Work begins on Flagship LFC Store at Anfield
Work on Liverpool FC’s new flagship Anfield Stadium store starts today
Work on Liverpool FC’s new flagship Anfield Stadium store starts today, with contractors arriving on site to begin construction on the two-storey development.
It's another step in the regeneration of Anfield and forms part of Liverpool City Council’s plan to rebuild the entire Anfield high street, Walton Breck Road, on which the Club’s new store will stand.
The store will open on both match days and non-match days and is four times the size of the current Anfield store.
The colour scheme and materials will take inspiration from the architecture of Anfield and will incorporate design references from the original and current Kop as well as the expanded Main Stand.
Billy Hogan, Chief Commercial Officer, Liverpool FC, said:
“Liverpool Football Club has an ongoing commitment to the wider regeneration of the Anfield area. This development will further enhance the Main Stand development as well as the Anfield High Street and will take us a step closer to offering our fans the best in-store experience possible.
“This flagship store will be the jewel in the LFC Retail crown and it is fitting that it will be situated in Anfield - the heart of this Club.”
Set to open early in the 2017/18 season, the flagship store will create around 60 permanent and casual roles.
Cllr Ann O’Byrne, deputy mayor of Liverpool, said:
“The new club store will be a key anchor for a new and revitalised high street in Anfield and is creating more much needed jobs. It is hoped that it will also attract new businesses keen to take advantage of a unique location next to one of the world’s most famous football clubs, while helping to support many of the existing businesses by driving more people to the area.
“It’s an important moment in the Anfield Regeneration Project that has already delivered hundreds of new and renovated homes, environmental improvements, community facilities and hundreds of jobs and training opportunities. We are also seeking other retail, leisure and food and drink operators to stand alongside Liverpool FC’s fantastic new store by investing in the new high street which will emerge over the next few years.”
The work on the high street, which will be carried out in phases over the next three to four years, is the latest stage in the ambitious £260m regeneration plan announced in 2013 which is being driven by a partnership of Liverpool City Council, Your Housing Group and Liverpool FC.