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Facility Notes: Liverpool Submits Plans For Redevelopment Of Training Facilities

Plans have been "tabled for the proposed redevelopment" of Liverpool's training facilities at Melwood. The document submitted by the club will "seek outline planning consent for the transformation of the Melwood ground into family housing" (BDAILY, 7/10).

A fundraising campaign is "under way" to paint a League Championship side Leeds United mural on the approach to the club's Elland Road ground. The Leeds United Supporters' Trust is trying to raise £3,800 ($4,896) to "paint a wall design on the M621 underpass on Lowfields Road." It is also "on the hunt for interested artists to submit a design to be considered for the wall" (BBC.com, 7/9).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, Ireland, will "open its doors again" by hosting two hurling quarterfinals matches on the weekend of July 22-23. The "long-awaited reopening of the stadium" will commence with a Clare-Tipperary match (IRISH TIMES, 7/11).

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