Anfield is preparing for the opening of its new stand for Liverpool’s first home game of the Premier League campaign against Bournemouth on Saturday August 19.
Work started on the new Anfield Road Stand in September 2021 to increase the stadium’s capacity to 61,000. Since then, the ambitious project has been building at pace, with not one seat lost during the 2022-23 season.
Once complete, the new stand will also directly create 400 additional jobs, growing the average matchday workforce to 2,800 people, with 95 per cent of those directly employed locally.
Buckingham Group, the main contractor of the new Anfield Road Stand, has confirmed that although the existing stand will be open and operational for the Reds’ first home game of the season, the new upper tier will remain closed for the time being.