Birmingham Metropolis have given followers a primary have 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 religious residence has stood since 1906, is planning a floor that might 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 also can count on 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 will even be outfitted to host large-scale, non-football occasions.
He burdened, nevertheless, that the ultimate design stays “topic to alter.”
Whereas the visuals are spectacular, Birmingham are conserving their deal with the pitch first – they’ll have to be again within the large 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 earth gained’t cease these seats from feeling slightly empty.
