Birmingham Metropolis have given followers a primary have a look at what their alternative for St. Andrew’s may appear like, unveiling idea footage of a cutting-edge stadium set to open by the 2029/30 season.
The Championship facet, whose religious residence has stood since 1906, is planning a floor that might price as much as £3bn.
The proposed design would enhance 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 anticipate beneficiant inexperienced areas across the stadium and rooftop areas designed for pre-match leisure.
Nick Smith, Birmingham Metropolis’s Head of Infrastructure, supplied an replace on the potential designs, including that the stadium may even be geared up to host large-scale, non-football occasions.
He harassed, nonetheless, that the ultimate design stays “topic to alter.”
Whereas the visuals are spectacular, Birmingham are holding their give attention to the pitch first – they’ll should be again within the huge time to fill the stands when this futuristic new residence ultimately opens. In any other case, all of the rooftop bars and inexperienced areas on the planet gained’t cease these seats from feeling a little bit empty.
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