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No idea ,just seen them as I drove past around 11.00 this morning.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Yes, mate. I think we can all see the spending that's come out of Moshiri's pocket on top of the tv cash and sale of a player for £48M.The Kenwright Administration didn't spend a penny on improving Goodison in the 16+ years he majority-owned the club.
The Kenwright Administration would not have sacked Roberto 'What a manager' Martinez, nor would he have been able to afford to do so, or been able to attract Ronald Koeman to the club, or afforded to pay the compensation to Southampton.
So there's not much 'Hmmm' about it.
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
In light of the sobering news for the RS in relation to further redevelopment of Anfield now would be good timing for an announcement!
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Don't blue ball me like that first thing in the morning down here my man! What??
This being the news that they will NOT redeveloping any further? Had to chortle at that one. They really have painted themselves into a corner, the silly twits (sorry for spelling mistake).
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
source? link?
Heard a couple of Kopites talking about it today. One was reading off his phone. Sounded official. Not sure what website.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
BBC sport, all major news sites. Doesn't make financial sense to further expand, apparently.
Gladystweet
Player Valuation: £50m
Have they run out of tenants to evict.......?
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Yet the most sensible news to wake up to down here today
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
You have to laugh, isn't there some massive obstruction which would've been removed during the next phase, but will now effectively be a permanent fixture?
I know we're mocked for our obstructed views but at least we haven't actively created any new ones!
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
So it would ultimately cost them around £200m just to add 14k seats? Wow.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anfield-expansion-will-cost-least-60m-says-liverpool-chief-ian-ayre-1585987
Anfield expansion will cost at least £60m says Liverpool chief Ian Ayre
Reds CEO warns costs of bringing Anfield capacity close to 60,000 are unsustainable.
By Nick HowsonOctober 12, 2016 12:21 BST
Liverpool opened the new Main Stand at the start of the season but plans for a further redevelopment are uncertain.Getty Images
Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has thrown any further expansion of Anfield into serious doubt after indicating the plan to invest between £60m (€66.8m) and £70m on a second stage of redevelopment is unsustainable. Phase two of the overhaul of the stadium is expected to see another 6,000 seats added to the Anfield Road end, bringing the ground's capacity close to 60,000 and in line with their Premier League rivals.
The Reds have recently concluded work on the Main Stand, which saw the capacity increased to 8,500 and areas around the stand improved in a project costing £114m, according to The Guardian. The club were forced to ditch plans to offset the costs with an increase in ticket prices aftersupporters staged mass protests in the wake of revised priced structure.
Damien Comolli claims signing Jordan Henderson contributed to his Liverpool exit
American owner John W Henry suggested last monththat the second stage of the overhaul of Anfield – the home of Liverpool since their formation in 1892 – could be put on ice given the aversion to a hike in ticket prices. Ayre has re-emphasised those concerns and says the development must match the right "economic model" in order to begin.
"A stand behind a goal doesn't have the benefit of hospitality that would go a long way to meeting the redevelopment costs," he told a meeting of the Liverpool Supporters Committee, according to the Liverpool Echo. "If you consider the redevelopment of Anfield Road from a purely General Admission perspective, building, say, 6,000 extra seats to take the capacity up to 60,000 would cost somewhere between £60m and £70m.
"At £12,000 to £13,000 per seat, it would take approximately 15 years to pay back, which is not a smart investment for the business. Therefore the club needs to find a rounded solution that's in the best interests of the football club. [We must take time] to ensure that what it has put in place works, and in tandem continue with plans for Anfield Road. However, as with the Main Stand, the club has to find the right economic model, and only then will it be the right time to move forward."
The Merseysiders have put a freeze on the cost of the majority of tickets until the end of the 2017-18 season. Though there are no plans to reverse this promise Liverpool are face having to raise prices or abandon plans to further improve Anfield.
However, the representative for locally based supporters on the committee – Graham Smith – suggested supporters could be lobbied to financially support the rebuild. "There are people who would think a 15-year return would make sense, and that's the supporters," he said. "The supporters would fund such a development upfront if the club made an appeal for financial support."
