When are we likely to get definitive stadium news?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 hours ago, dave u said:

It's not this TLW.

 

There's another facebook page that has nicked the name and loads of people think it's me. It's not.

Fooled me, too.

[deiseach]

On 07/06/2021 at 11:55, Trumo said:

To be fair they were right. It's still the same shithole with a blue cone on it as it was back in February 2020.

 

[Harry Squatter]

 

 

[dockers_strike]

Wasnt the original plan to take the capacity to 60,000? This article in the Echo mentions 61,000 as the capacity once the ARE is done.

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fsgs-60m-hope-anfield-revealed-20765902

[kemskem]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

Wasnt the original plan to take the capacity to 60,000? This article in the Echo mentions 61,000 as the capacity once the ARE is done.

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fsgs-60m-hope-anfield-revealed-20765902

When they reapplied there was a slight increase in capacity but I’m not sure what the figure was.

[No2]

2 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Wasnt the original plan to take the capacity to 60,000? This article in the Echo mentions 61,000 as the capacity once the ARE is done.

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fsgs-60m-hope-anfield-revealed-20765902

That article talks about playing other sports there, Anfield is about 30m to short for a GAA game and 10m for American Football. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 hours ago, No2 said:

That article talks about playing other sports there, Anfield is about 30m to short for a GAA game and 10m for American Football. 

Rugby League? Didn't we host the Magic Weekend once?

[Red74]

[dockers_strike]

13 hours ago, No2 said:

That article talks about playing other sports there, Anfield is about 30m to short for a GAA game and 10m for American Football. 

We had to extend the pitch right up to the edge of the ARE seating to stage any Euro 96 games because our pitch didnt meet the required size.

 

Although the PL likes pitches to be the same size, clearly older stadiums means this isnt the case. The club may take the opportunity to remove a couple of rows at the ARE front to allow for the pitch to be shifted that way and lengthened a bit. I dont know if that gives them an additional 10 metres for NFL or whether the end zones on an NFL pitch have to be the full regulation width?

[lifetime fan]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

We had to extend the pitch right up to the edge of the ARE seating to stage any Euro 96 games because our pitch didnt meet the required size.

 

Although the PL likes pitches to be the same size, clearly older stadiums means this isnt the case. The club may take the opportunity to remove a couple of rows at the ARE front to allow for the pitch to be shifted that way and lengthened a bit. I dont know if that gives them an additional 10 metres for NFL or whether the end zones on an NFL pitch have to be the full regulation width?

It could potentially line up the tunnel with the halfway line more accurately but I’m sure I read that wasn’t in the original plans. 
 

Maybe that’s been changed with the delayed planning application and slightly increased capacity? 

[an tha]

Personally i'd rather not have our pitch being ripped up to fuck by rugby players and american football players.

[Aventus]

4 minutes ago, an tha said:

Personally i'd rather not have our pitch being ripped up to fuck by rugby players and american football players.

What about if we extended it to meet the criteria for some European Cup finals? 

[Scott_M]

43 minutes ago, Aventus said:

What about if we extended it to meet the criteria for some European Cup finals? 

I don’t think 61k is big enough for a European Final. 
 

UEFA will, 15k per finalist isn’t enough IMO.

[niallers]

What are the bitters going to call it when we've 2 big stands. 2 big stands fc is a little obvious even for their malnourished and under developed brains

[an tha]

1 hour ago, Aventus said:

What about if we extended it to meet the criteria for some European Cup finals? 

Perfectly acceptable.

 

I like the thought of winning it at home.

[Preston Red]

I was going to suggest an even bigger museum in one of the new stands but, even with more space, you'll still get ignorant twats in your grill while trying to look at old shirts and trophies.

 

Has anyone been to the museum since it reopened? I might nip over next week on a weekday to have a ganders at the PL trophy.

[kemskem]

On 07/06/2021 at 18:19, Barrington Womble said:

It can't happen soon enough, years too late. Really we need to look at the lower Kenny and the kop too as the leg room in those sections are a fucking disgrace, like they were set up for kids - I'm at a point where my kop seat is concerned, as I'm getting older I don't think my knees can do it anymore. While I never wanted to leave anfield, one of the plus points would have been some acceptable seating for those in those sections. 

I don't think it's going to change. Selling the houses on Skerries rd making any future development virtually impossible has to be one of the worst decisions ever made by the club, although I don't think it was on FSG's watch.

[Ronnie Whelan]

3 hours ago, kemskem said:

I don't think it's going to change. Selling the houses on Skerries rd making any future development virtually impossible has to be one of the worst decisions ever made by the club, although I don't think it was on FSG's watch.

I think this might be it for a while but in the next 10-20 years, I could see them trying to get capacity past 70k.

[Barrington Womble]

12 hours ago, kemskem said:

I don't think it's going to change. Selling the houses on Skerries rd making any future development virtually impossible has to be one of the worst decisions ever made by the club, although I don't think it was on FSG's watch.

They didn't own all the houses on skerries rd though did they? I think you're right though, they can't go back there without that.

 

To be honest I think the club will be happy to stop at 60ish k. They want to ensure demand outstrips supply as that's one of the big things that allows them to get away with those fan paid hospitality gigs. They've been really successful in the main stand because they never get the corporate ST uptake they wanted. And while people can't get tickets, loads are willing to pay 350 quid a match to sit in there. 

[sir roger]

17 hours ago, an tha said:

Personally i'd rather not have our pitch being ripped up to fuck by rugby players and american football players.

Or having Bon Jovi back

[Scott_M]

15 hours ago, Preston Red said:

I was going to suggest an even bigger museum in one of the new stands but, even with more space, you'll still get ignorant twats in your grill while trying to look at old shirts and trophies.

 

Has anyone been to the museum since it reopened? I might nip over next week on a weekday to have a ganders at the PL trophy.

I went twice last year - once with my daughter and once with my Dad.

 

Pretty empty both times. 

[El Dangerous]

57 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I went twice last year - once with my daughter and once with my Dad.

 

Pretty empty both times. 

Not as empty as Everton’s!

[Scott_M]

9 minutes ago, El Dangerous said:

Not as empty as Everton’s!

Disappointingly there was no cuckoo clocks on display. We had to make do having pictures with the plethora of silver shiny things instead.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 hours ago, sir roger said:

Or having Bon Jovi back

At least P!nk had the decency to keep off the pitch.

 

[Preston Red]

4 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I went twice last year - once with my daughter and once with my Dad.

 

Pretty empty both times. 

Cushty. Cheers Scott.