New upper tier now scheduled to open in October£80m stand will increase Anfield’s capacity to 61,000
Liverpool’s new £80m Anfield Road stand will not be fully open for the first home game of the season as planned and is not expected to reach 100% capacity until October.
Work on the ambitious project started in September 2021 and Liverpool had hoped it would be completed in time for Bournemouth’s visit to Anfield on 19 August, having requested their opening Premier League game be played away from home. However, only the existing lower tier will be open against Bournemouth.
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