

What is it built out of........lego!

If the Yanks have manged to pull that off then they are better buisnessmen than they are football club owners, but then i suppose that has already be proven.

I think it is spin personally, but i will reserve judgement for a while.

Listen, FFS, when you are dealing with something that big, there are lots of places you can save money on.

oh thank god for that! It still doesn't look great, but I can appreciate it's location and the design now. Thanks for the info.

My concern was exactly the same as yours StevieGforce, that the almighty pound had dictated the design and selling the heart of this club to the corporate whore.

Screen and Smoke come to mind.

So they will give us a better stadium within a drastically reduced budget...

Er...cough... DO YOU THINK WE ARE F***ing STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well yes, obviously so...

B A S T A R D S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spin, is exactly what this is.  They have done this to win us over again, I bet the new stadium will not look like this.  

Also can it be expanded?  And can we get permission for a 71,000 seater stadium.

I don't trust them anymore

So they spent more money on revised plans and gave a contract to the American company {which they now have to offer} just to make life difficult for the fans?

Do me a favour........

Original too expensive one



New cheap one



Scratching my head here girls and boys... How have they managed to fit an extra 11,000 seats in?

F**k knows.

When construction time comes around that's the time to assess it.

Obviously a well pointed out smoke screen.  They must think we are the most gullible wankers to believe that new design.

JD I think the extra seats are at the "away end" plus some seats appear to have been added in the corners, BUT WHAT ARE THE EXEC BOXES DOING IN THE KOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently they are a disabled viewing area, (but still looks stupid).

JD I think the extra seats are at the "away end" plus some seats appear to have been added in the corners, BUT WHAT ARE THE EXEC BOXES DOING IN THE KOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well F***ing spotted!

That's hugely dissapointing & insulting!!   

I'm happy with it!

At the end of the day, this is the final design. It looks a lot more of a stadium than the last lot of pictures. Regardless of whether or not the American's are/were selling up or staying, these plans are Liverpool Football Club's. And it'll make me proud on a matchday, and that's all that matters!

Where do we park?

Whats the new kop end gonna be called?? the hicks end?

Don't mean to be ignorant but what are the differences in the design of this and the last plan? I know theres extra seats but is there a change in design I cant notice it?

Don't mean to be ignorant but what are the differences in the design of this and the last plan? I know theres extra seats but is there a change in design I cant notice it?

25th July 2007
http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,3518.0.html

25th January 2008
http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,6141.0.html

Open them both in your browser and play spot the difference.

The roof is certainly different which makes me think have they cut back on making the accustics of the ground an important factor.

Then there's extra seats in the corners. Apart from that, looks pretty much the same to me.

Wonder when these plans will get scrapped?

i don't like the big massive gap in the kop

but otherwise i think it looks really cool and modern

The roof is certainly different which makes me think have they cut back on making the accustics of the ground an important factor.

Then there's extra seats in the corners. Apart from that, looks pretty much the same to me.

Wonder when these plans will get scrapped?

It looks like that.

It appears to be less intimidating in terms of being tight and packed as such and more like any other ground.

Some comparisons of the designs.  Still can't spot the 11,000 extra seats.  You would have to say away end - doesn't help that one of the original pics was simulated for a night game.

I must say though.  That night pic doesn't half look stunning.

I don't agree to having a big row of executive boxes in the Kop.

Funny, but last time we had loads of comments from the players and the manager about how excited they were.

Why none of that today?   

The day we all dreaded has come to pass. Unfortunately, as we were all hoping against hope, the Yanks have weighed their anchor. It is a sad day for Liverpool FC and it's loyal fans.

The club is now fronted by a pair of self centered, lying back stabbers. Harsh in the light that a new stadium will finally get built and more importantly Rafa keeping his job BUT and this is a massive but, Liverpool FC is forever tainted by the goings on of the past 6 months. I just can't wrestle any thoughts of happiness from any corner of my brain right now. I feel like it's come to a big 'So what?' The ironic timing of the delivery of the stadium plans and refinancing details are nothing short of a contradictory collision of words... No debt to the club when building the new stadium? Pure lies!
 