Though broadcast revenue is now the biggest stream of income for Premier League sides thanks to the new £5.1bn television deal, match-day takings remain a vital part of any club's balance sheet. Based on the most recent data available from the 2014-15 season, Arsenal's 60,000 Emirates Stadium and Manchester United's Old Trafford, the capacity of which is 76,000, recouped £100m and £91m respectively thanks to having the two biggest club grounds in England.
Liverpool meanwhile earned just £59m during the same period. Though they can be regarded as an equal to the aforementioned pair in terms of global appeal, they remain dwarfed when it comes to match day gains.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
So it would ultimately cost them around £200m just to add 14k seats? Wow.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anfield-expansion-will-cost-least-60m-says-liverpool-chief-ian-ayre-1585987
Anfield expansion will cost at least £60m says Liverpool chief Ian Ayre
Reds CEO warns costs of bringing Anfield capacity close to 60,000 are unsustainable.
By Nick HowsonOctober 12, 2016 12:21 BST
Liverpool opened the new Main Stand at the start of the season but plans for a further redevelopment are uncertain.Getty Images
Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has thrown any further expansion of Anfield into serious doubt after indicating the plan to invest between £60m (€66.8m) and £70m on a second stage of redevelopment is unsustainable. Phase two of the overhaul of the stadium is expected to see another 6,000 seats added to the Anfield Road end, bringing the ground's capacity close to 60,000 and in line with their Premier League rivals.
The Reds have recently concluded work on the Main Stand, which saw the capacity increased to 8,500 and areas around the stand improved in a project costing £114m, according to The Guardian. The club were forced to ditch plans to offset the costs with an increase in ticket prices aftersupporters staged mass protests in the wake of revised priced structure.
Damien Comolli claims signing Jordan Henderson contributed to his Liverpool exit
American owner John W Henry suggested last monththat the second stage of the overhaul of Anfield – the home of Liverpool since their formation in 1892 – could be put on ice given the aversion to a hike in ticket prices. Ayre has re-emphasised those concerns and says the development must match the right "economic model" in order to begin.
"A stand behind a goal doesn't have the benefit of hospitality that would go a long way to meeting the redevelopment costs," he told a meeting of the Liverpool Supporters Committee, according to the Liverpool Echo. "If you consider the redevelopment of Anfield Road from a purely General Admission perspective, building, say, 6,000 extra seats to take the capacity up to 60,000 would cost somewhere between £60m and £70m.
"At £12,000 to £13,000 per seat, it would take approximately 15 years to pay back, which is not a smart investment for the business. Therefore the club needs to find a rounded solution that's in the best interests of the football club. [We must take time] to ensure that what it has put in place works, and in tandem continue with plans for Anfield Road. However, as with the Main Stand, the club has to find the right economic model, and only then will it be the right time to move forward."
The Merseysiders have put a freeze on the cost of the majority of tickets until the end of the 2017-18 season. Though there are no plans to reverse this promise Liverpool are face having to raise prices or abandon plans to further improve Anfield.
However, the representative for locally based supporters on the committee – Graham Smith – suggested supporters could be lobbied to financially support the rebuild. "There are people who would think a 15-year return would make sense, and that's the supporters," he said. "The supporters would fund such a development upfront if the club made an appeal for financial support."
Though broadcast revenue is now the biggest stream of income for Premier League sides thanks to the new £5.1bn television deal, match-day takings remain a vital part of any club's balance sheet. Based on the most recent data available from the 2014-15 season, Arsenal's 60,000 Emirates Stadium and Manchester United's Old Trafford, the capacity of which is 76,000, recouped £100m and £91m respectively thanks to having the two biggest club grounds in England.
Liverpool meanwhile earned just £59m during the same period. Though they can be regarded as an equal to the aforementioned pair in terms of global appeal, they remain dwarfed when it comes to match day gains.
They completely mugged their fans off by promising at the same time they announced the Main Stand redevelopment that the heavily skewed toward corporate Main Stand reboot would be balanced out with an upgrade to the Anfield Road stand and tickets for it would be competitively priced.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Mate, throw a comma in there somewhere I nearly passed out reading that.