Liverpool stadium plans announced

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Central to the new plans - submitted to Liverpool City Council - is the potential to further expand the stadium to more than 70,000 seats in the future "dependent on improvements to the local transport infrastructure". As expected the plans include a new 18,000-capacity, single-tier Kop.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said: "It has always been the aim of the club, with the backing of (Owners) Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to be world class both on and off the pitch. When they took over, the first thing Tom and George wanted to do was review the stadium both in terms of the design and the capacity."

He added: "This is the immensely impressive result of their deliberations. We're creating a stadium that not only the club and supporters can be proud of, but something the whole city can be proud of.

"Liverpool as a city is on the move and deserves world-class developments like this."

Parry added: "Our architects HKS have a wealth of experience and have fused a very contemporary and unique vision together with the values that are crucial to Liverpool Football Club.

"A critical design consideration was to ensure the stadium sat naturally within its park environment, complementing its surroundings and a huge amount of work has been done to ensure this happens.

"The stadium is a massive investment in North Liverpool and a key driver in the regeneration of the whole area. We've also recognised the central importance of the Kop.

"It will have a significantly increased capacity of 18,000 seats in a single-tier structure that will be the heartbeat of the new stadium.

"The rake of the stand will be steeper and the seats tighter together, with the acoustics of the roof designed to accentuate the atmosphere during games."