Milestone marked at LFC’s £60m Anfield Road stand extension
The old roof of Liverpool FC’s Anfield Road stand has been removed as part of a £60m construction project to increase the ground’s capacity to 61,000 by the start of the 2023-24 season.
Following the milestone moment in the project, the old structure will now be reprocessed for recycling.
The removal took one week and 75 skilled engineers working day and night to carefully demolish the structure.
An extremely difficult part of the build, this operation involved two large cranes which needed to be built on the pitch.
One 500 tonne and one 600 tonne did the heavy lifting, supported by two 300 tonne cranes and 700 tonnes of ballast which provides stability to the large cranes.
The pitch went through rigorous testing last year at Anfield and the club’s AXA Training Centre to prepare for this demolition and to factor in full recovery time. Part of the turf is heavily protected for the cranes and supporting vehicles to travel on.
New images show a first glimpse of the new upper terrace from pitch level and the new 75×39 metre new replacement roof towering over the old upper terrace, which is next to be removed.
The development started in September 2021 and is on course to be completed for the start of new season.
