Laing O'Rourke starts work on Liverpool's £350m stadium - VIDEO

Laing O’Rourke has finally started preparatory work on Liverpool Football Club’s (LFC) new £350m Stanley Park stadium after the project was given a final planning green light by Liverpool City Council.

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Construction work won’t start in earnest until September on the new 60,000-seater stadium. However, O’Rourke will now be settting up hoardings around the site for works to begin.

The stadium will incorporate a club shop, conference and banqueting facilities, parking for almost 1,000 vehicles and a community partnership centre.

In a statement on the Premiership club’s website co-chairman George Gillett said: "This is a significant milestone for the club and I am delighted that the design received full planning consent and that we are now on site.

 
"We have been working very hard over the last six months to move the details of the design along but this is the first tangible evidence for fans that a New LFC Stadium will be built.
 
"The stadium design is unique and will be recognised across the world as the Liverpool FC Stadium. It incorporates a Kop stand that will hold 18,000 fans and we hope that the stadium will be as noisy and atmospheric on a matchday as Anfield."

The club said that the stadium was on programme to open for the beginning of the 2011/2012 season.