Liverpool confirm £60m expansion of the Anfield Road Stand

Liverpool confirm £60m expansion of the Anfield Road Stand will begin next week… with 7,000 more seats set to be added to take stadium’s capacity to more than 61,000

Liverpool have confirmed that they will proceed with the planned expansion of the Anfield Road Stand next week.

The expansion – which will see 7,000 new seats added in a £60million redevelopment – received the approval of Liverpool City Council in June this year.

The move will see Anfield’s capacity increase to more than 61,000, making it the third largest in the Premier League in terms of capacity behind Manchester United’s Old Trafford and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Liverpool have confirmed they will begin work on a 7,000-seat expansion at Anfield next week

The latest expansion, to the Anfield Road stand, will see capacity raised to more than 61,000

The Reds confirmed that work will begin ‘in earnest’ next week with an ‘official ground-breaking ceremony’.

Andy Hughes, managing director of Liverpool FC, said: ‘We have been clear from the beginning that in order for this expansion to go ahead we needed the co-operation of local residents and the community, to successfully navigate the complex planning landscape, and to ensure the project is financially viable.

‘We needed certainty for this project to progress and are now in a position to be able to move forward. We began this journey in 2014 and are grateful to everyone for the contributions they have made to bring the project to this stage.’

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