Liverpool FC Stadium Redisgn

Architects HKS and engineer Ramboll Whitbybird’s improved design has been selected for Liverpool’s new football stadium. Having secured a £350 million financing package, led by The Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia Bank NA the new owners of Liverpool were able to finally approve plans for the stadium.

Tom Hicks and George Gillet, the co 0wners of Liverpool FC said the new designs were more cost effective and supporter-friendly than the initial ones, which went £50m over budget. The new 71,000-seater stadium is set to open in August 2011.The new stadium will feature enhanced amenities for the Club's supporters while preserving the history and traditions of Anfield and the Club itself. It will be anchored by an expanded 18,500-seat standalone KOP, an increase of more than 5,000 seats.

Tom Hicks, co-owner, said: “HKS has developed a more efficient design that, at the same time, is just as stunning as its original design...“Liverpool supporters should have high expectations for the future: a premier sporting experience at their new stadium at Stanley Park and a winning club on the pitch for years to come.”

KUD International was appointed project manager and Laing O’Rourke contractor.