| Stanley Park Stadium | |
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Artist's impression of HKS's Stanley Park Stadium |
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| Full name | Stanley Park Stadium |
| Location | Stanley Park, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom |
| Built | Cancelled |
| Owner | Fenway Sports Group |
| Operator | Liverpool F.C. |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| Construction cost | £400 million |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. |
| Project manager | KUD International with Davis Langdon, An AECOM Company |
| Structural engineer | Ramboll Whitbybird |
| General contractor | Laing O'Rourke |
| Capacity | Up to 72,000 (all-seater) |
Stanley Park was a proposed football stadium in Stanley Park, Liverpool that if built, would have become home to Liverpool Football Club. The stadium had a planned capacity of 60,000 (potentially expandable to 72,000) all-seated.
There were two designs that were given planning permission. One is designed by architects AFL with a capacity of 60,000, and the second is a more expensive futuristic design by Dallas based architects HKS, which would originally seat 60,000 with the capacity for further expansion to 73,000.
As of January 2012 only small site preparation work had been completed. A change in owners resulted in the plans for Stanley Park Stadium being reexamined. In October 2012 new owners Fenway Sports Group announced their decision redevelop and expand the current club stadium Anfield (in a similar way that they redeveloped Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox) rather than proceed with the planned new stadium.
Read more about Stanley Park Stadium: Stadium, History, Groundshare With Everton FC
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