Proyecto de remodelación y ampliación de nuestra hogar, ANFIELD.

Antes del comienzo de la próxima temporada, el Liverpool se gastará 150 millones de libras en la remodelación de Anfield, según informa el diario Liverpool Echo. El ambicioso proyecto de ampliación del estadio dejará el santuario de los ‘reds’ con una capacidad de 60.000 espectadores.

Tras las polémicas surgidas en los últimos años ante la posible construcción de un nuevo estadio en Stanley Park, algo que la masa social del club se oponía, parece que la idea más sensata era ampliar Anfield. De este modo, los dueños del Liverpool han optado por meterse en un ambicioso Plan que pretende demoler 90 casas de los aledaños del estadio para poder llevar a cabo el proyecto de ampliación, según informa el diario de Merseyside.

De este modo, tras la confirmación del Liverpool de permanecer en Anfield y no mudarse a un nuevo estadio, el Ayuntamiento de la ciudad y el desarrollador de vivienda social ‘Your Housing Group’ comenzaron las conversaciones y negociaciones con las 90 familias de los aledaños de Anfield, con el objetivo de llegar a un acuerdo para que las casas puedan ser demolidas y el estadio ampliado.

A priori, el estadio verá aumentada su capacidad tanto en la Tribuna Principal como en la grada de la calle Anfield.

El presidente del Liverpool, Ian Ayre, explica que “se ha logrado un progreso real en la adquisición” de las viviendas, por lo que “una vez que todas hayan sido adquiridas, vamos a pasar por el proceso de planificación para después poder empezar con la construcción”, según declaraciones recogidas por Liverpool Echo. “Nosotros esperamos estar en condiciones de hacer de la ampliación una certeza este verano”, añade Ayre.

Con esta ampliación, el Liverpool pretende dar un paso al frente para volver a situarse en la élite de los equipos de la Premier. De hecho, el propio Eyre confiesa que la reconstrucción de Anfield es “vital para las esperanzas de competir económicamente con la élite de la Premier League”.

Y aqui la noticia del Liverpool Echo:

Major plans for a £260m regeneration of Anfield have been revealed.
The ambitious scheme will see hundreds of new homes, new business premises, a revamped stadium for Liverpool FC, a village square, a hospitality academy hotel with 100 beds and a “pedestrian-friendly” avenue gateway cutting through Stanley Park right up to the football ground.
Around 300 vacant or derelict houses will have to be demolished to make way for the plans, which will include the refurbishment of around 500 homes.
Around 250 new homes will be added to the growing Parks housing estate development.
Residents who have lived in uncertainty for more than a decade have been given their first glimpse of the plans, which are being spearheaded by the council, the Reds and housing association Your Housing.
The project, which should take around five years to complete, will be the biggest single regeneration push in the city after the multi-billion pound Liverpool Waters development.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, who has been in high-level talks with Reds owner John Henry and housing chiefs for more than six months, said the people of Anfield had been “let down badly” in the past, and deserved to see their community restored to its former glory.
The football club’s plans will account for up to £150m of the £260m price tag for the project. The Reds will remain at Anfield and expand the stadium on its current footprint.
The rest of the investment will go on new roads and infrastructure, renovated housing and newly built homes.

So far, more than £40m of improvements have already been made in the area, including some new housing developments by Keepmoat Homes, the Isla Gladstone Conservatory in Stanley Park, the Four Oaks Primary School and Mere Lane health centre.
But Mayor Anderson said despite progress so far, he was determined to make sure no promises were made that couldn’t be delivered, adding: “I’m absolutely determined not to allow officers who work for the council or the Club or anybody to exaggerate what will be achieved.
“For far too long people have been given the impression that things would change and improve, but they didn’t.”

The ECHO understands that the council’s contribution to the overall cost will include around £13m of government funding, and a large proportion of the value of the scheme is tied up in land and property owned by the council.
Money the club must provide in return for planning permission – known as “Section 106 money” – will also go towards the cost of the project, and potentially any European funding that was given on the condition Liverpool FC built a new stadium in the park, which could be around £7m.

While the overall project incorporates Anfield stadium being enhanced, the Club is keen to make sure it wins the support of local residents.
But while it owns a number of houses in Lothair Road – immediately behind the ground – and Your Housing (formerly Arena) owns many more in the Rockfield Road area, there are some properties owned by private landlords which the council is currently in talks about purchasing.


Esta es la imagen que he visto de como quedaría la remodelación de nuestro Estadio y la zona alrededor: