Liverpool prepare to unveil Anfield redevelopment plans

Liverpool are preparing to unveil plans that will see Anfield redeveloped and expanded to an initial capacity of over 55,000, and scupper talk of a new stadium on Stanley Park.

Mock-up of a redeveloped Main Stand and Anfield Road at Anfield

Liverpool City Council will tomorrow announce details of a regeneration scheme in the L4 area, and alongside this - Liverpool will confirm that the club will remain at their ground since inception - 120 years ago.

The Main Stand is likely to be completely rebuilt, with a hotel built behind the area - and the Anfield Road stand will also see a significant increase in capacity.

Liverpool's Ian Ayre had said some time ago that stadium naming rights would only be sold if the club built a new ground - however club officials have talked this down - suggesting that stadium nights could still be sold to pay for the redevelopment of the ground.

Liverpool Council are set to announce that they will give the go-ahead for a number of compulsory purchase orders (CPO's) of houses that will need to be demolished to make way for the ground expansion.

The reds first unveiled plans for a 55,000 seat stadium in Stanley Park in 2002.

If all goes to plan, then work could being at the end of the 2013/2014 season.

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