New Anfield is the name of the planned football stadium to be built in Stanley Park, Liverpool for Liverpool Football Club. The stadium was given planning permission in February 2003. The stadium has a planned all-seated capacity of about 70,000 plus, with provision for expansion up to 80,000 seats or more.

New Anfield For 2018?

New Anfield should definitely be one of the host stadiums in 2018, as it will be one of the biggest stadiums in the country and also one of the modernest. The city of Liverpool should host world cup football as it has two great football teams and Liverpool FC is one of the most successful teams in the country and Europe. the fans in liverpool are also some of the most passionate fans in the world and would welcome world cup football into their city, Liverpool was also the 2007 European Capital of Culture.

Original plans for a new stadium were initiated by Liverpool F.C. to replace its stadium at Anfield in May 2002. There were several attempts by Liverpool City Council to instigate a groundshare of the stadium with local rivals Everton but this move was finally rejected as neither club was in favour of the plan. The name Stanley Park Stadium was proposed for the purpose of facilitating a groundshare, but Liverpool FC have stated their intention to name the stadium separately later and currently call the stadium ‘the New Anfield’.

On 8th September 2007 Liverpool got permission from Liverpool City Council for development on the new 61,000 seater stadium, and were granted a 999 year lease for the site.

Plans to start work on the new stadium were suspended in early 2007 following George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks’s takeover of the club in February 2007, by March 2007 the possibility of the capacity being increased to 80,000 was reported, which would have made the stadium the largest club capacity and second only to Wembley Stadium.

New Anfield’s Capacity

A single tier Kop stand, with 18,000 seats maintains the Kops importance to Liverpool, integral to the ethos of the club will be the incorporation into the new stadium of the Hillsborough Memorial and the Shankly Gates, which will be taken from Anfield.

The stadium represents an investment of around £400 million and is scheduled to open in 2011. The 60,000 seat stadium has been designed to allow for future expansion which could see the capacity increased to a 78 – 80,000 capacity dependent on improvements to local transport links.