Reds appoint US architects
Liverpool have announced that Dallas-based architects HKS have won the battle to build the club’s new £300m Stanley Park stadium.
HKS produced the original designs for the 71,000-capacity arena which were rejected by co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett late last year when they ran £50m over budget.
But after revising those plans, and beating off Manchester-based AFL’s rival bid, the American company will get the contract for the new ground.
Hicks, Gillett and chief executive Rick Parry met in New York earlier this month to study both new designs.
AFL produced the plans originally agreed before the American duo took over the club. They were dropped by Hicks and Gillett and they have again found their revised scheme rejected.
The announcement today over the stadium’s future comes ahead of confirmation that the refinancing of the club owners’ loan deal has also been agreed.
