Anfield is a football stadium located in Liverpool, England that has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since 1892. Originally built in 1884, Anfield was first used by Everton F.C. but they left after a rent dispute. Future plans were initiated in 2002 to replace Anfield with a new 61,000 seat stadium located nearby, but the project was delayed. A new 71,000 seat stadium called Stanley Park Stadium is now under construction and scheduled to open in 2011, after which Anfield will be demolished as part of a redevelopment project.

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£ Anfield is an all-seater association football
stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool,
England. The stadium was built in 1884 and
was originally the home of Everton F.C.. The
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they left after a rent dispute. Since then the
stadium has been home to Liverpool F.C., who
were formed as a result of Everton leaving
Anfield.

2. Future
Original plans to replace Anfield were initiated
by Liverpool F.C. in May 2002.[21] At that time
the proposed capacity was 55,000, but it was
later revised to 61,000, with 1,000 seats given
for segregation. Several attempts were made
by the Liverpool City Council to instigate a
groundshare of the proposed stadium with
local rivals Everton from 2003 to 2007, but this
move was rejected as neither club favoured it.
Liverpool were granted planning permission restaurants, and offices.
on 30 July 2004, to build a new stadium, just
300 yards (270 m) away from Anfield at
Stanley Park,and on September 8 2006,
Liverpool City Council agreed to grant
Liverpool F.C. a 999-year lease of the land on
the proposed site.[24] Following the takeover
of Liverpool F.C. on February 6 2007, by
George Gillett and Tom Hicks, the proposed
stadium was redesigned to reduce the costs of
construction. In November 2007, the
redesigned layout was approved by the
council and construction was due to start in
early 2008.The new stadium, provisionally
called Stanley Park Stadium, is being built by
HKS, Inc. and is scheduled to open in August
2011 with a capacity of 71,000. Once the new
stadium is built Anfield will be demolished and
become the centrepiece for the Anfield Plaza
development, which will include a hotel,