By
Ste Leftley, Editor,
Newanfield.co.uk
The new
design for the Stanley
Park Stadium - the new
Anfield - is
described at ‘amazing’,
by a person familiar with
the plans. LFC co-owner
Tom Hicks last month
revealed that ’spectacular’
new designs for the club’s
new home would be
submitted to the council
for planning assessment
by the end of June.
Earlier designs, viewed
as unambitious by Hicks
and George Gillett, were
completely overhauled,
and the latest design is
now described as like a
’spaceship’,
with a glass structure
for the kop - which acts
as the centrepiece and
focus of the design
- and four unequal
stands that mirror the
organic way in which many
UK football stadia have
developed over the years.
The total costs are
now estimated at
around £300 million, the
person familiar with the
plans said, and the
financing is being sought
from US banks and capital
markets. The new
design is expected to
feature seating for
68,000, 7,000 more than
the original, but Hicks
hasn’t discounted
further expansion to
accommodate “somewhere
in the mid to high 70s,”
subject to planning and
transport issues being
ironed out.
In a US interview, Mr
Hicks said he is keen to
show fans the finished
design.
“It’s
spectacular. and I
can’t wait for
everybody to see it. I
think our fans will love
it, it’s very
creative architecture,
very contemporary but
also unique to Liverpool.
It is all centred around
the Kop.”
The
club’s new home is
expected to be finished
in time for the start of
the 2010 season.
Look out
for the pictures
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