Americans to make new stadium 'even better'

[Cunny]

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Americans to make new stadium 'even better'

By David Bond

Last Updated: 12:36am GMT 10/02/2007

 

 

 

Liverpool's new owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, have ordered an urgent review of the club's new £215 million home to see if it is possible to make the proposed 60,000-seat stadium at Stanley Park even better.

 

Chief executive Rick Parry is due to fly to Dallas next week to meet Hicks and Gillett, along with American architects HKS, who have been asked to look at Liverpool's designs to see what changes can be made.

 

Among the ideas being considered 'bunker suites' ? executive boxes built underground, with elevators to and from the seats in the stand above.

 

The idea was developed by President George W Bush when he was joint owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, which Hicks now owns, to offer a place for his father, who was President at the time, to watch games securely.

 

More are planned for the ground at Arlington and at the 100,000-capacity stadium being built nearby for the Dallas Cowboys, which is due to open in 2009.

 

Hicks revealed: "We met with HKS yesterday and we said, 'Here are the constraints, take a fresh look and see if there are other ideas we can incorporate on the inside that would make it more fan-friendly, produce more revenues and give more customer satisfaction', so they are coming up with ideas.

 

"What we have to do is strike a balance between new ideas and Yankee ingenuity at the same time as protecting the traditions of Liverpool and Anfield. We're going to do that very quickly.

 

"We kind of stumbled into the concept of the bunker suites. But it's essentially an underground living room where you can go down and have fine food, fine wine, big-screen TVs, and then go up and watch the pitch live."

 

Hicks wants to replicate the way he has used sports stadiums to regenerate run-down areas of Dallas. He has done it with the American Airlines Centre, a £210 million arena which is home to the Dallas Stars and Mavericks.

 

He also has plans to redevelop 1.2 million square feet of land next to the 49,000-capacity Arlington stadium into a leisure, retail and residential complex in a £260 million project, which will open in 2009.

[fyds]

Somwhere in Litherland, comes the sound of a fat guy imploding...

[Guest Portly]

Maybe it's not too late to look at locating the new stadium in Speke.

 

Much better transport links to motorways and main railway line, including brand new interchange facility at Garston. Handy for the airport, which would be good for our Scandinavian colleagues. Plus plenty of cheap brown-field sites where we could build as big a stadium as we wanted and have as much room for further expansion as we needed.

 

Also handy for us South-enders!

[fyds]

I must dig out Hicks' email addy from the Texas Rangers site and tell him we need special stalls around the ground selling disposable cameras and jester hats...

[Ragnor the Horn]

And also selling

 

[Big E]

get them to make a '5 times' one

Edited February 10, 2007 by Big E

[Cunny]

I want BBQs in the car park

 

we also need a mascot and I volunteer Kev to be the bloke inside the mascot suit.

[badtodabone]

Maybe it's not too late to look at locating the new stadium in Speke.

[Falconhoof]

I want BBQs in the car park

 

we also need a mascot and I volunteer Kev to be the bloke inside the mascot suit.

[Guest Linton]

That idea with 96 empty seats was a very good idea. They should know about that.

[Falconhoof]

That idea with 96 empty seats was a very good idea. They should know about that.

 

 

Most people thought it wasn't a good idea though.

[DaveLFC]

That idea with 96 empty seats was a very good idea. They should know about that.

 

I think it's a little morbid and from a financial point of view not really practical. We already have the memorial and each year a service to remember the 96. I think there are other ways we can remember them other than having 96 empty seats.

[theredfella]

 

[Kite]

 

[AE]

 

 

 

As last I now know what Kev looks like at the game

[New York Red]

I just hope they can add a lot of character to the new stadium. That would mean:

 

Not making it a mirror image either side.

 

Having a huge, one-tier Kop, and curved at the ends.

 

Club seats.

 

Luxury boxes.

 

Luxury standing area at a reduced rate at the opposite end from the Kop.

 

Room to expand upwards.

[Leroy]

What about Cheerleaders

 

[Magic8Ball]

What about Cheerleaders

 

HELL YEAH

 

lets call them the Redheads

[stoger]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...0/sfnbon210.xml

 

Americans to make new stadium 'even better'

By David Bond

Last Updated: 12:36am GMT 10/02/2007

Liverpool's new owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, have ordered an urgent review of the club's new £215 million home to see if it is possible to make the proposed 60,000-seat stadium at Stanley Park even better.

 

Chief executive Rick Parry is due to fly to Dallas next week to meet Hicks and Gillett, along with American architects HKS, who have been asked to look at Liverpool's designs to see what changes can be made.

 

Among the ideas being considered 'bunker suites' ? executive boxes built underground, with elevators to and from the seats in the stand above.

 

The idea was developed by President George W Bush when he was joint owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, which Hicks now owns, to offer a place for his father, who was President at the time, to watch games securely.

 

More are planned for the ground at Arlington and at the 100,000-capacity stadium being built nearby for the Dallas Cowboys, which is due to open in 2009.

 

Hicks revealed: "We met with HKS yesterday and we said, 'Here are the constraints, take a fresh look and see if there are other ideas we can incorporate on the inside that would make it more fan-friendly, produce more revenues and give more customer satisfaction', so they are coming up with ideas.

 

"What we have to do is strike a balance between new ideas and Yankee ingenuity at the same time as protecting the traditions of Liverpool and Anfield. We're going to do that very quickly.

 

"We kind of stumbled into the concept of the bunker suites. But it's essentially an underground living room where you can go down and have fine food, fine wine, big-screen TVs, and then go up and watch the pitch live."

 

Hicks wants to replicate the way he has used sports stadiums to regenerate run-down areas of Dallas. He has done it with the American Airlines Centre, a £210 million arena which is home to the Dallas Stars and Mavericks.

 

He also has plans to redevelop 1.2 million square feet of land next to the 49,000-capacity Arlington stadium into a leisure, retail and residential complex in a £260 million project, which will open in 2009.

 

Why are we only building for 60000? Manc scum already at 76000 now...

 

I'm worried...

[Joxer]

What about Cheerleaders

 

Redheads??

One Riise is enough

Edited February 10, 2007 by Joxer