Liverpool makes strides toward stadium

Liverpool city council has been asked to approve the granting of a lease and restoration work for a new stadium for the English city's eponymous club.

The lease and restoration – as well as setting up a joint venture company – are reliant upon the club securing funding, with the first phase of the project costing near GBP 215.

It includes the new stadium, which incorporates a centre with facilities for education, sport and community activities, along with a fully restored Stanley Park.

"Liverpool Football Club is one of the best-known and most successful in the world," said Council leader Warren Bradley. "Yet it stands in one of the poorest areas, not only in the city, but in the country.

"What we are looking to do is not just provide a new home for the football club fitting for their status as one of the world's best, but use their success to spark a dramatic revival of the Anfield and Breckfield areas."

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