Pretty self explanatory I thought, but hey ho.
Echo Arena was cited on here as being the events venue for Liverpool City and how Anfield would in no way be allowed to stage events, taking away from the Echo.
To be fair if they had a stadium masterplan it's never been mentioned in 10 years. Kind of my point. .
Why is a simple design alteration taking so long, if both ends of KD stand and Main (inc the roof) don't cause a problem? Surely a simple case of putting this (ARE design) out to tender to do upto RIBA design stage, put the planning in again to council, and then you can wait till majority of new training ground is done, whilst you tender the construction work for ARE.
I'd be really surprised if it is a funding issue, or manpower issue. We should be able to handle two projects at the same time.
What does this mean:
"Why is a simple design alteration taking so long, if both ends of KD stand and Main (inc the roof) don't cause a problem? Surely a simple case of putting this (ARE design) out to tender to do upto RIBA design stage, put the planning in again to council, and then you can wait till majority of new training ground is done, whilst you tender the construction work for ARE."
What do you mean by "RIBA Design Stage"?... Stage 2?, Stage 3?, Stage 4? We have outline planning permission and the outline scheme is buildable without impacting the KD or Main stand roofs. The changes under consideration (as I understand it) are about marginal increases to get over 60,000 capacity. The approval for concerts might also mean improvements/modifications to provide better access for PA/Staging etc. As the changes will be to do with Employers Requirements you can't pass the design development over to a Design & Build contractor.
The training ground contract has been let (£50 million approx) and due for completion in 2020/21. The design development on the ARE stand will be ongoing and no doubt timed to ensure the contract is ready to go as soon as the cash flow and internal resources are ready.
As far as actually holding concerts goes, it was specifically prohibited in the original planning approval but the owners will have been aware of the possibility (the 2018 Fenway concert season included BIlly Joel, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Def Leppard etc) and will have been working behind the scenes with the council, local residents and other parties to smooth the way.