Stanley Park Stadium

Stanley Park Stadium
Location	Liverpool, England
Built	Approval given
Opened	Scheduled to open in 2011^[1]
Owner	Liverpool F.C.
Operator	Liverpool F.C.
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	£300 million
Architect	HKS, Inc.
Tenants	Liverpool FC (from 2011)
Capacity	61,000-71,000

Stanley Park Stadium is a proposed title of the planned football stadium to be built in Stanley Park, Liverpool, England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. HKS Inc is an international architecture firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas ( USA) Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Stanley Park is a 45 Hectare (approximately 11119 acre park in Liverpool, England, designed by Edward Kemp, which was opened on Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The stadium was given planning permission in February 2003. The new stadium, scheduled to open in August 2011, will have a capacity of approximately 71,000 seats, significantly more than is currently available at Anfield.

It will be anchored by an expanded 18,500-seat standalone Kop, an increase of more than 5,000 seats. The parabolic roof of the Kop stand is designed to focus the supporters' infamous volume towards the pitch. The stadium is arranged in a traditional 4 stand configuration, bringing supporters closer to the pitch than in modern bowl stadia. Arguably, if built in time, the stadium could be useful to the English 2012 World Cup bid. This article concerns the process for determining the site of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will be the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup.

If funding proves sufficiently difficult to acquire, there is a possibility that the stadium will be co-financed by Everton FC, who are also looking into the possiblity of a controversial new stadium in Kirkby^[2], although this has been strenuously denied by Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks^[3]

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Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. The Kirkby Project is the official project name and New Goodison is the unofficial name given by some Everton supporters for the planned new stadium in Kirkby Thomas O Hicks Sr (born 1946 in Dallas Texas but later moved to Port Arthur Texas) is a Dallas Businessman According to Forbes Magazine

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