Liverpool were hoping to open the top tier of their renovated Anfield Road Stand in time for Saturday’s Merseyside derby against Everton - but that plan has been scrapped
The Anfield Road Stand isn’t completed yet
Liverpool are asking fans with spare tickets for the Merseyside derby at Anfield on Saturday to offer them to fellow supporters.
Thousands of fans won’t be able to attend the crunch clash against rivals Everton after the Reds confirmed the top tier of the new Anfield Road Stand will remain closed for the rest of 2023. The tier was supposed to open in time for the Merseyside derby.
The Reds sold tickets for the Merseyside derby “in good faith” the top tier would be open. In a bid to limit the disruption, Liverpool are now asking fans who aren’t planning on using their ticket for Saturday’s Premier League game to exchange it.
Those who exchange their ticket will receive a full refund, keep credit for the match (in terms of ticket points) and receive a £10 voucher to be used for all online purchases before the end of November. The voucher won’t be sent out until next week.
It’s unclear how many Liverpool fans will actually respond to the club’s desperate plea. “Everyone at Liverpool FC is working incredibly hard to ensure everything possible is being done to progress the project as quickly as possible,” noted the Premier League club.
Anfield has been renovated significantly during the last decade. The new Anfield Road Stand will increase the ground’s capacity to more than 61,000 - putting it on a par with the Etihad, the Emirates, the London Stadium and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
This was the Anfield Road Stand on Sunday ahead of the Women’s Super League game between Liverpool and Everton (
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The renovations haven’t gone smoothly. Work was halted in August after the Buckingham Group, the main construction contractor, went into administration. Anfield was also overlooked as a venue for Euro 2028, with Everton’s new stadium getting the nod.
Liverpool confirmed the news about the Everton game last week. “We had been told… the upper tier would be open in some capacity for the Everton game, which is ultimately why we went ahead with the ticket sales,” CEO Billy Hogan told the club’s website.
Hogan added: “The reality is, we’re just really now beginning to get a clear understanding of what the reality of the delays are… Obviously on a project of this size, information on all the aspects of the work is critical to move the project forward.
“What’s become clear in the last few days is there’s just more work to be done in order to get a full project completion plan for the stand, which means unfortunately as I said that the upper tier is not ready to partially or fully open until the end of the calendar year.”
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