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The upper tier of the Anfield Road Stand at Liverpool will remain closed for the rest of the calendar year as redevelopment work takes place.
Liverpool's phased opening of their redeveloped Anfield Road stand can continue this weekend, despite contracted developers Buckingham Group filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
The expansion was expected to cost £60 million and allowed Anfield Road stand to seat 7,000 more people, giving the stadium a total capacity of 61,000. [ 89 ] Work by contractor Buckingham Group officially commenced on 30 September 2021, with the first sod being turned by manager Jürgen Klopp . [ 90 ]
On 9 September 2016, the first phase of expansion was completed, bringing the total capacity 54,047. On 10 September, the newly renovated Anfield was opened for its first use in a Premier League game against Leicester City. Plans to expand the Anfield Road stand have been announced to increase the capacity to over 60,000.
In October 2012, BBC Sport reported that the owners of Liverpool FC had decided to redevelop their current home at Anfield stadium, rather than building a new stadium in Stanley Park. As part of the redevelopment the capacity of Anfield was to increase from 45,276 to approximately 60,000 and would cost in the region of £150m.
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Everton enquired into the possibility of co-financing Liverpool F.C's Stanley Park Stadium, a proposed plan for a stadium that was scheduled to open in 2006, but the plan was cancelled in 2012 after new owners favoured the expansion of Anfield. [12] This idea was denied by Liverpool's former co-owner Tom Hicks. There was speculation at the time ...
Anfield: Anfield, Liverpool: 61,276 [3] Liverpool: Premier League 1884 6 Emirates Stadium [n 3] Holloway, London 60,704 [5] Arsenal: Premier League 2006 Arsenal W.F.C. Women's Super League 7 City of Manchester Stadium [n 4] Bradford, Manchester: 52,900 [3] Manchester City: Premier League 2002 8 St James' Park: Newcastle upon Tyne: 52,258 [3 ...