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Anfield Redevelopment; leaked news

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I would guess that a clever re-development of the existing stadium would be able to produce a similar increase in seating capacity as the previously proposed Stanley Park stadium.

Apart from the Main Stand, Anfield is in pretty good nick and I always thought it would be a shame to flatten a perfectly serviceable and well-loved stadium just to build another one a few hundred yards away.
 
I'll wait to see the finished plans, and there's 0 point me commenting on what the relative benefits to the city there are depending on where they build, but I can't help but think that the owners have artfully lowered expectations.

That's not to say that's not smart either, because the assumption that football can sustain growth indefinitely and print money may well destroy other clubs.
 
I won't lie i am a little disappointed. I liked the idea of future generations having a new modern stadium to call home.

Still the important thing i guess is that we are moving forward and are actually going to get the increased capacity that we so desperately need.
 
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I'll wait to see the finished plans, and there's 0 point me commenting on what the relative benefits to the city there are depending on where they build, but I can't help but think that the owners have artfully lowered expectations.

That's not to say that's not smart either, because the assumption that football can sustain growth indefinitely and print money may well destroy other clubs.
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There may be some truth in that, but was that the reason they didn't move out of Fenway? I think maybe these foreigners recognise the importance of Anfield more than some of our own supporters. It always bothered me that we'd be dumping a huge part of our own history. Together with economic realities, this definitely seems the best solution to me.
 
There was never a compelling enough argument to leave anfield as far as I was concerned. Whenever I used to ask why we couldn't redevelop it was as if I'd asked why I couldn't do brain surgery or trade derivatives... I was just told like a child that we just couldn't and much cleverer people than me had worked it all out. My sums and lack of belief in the spurious local reasons always left me hugely sceptical of that and hugely cynical about who stood to gain from a new ground.

In short, I'm fucking made up
 
What about all the:

"Why can't they just build a massive main stand?"

"It's built on a jam butty mine or something"

What happened to that?
 
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There was never a compelling enough argument to leave anfield as far as I was concerned. Whenever I used to ask why we couldn't redevelop it was as if I'd asked why I couldn't do brain surgery or trade derivatives... I was just told like a child that we just couldn't and much cleverer people than me had worked it all out. My sums and lack of belief in the spurious local reasons always left me hugely sceptical of that and hugely cynical about who stood to gain from a new ground.

In short, I'm fucking made up
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peter agrees with him.
 
Anyone know what sort of timescale we're looking at? Or how much decreased capacity we'll have in that periode?
 
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New 70,000 seater stadium or redeveloped 70,000 seater Anfield?

Anfield every time.
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Question is, though, whether a redeveloped Anfield will be able to hold as many. If not, does this mean we've accepted we'll never bring in as much as the Mancs in terms of matchday income and, if so, how are we going to bridge the gap that's opened up in the last 20 years?
 
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What about all the:

"Why can't they just build a massive main stand?"

"It's built on a jam butty mine or something"

What happened to that?
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Lies/half-truths, spread like butter, by the P Diddy Men.
 
[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=44621.msg1302235#msg1302235 date=1300614207]
New 70,000 seater stadium or redeveloped 70,000 seater Anfield?

Anfield every time.
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no brainer
 
Preserving our history and pushing numbers!

With all the new sponsorship coming in, I'm pretty sure that we'll find creative ways to bridge the stadium revenue gap.
 
I did like the original "Hicks" design , I can't deny that but that moment has passed now.
The argument about redevelop or new arose with the original "Parry" bowl, which was bloody awful, but the cost was relatively low and so the lost revenue and redevelopment costs argument added up.

It still worries me how the infrastructure and transport links in Anfield that are already stretched at 45k are going to cope with at lease a 50% increase - new or redevelop.

As things stand - redevelop, but it must have a stretching capacity.

If it was a new stadium I would say build away from Anfield


regards
 
Therein lies the problem; it's not just about increasing the capacity now, it's also about planning for the future.

If we manage to squeeze say another 15,000 now, that's great..but would it be enough for say the next 50-60 years?..we really dont want to be in the position where we're debating this again because the capacity isnt enough in 2050.

Travel to the stsadium is difficult enough now, it's a bit hard to imagine it after expanding it by another 15000.

Anfield is an incredible place, but it has ALWAYS been about getting the people in.

If we can redevelop Anfield and have the same future expansion possibilities that a new stadium could achieve, then it really is a no brainer...but it does look a really big ask.
 
I'm fine with redevelopment providing the costs add up, but due to the limitations of the Anfield site, it doesn't feel like a strategy which plans for continued growth.
 
The greatest issue I've had over the past 6 years has been the proposal of any solution that involved leaving Anfield.
Imagine Barca leaving the Nou Camp, Inter leaving the San Siro; just wouldn't happen. This is Anfield, the location of so many incredible performances and historical moments.

Anfield will always be synonymous with this club and remain our spiritual home. Leaving it should be a last resort.
 
Tbf, we could always reopen the train lines that go past Stanley etc, its like a 5 min walk from there.
 
the big upside of redevelopment is you'd have to assume it would happen a lot faster than building an entire stadium.
 
I'd love to stay at Anfield myself. A rework of the Main and Anfield Road stands would increase attendance significantly. Better transportation links are bound to form part of any proposal
 
more rumours, this time from some guy who posted on Empire of The Kop, not getting my hopes up but would love the below to be tue:

Okay, so this will surely get you going! A friend of EOTK posted some comments on one of my articles were I tackled the ‘should we redevelop or go for a new-build?’ According to this fellow Kopite an announcement about what NESV plan to do with regards to the stadium issue is will be done by the end of this week.

These indiscretions are claiming that the NESV top brass met with Liverpool City Authority and they have received full backing for a redevelopment of Anfield with a view to re-develop the area surrounding the current stadium in the process. These rumours also say that Lothiar Road will get the axe and Anfield Road will be re-routed.

The plan is for an initial extension to push to capacity up to 60,000 with a view to eventually arrive at 70,000! The project would also include about 50 corporate boxes. It has also been muted that plans are in place to add capacity to the Kop by raising its angle rather than pushing it backwards.

Now, while all comments are more than welcome and much appreciated, the issue here is not to re-argue if it is best to have a new stadium or redevelop Anfield. From comments received the MAJORITY of Liverpool fans would support a re-development! What I really want is for anyone who has heard any realistic rumours, especially you guys on location, to let your fellow LFC supporters get any breaking news in this regard before we get the official announcement.

Are these indiscretions true as far as you know?
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yep, so pretty much as expected. the 'plan' for the kop sounds interesting, though, to say the least. not sure if it's feasible or how many more seats it could provide, but to a complete layman like me it sounds too ingenious for some idiot on the internet to come up with...
 
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