Quote ="Dally"Why not just drink in the city centre and get a taxi to the stadium and walk back? The city centre has some great pubs.'"
I don't really understand the theory that there's nothing to do around the ground. If you're talking drinking, then off the top of my head I can name ten pubs with a five minute walk of Anfield - Albert, Park, Sandon, Dodds, Arkles, Stanley, King Harry, Salisbury, Hotel TIA, Kop Bar. That's without using Google because I'm familiar with the ground and area very well, but there's probably a couple more I've forgot. I don't know any other ground in the country with as many that close! If you're not talking drinking, then the recent redevelopment of Anfield has created a load of space behind the Kop for things to be set up by the MW organisers, and there's also the fan zone on Anfield Road. In addition to that there's a big park right behind that where extra things can be put on if need be.
I acknowledge that people are comparing to St James' which is in a city centre, but most grounds aren't. There's been three Magic Weekend's in east Manchester, and Anfield has a lot more to do then there is around there unless you're talking about doing your shopping at Asda between games!
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