G & H PR spin continues:
Kop Football (Holdings) Limited, ("Kop") the owner of Liverpool Football Club, is pleased to announce the confirmation of the selection of the architectural firm HKS, Inc. as designer of the Club's new stadium at Stanley Park.
Confirmation of the selection of HKS was based on the firm's successful development of an improved stadium design that meets the objective of a cost-effective, supporter-friendly design.
The new stadium, scheduled to open in August 2011, will ensure that Liverpool Football Club and its supporters get the much-anticipated groundbreaking iconic design at a capacity of approximately 71,000 seats, significantly more than is currently available at Anfield.
The new stadium will feature enhanced amenities for the Club's supporters while preserving the history and traditions of Anfield and the Club itself.
It will be anchored by an expanded 18,500-seat standalone KOP, an increase of more than 5,000 seats.
Kop also announces the appointment of KUD International as project manager for the stadium. KUD, which will establish a Liverpool office to oversee the project, has developed projects globally, including Silvertown Quays, a large-scale mixed use scheme in London, as well as collegiate and professional stadiums in the United States including the Philadelphia Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field and the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park.
Laing O'Rourke, the largest privately owned construction firm in the UK, has also joined, and provides further depth of experience to, the project team. Laing O'Rourke is currently working with developer Grosvenor on The Paradise Project in Liverpool – Europe's largest city-centre regeneration scheme.
Tom Hicks said: "HKS has developed a more efficient design that, at the same time, is just as stunning as its original design.
"Liverpool supporters should have high expectations for the future: a premier sporting experience at their new stadium at Stanley Park and a winning Club on the pitch for years to come."
