Liverpool Football Club have begun work on their new stadium after being granted full planning permission by Liverpool City Council.
The Reds have secured permission for an initial 60,000-seater stadium, which will be improved to 73,000 as construction progresses.
"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," co-owner George Gillett told the club's official website.
"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."
Co-chairman Tom Hicks added: "We have watched the council transform Stanley Park over the last six months and the ongoing refurbishment of houses in the Anfield/ Breckfield area.
"I am pleased that now the club has received full planning permission it can join the regeneration process with the commencement of enabling works."
The stadium is on course to open for the beginning of the 2011-12 season.
