It's coming on nicely, personally I wouldn't fancy sitting right at the back of the upper when it's done!
My understanding is that from a seat in the top row a football will be visible to a height of 18m above the pitch. Does that make the match action restricted or the fact that not the whole centenary stand will be visible?
I'll guarantee the £2,900 would seem cheap in comparison to the cost of a season ticket and hospitality for the top packages available. It is interesting that the brochure for the 'New Anfield Dugout' does talk about enjoying these facilities in only a few months for the 2016/17 season. The more I watch the building progress, the more I struggle to see it being possible in what is a very short timescale. I have been following the development for ages on the forums of skyscrapercity got a real laugh there yesterday after this photo was put up. A poster asked the question 'Anyone know what this round thing is on the stand facing us? Is it where the club crest will be?' and they weren't joking.
Found out a bit more its not actually £2,900 it is £2,900 plus Vat and that is based on a seven year contract. The same contract for three years is £3,100 plus Vat. The seats attached to this hospitality are not half way line either put ones closer to the Kop or the Anfield Road stands. The price is £500 higher per season for middle of the pitch. Looks like the area I posted above in the picture starts at £4,450 plus Vat for a seven year contract and again the seats not near the halfway line. A box in the Centenary is prices at around £71,000 plus Vat. No idea what the pricing might be for the new boxes on the other side of the pitch.
Some new construction pictures in today's Echo http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/photos-show-liverpool-fcs-new-10708365 The journalist writes 'The Main Stand is due to be completed during the 2016/17 season.' which is the first time I think the newspaper has published this different date for completion. This has major implications for the 1st ticket sale next July and I would think the credits now will have to be the same as this season. I was hoping that my own thoughts on the completion date were wrong and the initial completion target date was going to be met.
the seating could be ready but maybe not the interior. loads of stand open with it not fully completed.
I reckon the new stand won't be ready until the second half of next season. Our company was sent a brochure and they are selling the club level seats with direct debit starting with 6 payments from December and then 10 payments from the following July/August
I'd have no experience of what has happened with other stands at other grounds in the past. This is just my opinion and I have previously voiced lots of opinions on here that have been completely wrong so could be wrong on this one too. My opinion is that this is not just any stand but the flagship stand for the club and one that will I think the be likely to match the best facilities of any major stand at any stadium in the country including the stadia of other sporting bodies, and for that reason I could not see the club proceeding with an opening until it would be fully completed externally and internally. I also don't know what way the club would go about satisfying health and safety issues in relation to the new stand.
I don't know if there is any truth in this but would be brilliant if it was true http://www.movecommercial.com/liverpools-anfield-development-timeline-announced/ Liverpool’s Anfield development timeline announced Posted by Move Commercial in Development, Latest News No Comments Work to extend the capacity of Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield stadium will be completed no later than November 2015 and will not impact ground capacity during the beginning of the football season, according to a worker at the contractor. A worker at Carillion, which was awarded the £75 million contract to upgrade the Main Stand and Anfield Road stand, says work is planned to end in September but even a November deadline would not affect the ground’s capacity when the club play a home fixture. During an interview on popular website Reddit, a poster who is reportedly an employee at Carillion revealed the timeline for the redevelopment of the area, which will see the stadium’s capacity reach 59,000. The company says work on a proposed training hotel and retail units will begin in January 2016 once the stadium refurbishment is complete and depending on planning permissions. A post on the question and answer session says: “Work should begin on the main stand in early July of 2015 and is expected to be completed mid September or November at the very latest of the same year. New developments around the Anfield stadium such as the hotel and shops should see work begin in January 2016.” The stadium redevelopment proposals have been submitted to Liverpool City Council, where the application will be considered within the next 21 days, according to Carillion. They include a ‘future proof’ design that could see the capacity extended to 71,000 if the Centenary stand was to be redeveloped and corner sections were filled in with another 3,000 seats. Work to demolish homes in the area is already underway at Anfield. The club is working with Liverpool Mutual Homes to regenerate residential and commercial properties in the area before the main body of work begins.
Charlie I posted the above in this thread over a year ago. It is all old news http://www.irishkop.com/forums/index.php?threads/the-new-anfield.104/page-37#post-906836