Liverpool FC Forum

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:00 am

Kop stadium plans shelved
By David Maddock 15/12/2007
Liverpool are poised to scrap plans for a new stadium after a bid to borrow £700million to fund the development was hit by the credit crunch devastating money markets.

The club's American owners George Gillett (above) and Tom Hicks will be forced to settle for a smaller loan.

That will mean an embarrassing U-turn on the proposal for a 76,000-seater arena and leave less cash for manager Rafa Benitez to spend in the transfer market.

It is not the news Benitez will want to hear as he prepares his team for their crucial Premier League clash with Manchester United tomorrow and plans for a long-anticipated meeting with the US duo on Monday.

Hicks had asked his Texan architects to rejig the designs for a replace for Anfield, with revenue generation a key element in the new £400m scheme.

But they will have to go back to an initial 60,000-seat plan or redesign again on a much smaller scale.

Daily Mirror

by **Woollyback** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:26 am

none of the other papers have this story, and the bbc have only got it in their gossip column. given that only about 1 in a hundred things in the gossip column actually happen then i'm not too worried

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:31 am

Liverpool count cost of Stanley park plan
Last updated at 08:49am on 15th December 2007

Liverpool are reviewing plans for their new stadium in Stanley Park after estimated costs continued to escalate with concerns that the final figure could reach £500million.

American co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks revealed an ambitious new design for the 60,000-seater arena, with a potential capacity of almost 80,000 in the years ahead, after gaining control of the club nine months ago and were granted planning permission last month.

Chief executive Rick Parry said that he hoped building work could begin next spring with a projected opening for the start of the 2011-2012 season.

But now Gillett and Hicks, who have a great deal of experience of developing commercial and sports sites in their own country, are studying proposals again with advisers to decide whether to downgrade the current plans or revert to the earlier scheme with modifications.

Talks about a new stadium started more than seven years ago.

When the first design was drawn up five years ago, the estimated cost was £80m.
Daily Mail

They are ALL running with it Woolly

I posted a piece from the Times in the Hicks and Gillett thread as well mate.

by **ste123lfc** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:32 am

Whilst I appriciate your optimism, it is also reported in the mail and the times. I can't see us ever having a new stadium at this rate.

by **Woollyback** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:49 am

bugger

by **inglis5** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:32 am

This all makes me very angry, if it is true then it is a horrednous kick in the teeth for the club.

I know we should not look for people to blame but it really makes you understand how poorly managed the club has been for the past 20 years. At a time when Man U and Arsenal were investing their grounds and (with the case of Man U) developing their global fan base, what have we been doing? Scratching around for investment... now we have it we are a considerable distance behind our main rivals and with the economy as it is, it's going to be even more difficult to catch up.

I really hope this story is yet another fabrication, if it isn't I fear that there are troubled times ahead....

by **maguskwt** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:04 pm

this is a proof of how american business men bullsh8t

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:09 pm

The news just keeps getting worse, now they have decided we can't afford Torres, so we are getting Jermain Defoe instead

by **Reg** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:47 pm

Lets wait for the club to make a comment basis the press reports however until then......... y´know.... getting fed up of all the doom and gloom.

by **Reg** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:52 pm

Something to cheer the manic depressives up .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPT_6gwGqO4

by **Paul C** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:02 pm

I sometimes forget about the new stadium it's been draggin on that long, for the time being I'm more worried about the league position and getting quality players, the new stadium is an added bonus.

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:00 pm

Following press speculation on Saturday morning concerning Liverpool's new stadium in Stanley Park, Rick Parry today said: 'We remain absolutely committed to the building of a new stadium which will improve on the original design'
Chief Executive Rick Parry told liverpoolfc.tv: "We remain absolutely committed to the building of a new stadium which will improve on the original design inherited by Tom Hicks and George Gillett when they came into the club.

"It will have a capacity of around 70,000, be higher quality and have a substantially increased Kop which will form the centrepiece of the new plans.

"Ever since the original designs were unveiled, we have been continuously revising and refining with the intention of delivering the best possible solution to our future needs.

"The situation in the credit markets has not affected our design, programme, or implementation of building our new stadium. The priority has always been to build a winning team on the pitch and everything else we do is geared towards that."

lfc.tv
Hopefully this puts an end to the speculation. I still don't trust Hicks or Gillett though

by **JC_81** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:25 pm

s@int wrote:I still don't trust Hicks or Gillett though

Glad to see it's not just me then.

I get the feeling something's not right and I'd go as far as to say I reckon they want out. First they don't back Benitez in the transfer market and coincidently there might be a problem with the new stadium (Parry doesn't exactly fill me with confidence either despite what he says). Something smells. Watch this space.

by **Emerald Red** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:51 pm

If there's one thing I learned from experience a long time ago, and I don't give a flying f*ck what someone thinks about my following comment, is that the vast majority of Yanks are just full of sh*t. They talk sh*t. Act sh*t. God gave them one outstanding gift, and that's just to be sh*t talkers. Most of them do my head in. Oh, and I don't trust the c*nts either.

by **JoeTerp** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:20 pm

john craig wrote:
s@int wrote:I still don't trust Hicks or Gillett though

Glad to see it's not just me then.

I get the feeling something's not right and I'd go as far as to say I reckon they want out. First they don't back Benitez in the transfer market and coincidently there might be a problem with the new stadium (Parry doesn't exactly fill me with confidence either despite what he says). Something smells. Watch this space.

What do you mean they haven't backed him in the transfer market!?!! The only transfer period we have had so far with them in charge we got RECORD SIGNING Fernando Torres and Babel for over 10, Lucas wasn't cheap, Yossi, and a couple mil on Leto

Liverpool FC Forum

NEW STADIUM - All News + discussion here

Who is online