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£260 million project includes Liverpool FC Anfield expansion

Liverpool FC announced today that their plans to expand their grounds will begin early next year.

The project will add around 8,500 additional seats taking the over all Anfield capacity to 54,000.

The club expansion is part of Liverpool City Council’s major regeneration plans which were announced in October 2012.

The entire project aims to transform the Anfield area and make it a better place to live and work, at the time of the projects announcement the club committed to working with the council and Your Housing Group to support the regeneration.

The overall cost of the regeneration including the stadium is £260 million.

Chair of Your Housing Group, Kathy Cowell said: “The Anfield Project has always been about wholesale regeneration, involving not just a redeveloped stadium but new homes, new businesses and new employment opportunities that benefit the local community.

“The new homes and the job opportunities are already being delivered and the start of work on the stadium signals the realisation of the next stage of the partners’ ambition to turn a vision into a reality for the people of Anfield.”

The mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: “The start of work on the Main Stand will mark the beginning of a project which will deliver huge benefits to the city of Liverpool and to the communities in and around Anfield.

“It is the culmination of a great deal of hard work from many parties, including our colleagues at Your Housing Group, and is evidence of the commitment of Fenway Sports Group to the strategic vision which we jointly unveiled just over two years ago.

“I’m delighted that we have reached this decisive turning point in the history of Anfield.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sophia Taha .