Liverpool Managing Director Ian Ayre has expressed his frustration at the obstacles that are in the way of redeveloping Anfield. He told Sky Sports News:
“I guess the frustration is that we know it’s what the fans would probably prefer largely. We know that it would cost a lot less money than building a new stadium, and we are pretty sure based on the designs that we have seen, we can get to similar capacity that we have seen with a new stadium. So the opportunity is there, but there is an economic challenge. A lot of people think that if you build a new stadium that you make more money, but in our case if you go up to 60,000 you are getting 16,000 more seats – you are not getting 60,000 new seats.”
If the Reds have to build a new stadium at Stanley Park, Ayre believes naming rights for the stadium will be essential:
“It’s about finding the right economic balance and we have gone on record as saying, the one thing that will help with that is a strong naming rights partnership.”
This week it is former LFC WAG Edita Hortova!
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Anyone who’s been to Anfield and a world class stadium like Emirates, Bernabeau, Camp Nou etc knows we badly need a new stadium. We have to look past sentiment! You can’t keep wearing the same t-shirt because you scored lots of chicks with it when you were younger. You’ll score nothing now wearing that same faded, torn t-shirt! If we want to be one of the best clubs in the world we have to have one of the best stadiums in the world.
Very true…. LFC TRYING TO DO THINGS ON THE CHEAP AGAIN…….