Liverpool Given Extension by Council to Consider Stadium Plans
September 26, 2011
Liverpool FC have been allowed another extension by Liverpool City Council as they continue to think over undecided stadium plans.
A deadline was set in July for Liverpool to announce by the end of this month whether they intend to take up the 999-year lease that would allow them to build a new ground on nearby Stanley Park, for which they have already been granted planning permission.
But Liverpool have struggled to make a decision, as revamping and expanding Anfield is also under consideration.
Council leader Joe Anderson had warned in July that the club’s delaying of an announcement was ‘very frustrating’. However talks have been on-going between the two parties and the council have been reassured that progress is being made.
Renovating Anfield was the original preferred choice of Liverpool’s American owners, Fenway Sports Group, but the cost of doing that is exorbitant.
A new build on Stanley Park would require Liverpool to find a partner to facilitate a lucrative naming rights deal.