#23m blow to new AnfieldJun 20 2005
By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
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lfc voulait récuperer de l'argent de la NWDA(un genre de conseil regional qui donne des sous),mais le liverpool echo a appris que cette commission qui devait rendre sa decision à la rentrée ne donnera finalement pas les £23m.
ausun officiel du club n'etait là pour commenter.
cette commission est consciente que vendre anfield et en faire une plaza créera des emplois mais ne veut pas financer indirectement une oeuvre privée.
la NWDA est consciente que le quartier d'anfield doit etre revitalisé.mais ils considerent que ces £9m,on peut les trouver tout seuls.
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LIVERPOOL FC's bid for #23m of taxpayers' money for their new stadium project has failed, the ECHO can reveal.
The Anfield club has waited months for a decision on whether the Northwest Development Agency would grant public money for the scheme.
But the ECHO has learned the funds will not be provided by the regeneration agency because some of it has been earmarked only for club facilities.
Around #9m of the money would be spent on the stadium roof, soundproof wall cladding and an underground car park.
Government officials say they cannot use public money to pay for the construction costs of the planned #120m, 60,000-seater ground at Stanley Park.
No one from the club was available to comment.
Agency officials are not opposed to Liverpool's plans for a new ground, even though they would have preferred the club to share a home with neighbours Everton.
They recognise the positive spin-offs for a new stadium for the Anfield area, including a job-creating plaza on the site of the current ground.
So instead of putting money towards the direct costs of the stadium, the NWDA has earmarked #23m for the regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield.
Liverpool council is now drawing up detailed proposals for projects that the NWDA can fund
Steven Broomhead, chief executive of the NWDA, said: "The agency is a public organisation with public money. We cannot directly support a private sector organisation with public sector cash.
"There are all sorts of rules preventing us doing that.
"If we were to pay direct costs, we would have a large queue of football and other sport clubs forming, all wanting similar investment.
"Our interest in this project is not in the stadium, but the economic regeneration and revitalisation of Anfield and Breckfield, which are desperately in need of a lift.
"We have asked the council to come to us with proposals about how we can support investment around Stanley Park and surrounding areas."
Council chief executive Sir David Henshaw said: "We are very pleased that the NWDA has earmarked #23m for the regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield.
"Now our job is to redraw the project so NWDA funding is not used for any direct football-related activities and is instead used for other elements of the scheme.
"This public sector investment will produce around #180m of private sector investment, which is a great platform for the regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield."
Richard Pedder, spokesman for Liverpool Independent Supporters Club, said: "#9m is not a lot for a top football club when it comes down to it.
"The club is bringing in a lot of extra revenue now and they should just go ahead with building the new stadium."
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