Liverpool Football Club today unveiled plans for a new 60,000-seater stadium at Stanley Park.

An official planning application was submitted to Liverpool City Council. American architects HKS are responsible for the designs which will hold 60,000 fans which could be extended to 80,000 in the future.

A new radical design has been made to the original plans for the stadium, which will feature a stone base on the north, west and east sides, with mainly glass facades above. There will be a metal-clad south side and the south-east and south-west corners will be open.


Liverpool Executive Rick Parry said: “The asymmetric design sets it apart from other new stadia, as it is a clear move away from what is becoming the traditional bowl model. It recognises and makes reference to the fact that English football grounds were historically asymmetric.

“This new design will be unmistakably Liverpool and instantly recognisable as our stadium.”

HKS is responsible for the design of a number of stadiums in America, including a soccer stadium in Frisco, Texas known as the Pizza Hut Park, which was completed in 2005.

It has recently worked on designs for the renovation for the LA Dodgers baseball stadium, and has designed the new Dallas Cowboys American Football stadium in Arlington, Texas. It is due for completion in 2009.

(JM/SP)