Birmingham Metropolis have given followers a primary take a look at what their alternative for St. Andrew’s may seem like, unveiling idea footage of a cutting-edge stadium set to open by the 2029/30 season.
The Championship facet, whose non secular dwelling has stood since 1906, is planning a floor that would value as much as £3bn.
The proposed design would increase capability from 29,409 to a staggering 62,000, making it the eighth-largest stadium in England – barely bigger than Anfield (61,276) and simply 850 seats shy of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Footage launched by the membership reveals a futuristic, “spaceship”-inspired exterior within the membership’s signature blue, with the phrase “BLUES” featured prominently across the wrap. Followers may count on beneficiant inexperienced areas across the stadium and rooftop areas designed for pre-match rest.
Nick Smith, Birmingham Metropolis’s Head of Infrastructure, provided an replace on the potential designs, including that the stadium will even be outfitted to host large-scale, non-football occasions.
He confused, nevertheless, that the ultimate design stays “topic to vary.”
Whereas the visuals are spectacular, Birmingham are retaining their concentrate on the pitch first – they’ll must be again within the large time to fill the stands when this futuristic new dwelling ultimately opens. In any other case, all of the rooftop bars and inexperienced areas on this planet gained’t cease these seats from feeling just a little empty.