It should be a day of celebration - a brand new stadium that most clubs would die for but after the false dawn since the last revelations of the stadium plans and the sh*t Rafa and the boys have been through I feel quite numb and very upset. The fans have not even been addressed or informed by the owners and that shows a huge amount disrespect to them. Nothing but sh*t and lies then a big 'look at this' (that should make them happy) from the idiots playing monopoly with OUR CLUB! I don't even feel bothered to care right now (but I do!)

The very fact corporate boxes run through the centre of 'The Kop' says it all to me. The Kop is Liverpool Fc's iconic representation of the passion felt by the fans for their club. It is a huge insult to to have it infiltrated this way. The Kop is unique but again the Yanks have fu**ed it up! They are so out of touch with the fans it is untrue!  And then there are the naming rights to consider... that should be fun...

It is worth noting that most of us will visit the new stadium but how will we actually feel when we reflect on the journey we have taken to get to that point as a fan. Will our emotions have been brushed under the carpet as we take our seats for our fist match in the new stadium? I guess not. Tainted and with a very bitter taste in the mouth is my guess. These feelings will pass but this episode will never be forgotten. RED1028

Whats the difference?answers on a postcard please.Seriously though,the section in the Kop that everyone thinks is executive boxes,i understand it to be disabled viewing area?am i wrong?

Whats the difference?answers on a postcard please.Seriously though,the section in the Kop that everyone thinks is executive boxes,I understand it to be disabled viewing area?am I wrong?

I guess so mate but I could be wrong too. Disabled fans would need easy access and exit to their area in the respect of health and safety, no lifts in case of emergency. I was recently at the Emirates on row 26 behind the goal. There was a disabled section to my right and the reason why I think they could be that high up was because the ground at the end of the stadium where I was was level with the ground on outside of the stadium.

Executive boxes on the Kop? Fans, scarfs, big banners and lots of noise for me not the prawn sandwich brigade in their air con suites... 

To be honest there is not much difference, and we are a fickle lot, the BS would be loving this, plus they would love a ground like the one we are gonna get. The way the yanks are going to save money is peddle, Bud or Coors I guess, with dunkin' donuts, and have monster truck racing at half time!  What matters is were we will be at the end of the season and who will be manager!

I will believe the images when I see it built.

Whats the new kop end gonna be called?? the hicks end?

the hick-up

Is this F***ing ploy or something wtf is going on??

Jan 25th 2008 - New Anfield Stadium plans - 71,000 seats























http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N158580080125-1030.htm

This is to try and deflect attention surely??

What a brilliant stadium that is going to be, don't get me wrong i love the old anfield dearly and i will miss it, but if we have move on, it looks fabulous.

What a brilliant stadium that is going to be, don't get me wrong I love the old anfield dearly and I will miss it, but if we have move on, it looks fabulous.

Don't be getting your hopes up now, will you.

This design.  Is like a F***ing NASA Spaceport FFS.

Don't be getting your hopes up now, will you.

Not one brick yet.  How long's it been Mr. Hicks?

This design.  Is like a F***ing NASA Spaceport FFS.

Not one brick yet.  How long's it been Mr. Hicks?

Still waiting for planning to give us the go a head, for the upgrade to 71,000 seats, and nothing will be sorted till the take over talkes are done.

Don't be getting your hopes up now, will you.

Quite right with that man at the helm amything can go wrong, but you've got to be positive for now.

Where I've moved to (the other side of Anfield Cemetary) is within the mailing list for the Stanley Park project, and I got a letter the other day confirming that the work is starting more or less immediately!

Official word from Liverpool City Council, so some spades should start hitting soil anytime soon!

as long as they dont have those sh*te boxes in the Kop and the ability to expand the stadium in needed then its all sweet. i definately like the first roof better than the new one and im not sure about the away end being almost as big as the Kop.

Would anyone want to see us playing football at a stadium that the yanks designed? Any remember we'd be playing there for a good century no?

New stadium pah.

