rien de neuf sur le front de stanley park

le prix de l'acier est super bas,pourtant.
le club ne donne aucune nouvelle de stanley park.
le club ne depensera vraissemblablement que de l'argent privé pour stanley park.
les prix semblent s'envoler pour uen éventuelle construction.
il est indispensable de préciser que le fait de construire ce stade permettra à la ville de refaire entièrement les quartiers d'anfield et de breckfield.donc la ville va se servir de ce projet privé.
la commission de developpement du nord ouest ne veut pas donner de sous pour un projet privé.
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What future for new Anfield?
Jul 13 2005
The question that needs to be answered on stadium plan
By Nick Coligan & Jane Woodhead, Liverpool Echo

FIVE years ago it symbolised a bright new dawn for one of England's great football clubs.

Now, after half a decade of planning, the future of Liverpool FC's stadium seems more uncertain than ever.

Spiralling construction costs, no taxpayers' money and silence from the club do not inspire confidence that New Anfield will ever be built in Stanley Park.

But, on the other hand, the stadium project is still alive and city leaders speak glowingly of the dazzling benefits it would bring.

For New Anfield is about much more than just a new football ground.

It is about transforming Anfield and Breckfield, two of Liverpool's most deprived areas, with the effects spilling across the north of the city and further afield.

It is about making Stanley Park a safe, attractive destination for visitors, complete with a genealogy centre where families can trace their backgrounds.

And it is about building a new vandal-proof sports centre, a youth club and the sparkling Anfield Plaza, where shops, leisure facilities and cafes will create hundreds of jobs.

The 60,000 all-seater stadium that would finally put Liverpool on a level playing field with Manchester United would be surrounded by regenerated streets full of life all year round.

So it should come as no surprise that the phrase "catalyst for regeneration" is constantly trotted out by city leaders when they talk about what New Anfield would bring.

Cllr Flo Clucas, Liverpool council's executive member for housing, said: "In terms of north Liverpool, it is absolutely vital.

"If you want an example of what can happen on a much smaller scale, look what Lipa did. Hope Street was dying on its feet. No one wanted to be there. That whole area looked down at heel and was sinking fast.

"It has now been transformed. Lipa was a steadying influence that brought in new people and confidence. People thought about investing their money in the Hope Street area.

"Imagine what the stadium could do for Anfield in terms of jobs, the future of young people and quality of life. For the north of the city, it is essential, and the economic benefits would cascade down to other communities.

"You only have to look at what happened to the area around the City of Manchester Stadium to see what the regeneration benefits could be."

New Anfield does have its opponents, and not just true blue Evertonians. Some residents are not happy at the thought of parts of Stanley Park vanishing beneath a stadium, and are preparing a legal challenge to try to stop it.

But generally, the project does have the approval of its neighbours, at least according to a massive consultation programme last year which claimed 80% support.

Anfield Cllr Kiron Reid said: "People have entrenched positions. Those who were anti-stadium would be delighted if it did not go ahead.

"The vast majority of residents see the club as a way of getting fresh investment and would be very concerned that regeneration would not go ahead without the stadium.

"They realise that Liverpool are very important to Anfield because they are the biggest business in the area."

But the fact that the Reds are a business has proved to be one of the major stumbling blocks to the new stadium.

The club's bid for £23m of public money for the project failed because the Northwest Development Agency is unwilling to pump taxpayers' cash into a private enterprise. If it was to take this step, it would surely have Everton and a whole string of other sports clubs waiting on its doorstep for a handout of their own.

The NWDA is, however, keen to get involved with the regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield, and will soon consider council proposals for how it can invest millions of pounds in the north of the city.

Since the ECHO revealed the NWDA's thoughts, Liverpool have remained silent, declining to comment on the future of the stadium project.

And fans are becoming concerned that the images of a shiny new home might end up consigned to the same dustbin as Everton's Kings Dock masterplan.

Richard Pedder, spokesman for the Liverpool FC Supporters' Club, said: "We need someone to come out and say whether it will be built or not.

"Maybe they are waiting for something else to happen, but how long do they wait?"

If the worst happens and New Anfield is shelved, it would be a crushing disappointment to everyone in the club, council and community involved in the plan since day one.

But council leader Cllr Mike Storey is still confident that the Anfield community will change for the better, even without its new stadium.

He said: "The regeneration of this area has to go ahead. The only part missing would be the new stadium.

"This has been a very detailed, difficult scheme to work on. Both the club and the council have invested so much time to get to where we are that it would be a huge disappointment for it not to happen as planned.

"I would want to give an assurance first and foremost to the residents of Anfield and Breckfield that regeneration would go ahead."

Cllr Reid believes a question mark would arise about the Reds' future in the Anfield community if the project fell through.

He said: "It must be a concern that Liverpool would pull out of Anfield altogether.

"We think there has always been some support for a shared stadium at Central Docks. Whether that is real-istic or not is another thing, but the club might look at that option.

"Both Liverpool and Everton have financial pressures and if this does not go ahead, it is one obstacle to the shared stadium out of the way.

"Most people would be worried at the idea of the club going because it has always brought in business.

"Whatever happens with the stadium, we must make sure Liverpool remains part of any regeneration plan. For several years, they have worked with the community and that had never happened before."

Fittingly for supporters still basking in the glow of a Champions League final victory, Reds fans remain confident about the future.

Mr Pedder believes the club could still expand Anfield if it had to.

He said: "Five years ago, we were talking about extending the Main Stand. The Anfield Road end could be made bigger. The other two stands are virtually up to date.

"But the ground share is dead and gone as far as I am concerned."

nickcoligan@liverpoolecho.co.uk