Bill Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Reds stadium 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 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. ......... Oh dear the money pinch is already beginning to stretch the purse strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 HAHA, all we need know is an injury crisis, a slump in form and the heat is on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 haha brilliant. That should shut them up about a new stadium for quite a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Berno Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) lmao goin on abar them two yanks havin loadsa money an thr gunna get them to the top... my arse! I doubt they cud fill a 76,000 seater anyway if they cud it be full of glory hunters from Turkey pakistan n Poland. Edited December 15, 2007 by Josh Berno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 i was lookin forward to seeing if they could actually build that thing! gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Confirmed... Liverpool downgrade stadium plan Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says spiralling costs have forced the club to scale back plans for a futuristic new stadium. The Reds are still committed to building a new 70,000-capacity ground. But Parry said the design would be "slightly downgraded" from plans released earlier this year. "It will be a massive improvement on where we were 12 months ago, if not quite as dramatic as the plans unveiled in the summer," said Parry. We are now considering two schemes but the stadium will be a 70,000-seater. "The new stadium will be a significant improvement on the original plans and a slightly downgraded version of the new ones. "The single tier Kop remains fundamental to the design and we are not expecting any delays - it should be on schedule for 2011." The cost for the proposed stadium in Stanley Park was estimated at £400m, but that figure is now set to be reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Town was full of Irish today I was quite chipper seeing the best supporters in the world leaving early after getting beat 1-0, "Wheres you famous, wheres your famous, wheres your famous atmosphere" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Reckon the groundshare issue may crop up again now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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