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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.
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 ]
Anfield Road expansion plan were allowed to be expired in September 2019 [52] and Liverpool resubmitted a new £60M plan which will push Anfield capacity into 61,000. The expansion plan includes granting permission of permanent hosting concert and other major events such as American Football [ 53 ] [ 54 ]
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.
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.
The expansion of Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium has led to repeated calls to open the line to passengers and the building of a station to serve the stadium and the Anfield area. [11] It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic.
Proposed new stadium as part of the wider regeneration of Northfleet Habourside. Plans were approved in April 2024 by Gravesham Borough Council, with works on the stadium scheduled to begin in September 2024 with an aim to be complete by August 2026, potentially in time for the beginning of the 2025-26 season. [88] Eco Park (new build) c. 5,000
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 ...