With each passing day I think it's the biggest white elephant of them all.

i really do hope that it starts soon, the waiting list for season tickets will go down yay! i really love the new stadium i think it looks intimidating to others but they have embraced the importance of the kop which i thought the yanks wouldn't get

I love the inside look of the stadium, big, daunting, intimidating. I think the Kop looks good too.

However the outside is a little....alien-ish. Surely they can come up with something more keeping in tone with Liverpool FC. I like the look of it with all the glass, but the design makes me worried.

when is the stadium going to start been waiting years they need less talk bout the stadium and more action asap!!!!!!!

when is the stadium going to start been waiting years they need less talk bout the stadium and more action asap!!!!!!!

Your guess is as good as ours mate.

TBH I'd rather the building didn't start until the funds are definitely secured though. The only thing that could be worse than not getting cracking on building it would be to start & run out of money to finish it, what would we do then? I'm sure someone would come in to help us finish it, but they'd have us by the balls & we'd end up paying them ridiculous money. I know it's frustrating having to wait for the work to start, but if we've not got any guarantees that all the money will be available then we should wait a little longer.

Your guess is as good as ours mate.

TBH I'd rather the building didn't start until the funds are definitely secured though. The only thing that could be worse than not getting cracking on building it would be to start & run out of money to finish it, what would we do then? I'm sure someone would come in to help us finish it, but they'd have us by the balls & we'd end up paying them ridiculous money. I know it's frustrating having to wait for the work to start, but if we've not got any guarantees that all the money will be available then we should wait a little longer.

Ah well the longer they take the more memrable nights @ Anfield will be hosted!

At first i liked the other design my the Manchester based firm but after looking at the designs i quite like this one. Its completely different and unique. Not like any of stadium like Arsenal or Man Utd. I just hope it gets built now.

Off work today due to my mishap on the weekend and caught something on sky along the lines of the council has limited the capacity at the new ground to around 45 thousand ,did i hear it wrong or are there bits i missed ,if it is limited why are we moving?

From .tv

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N159840080506-1556.htm

Liverpool Football Club welcomed today's decision by the Liverpool City Council Planning Committee to unanimously approve the revised design of the new stadium in Stanley Park, Anfield. 
The overall approval includes full planning permission for a new 60,000-seat stadium including the Community Partnership Centre, club shop and museum, conference and banqueting facilities and a car park for 970 vehicles as well as outline planning permission for Anfield Plaza on the site of the existing stadium. There have been no changes to the Anfield Plaza plans as they are subject to a further planning application in the future.
 
The key changes meet the design objectives of providing a high quality stadium, but the revisions make a more efficient use of space. The stadium footprint is 25% smaller than the previously approved design and therefore there is an additional .36 hectare/.89 acre of open space around the stadium.
 
The Multi-Use Games areas and tennis courts associated with the Community Partnership Centre are now on a deck over part of the car park on the North side of the stadium with a living wall of plants facing Priory Rd. reducing the amount of excavation.
 
Restoration of Stanley Park and the Isla Gladstone Conservatory are now well underway and are scheduled for completion this winter.
 
The Club is committed to take the stadium project forward and start on site as soon as possible and aim for an opening for the 2011/2012 season. 

got a bit more info from this link;

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/gronudmove/

so it was 71,000 and now been reduced down to 60,000?? can any one shed a bit more light on this

Like the look of the new stadium, If it comes of it will be agitate place for the best team in the world to play in, my only concern is with only 60 Million for the refinance package is being made available to start the building work, where is the rest of the money coming from to build it?

got a bit more info from this link;

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/gronudmove/

so it was 71,000 and now been reduced down to 60,000?? can any one shed a bit more light on this

Don't worry.  It will never be finished.

they are lovely pictures. sadly thats all they will remain until Hicks agrees to sell up.

Ill beleive it when im sat in it

Thank god this isnt going to be built with the owners being broke and all.

Built down to a price, scaled down, 1 and a half tier kop ()..

i gotta say tho kop looks nice n steep, like the san siro n thats ment to have a gr8 atmospehre, not i been of course

They aren't Exec boxes on the Kop by the way, it's disabled seating.

Because the pitch is below ground level, the seating has to be a bit higher than the pitch - and that's where it is!