Iconic New Anfield / Liverpool stadium

When I first heard that the stadium was going to be slightly downgraded, I feared it might mean a complete redesign of what was revealed last summer.

Fortunately they choose to stick with HKS who only made minor modifications to the original design, what we're left with is something more efficient and still very much unique & iconic in nature.

It's expected to be open in 3.5 years time which is quite a bit back on what was previously hoped for. The capacity is a healthy 71,000 with the Kop having 18,500. Thankfully the acoustics of the roof will still accentuate the atmosphere so nothing lost there. Here's the latest pictures :-

Plans revealed for Liverpool's new Anfield Stadium

New details have emerged regarding Liverpool’s new Anfield Stadium after the 23 documents for it were made available for public viewing at Liverpool City Council.

Although it doesn’t explicitly state how they plan to expand from 60,000 to 78,000 seats in the future, a little bit of logical deduction reveals the most likely way it will be done.

Other cool features of Liverpool’s new Anfield stadium are that it’s likely to be the ‘greenest’ stadium (carbon neutral and also a wind turbine!) in the Premiership and also that it will have a “skywalk” at the top of The Kop which will offer views across the city through to Wales.

At present the planned capacities for each stand is as follows :-

The Kop will have 18,000 seats in a single tier over 95 rows. The East Stand will have 25,000 seats in two tiers over 108 rows. The West Stand will have 12,000 seats in 3 tiers over 97 rows, with a further 1,000 seats in corporate suites. The North Stand will have 4,200 seats in 28 rows.

Some simple math and a brief look at the plans combined with common sense would indicate that upon further planning approval the West Stand will be a 22,000 seater and that the North Stand will have 12,000 (either a 2 or 3 tier stand).

Truly Revolutionary – New Liverpool Stadium

As promised the new stadium will be centred around the Kop, which will house 18,000 fans in a single tier stand. The acoustics of the roof have been designed to accentuate the atmosphere.


As was widely expected, Liverpool have done away with the trend towards bowl shaped stadiums and instead have gone for a more traditional asymmetric design. This new design will be unmistakeable Liverpool and instantly recognisable as our stadium.


The stadium will initially house 60,000 fans with the facility to expand to 78,000 in the years ahead, while Hicks & Gillet would have liked to started out with 78,000 they were held back by planning restrictions. To cater for 78,000 Liverpool will have to finance major improvements in the transport infrastructure to Stanley Park, one rumour indicates modernising the existing railway system through Stanley Park.

Importantly, it’s been stated that the new stadium will not land Liverpool in debt, ticket prices will inevitably rise, that combined with the extra seating should help to ensure Liverpool’s long term competitiveness.