Anfield Expansion Plans Continue Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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Liverpool are moving forward with plans to add 7,000 seats to Anfield’s capacity, and are also searching for lucrative naming rights for the expanded Anfield Road end stand The global pandemic has thrown a wrench in many a plan. Timelines have been been altered, or been put on hold indefinitely. For Liverpool, the construction of the Kirkby training complex for the men and the academy (but not the women) was supposed to be completed this summer, but that timeline is now in flux as construction has been halted.
One set of plans moving full steam ahead, however, is the second expansion of Anfield under the direction of FSG. The plan is to add 7,000 additional seats to the capacity to the Anfield Road end, bringing to full compliment of rabid Liv...