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Birmingham fans left in awe of new stadium plans and exciting updates to St Andrew’s

Birmingham City fans have been left in awe of the new stadium plans and exciting updates to St Andrew’s revealed earlier this week.

Knighthead, Birmingham’s owners, have purchased 48-acre site and have ambitions to build a new 60,000-seater stadium with some photos emerging of what to expect.

You can watch a full re-run of the club’s second Open House – Ambition, as CEO, Garry Cook, Head of Infrastructure, Nick Smith and Chairman of the Board, Tom Wagner deliver updates on a number of topics, including…

🔹 The Birmingham City Foundation
🔹 Our 2030 Ambition
🔹 Commercial growth
🔹 Scheduled updates to St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park
🔹 Plans for a new world-class stadium

Look at the designs below…

“We need to go through planning, but I wanted to give you an idea of what we are looking at,” Tom Wagner began.

After unveiling the design, members of the audience were clearly wowed by what they saw.

Wagner then added: “I don’t know if we’re going to go with the spaceship look but I think it gives you a strong idea of what our intent is.

“Maybe the most important aspect is this huge promenade where people are coming in because not everyone will be watching the game in the stadium because obviously all 62,000 seats are sold,” he joked. “That’s no problem.

“But there’s a lot of activity in the offices and all of this (pointing to offices) will be built with the tenant in mind – we’ve already had inbound calls from people looking to partner with us on this.

“We want something that fits in the community and critically it’s important that this doesn’t look like a blight on the skyline of Birmingham and that it fits within the context of the city and more importantly, the neighbourhood.

“There’s a lot to be done here but all of this is in keeping with our broader objectives.”

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@inkedupbart very excited that come 2029 / 2030 @Birmingham City FC will have a new home with a world class #football quarter a mile from our current club. world class stadium 🏟 60,000 plus can hist concerts and #NFL games. it will be funded by the Americans and clients at around ÂŁ2,000,000,000 – ÂŁ3,000,000,000 will.be emotional leaving St Andrews however this will be for growth. like the #vancouver stadium we can partition the upper tier until we are able to fill it this is very ambitious and for the #soccer clubs future. #redevelopment and regeneration project for the city of #birmingham this is no longer a dream its #bcfc destiny. having #tombrady on the board is super special we have been neglected by so many custodians of our club. this really is pretty #mental however extremely exciting too. now the reality some Blues fans will not get to experience a live home match as they will no longer be alive. I have 50% hope my parents will get too same.ratio that 1 parent gets to go to a match day at the new stadium. likewise with myself and my health issues I am not guaranteed to see this complete however I have an expectation of at least 20 more years that’s just a guess though. anyway this will be Birmingham City moving into the modern era . . #championsleague #euros #worldcup #stadium #brum #peakyblinders #america #sport #news #sports #europaleague #uefa #fifa #mancity #chelsea #efl #premierleague #championship #westmidlands #fyp #viral #birminghamuk🇬🇧 #birminghamuk ♬ original sound – Body Art

In an interview with Sky Sports, Wagner – the co-chief executive of Knighthead – said he hopes that their first year of ownership does not end in relegation but explained why a drop into League One would not impact their investment in the club.

“It’s important to us that we stay up because it matters – I care,” Wagner said. “Like many of our supporters, when things go poorly, I don’t sleep at night. I know that sounds crazy but that’s part of falling in love with the club.

“But what happens in the next five games is going to have no impact on what we’re pursuing and our vision for the next decade. You can’t talk about making a multi-billion-pound investment and worry about the next two fixtures.

“We’ve got no choice but to say ‘here’s the objective’ and then pursue it with rigour, vigour and in an unrelenting fashion. Nothing is going to stop us from doing this.”

But Wagner – who is overseeing the project alongside Garry Cook, Birmingham’s chief executive – dreams of building a ground twice that size, as well as creating a team that will encourage supporters to fill such a stadium.

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“In a perfect world, that’s exactly what we’d shoot for,” said Wagner. “That puts a lot of pressure on us to achieve our objectives and put a product on the pitch for our fans to have that many people showing up.

“What we’d like to do is build something that will enable us to host international sporting events. It would be ideal to host NFL events.

“There’s many other options – Euro football, World Cups, rugby events. All those revenues from increased usage are for the benefit of the club.”

Birmingham say they will create not just a new stadium but a ‘sports quarter’, housing training facilities for the men’s, women’s and academy teams, plus the potential for commercial sites, and that it will create 3,000 local jobs.

“This begins to show a vision of something different, where Birmingham City can achieve its rightful place as the main team in England’s second city,” said Wagner, whose Knighthead group completed their takeover last summer.

“We’ve done a lot in nine months so I can only imagine what we’ll do if you give us five years.”

Wagner adds that a “critical” part of that investment will be Birmingham’s women’s team, who are currently mid-table in the Women’s Championship. He said: “It’s really important to understand how quickly women’s sport is growing.

“I’m an enormous believer in the popularity of women’s sport in the UK. You’ll see some big changes and some big investment in the next year or two.”

Despite the difficulties experienced on the pitch during the first year of Knighthead’s ownership, Wagner is convinced their ambitious plans are winning over Birmingham supporters.

“Ninety-nine per cent of the comments I get are positive,” Wagner insisted. “We’ve got to work on that one per cent because I won’t be happy until we’re providing something to our supporters that makes everyone happy.

“As long as we have this vision and people know we will not quit, people will get behind us.”

Twitter users gave their thoughts with Birmingham fans left in awe of the new stadium plans and exciting updates to St Andrew’s…

@kaigoughy: Still can’t believe it

@MarkSimo98: Little small heath on the rise

@zdpj_: We owe him the world for buying this club, best thing ever to happen to us. He deserves a sold out ground for the rest of the season at least.

@lee_bluenose: We are the luckiest club in the UK & as Bluenoses are so down to earth, we will always be eternally grateful to you TW… Thank you so much with all my heart ❤️ 💙🤍.. We have the most exciting future & rightfully so as we bear the name of this great City.. Thank UTW 💙

@TomHeath27: The word “ambition” is the understatement of the year. It’s beyond doubt, the long term trajectory of our club has changed for good. And doesn’t it feel good when TW says we’re “the named club in England’s second city”. Forward.

@Mr_Claydon: I can’t believe what I’m hearing and seeing, this is beyond what I was ever expecting, up the Wagner!

@Danni91Mitten: I love this man 💙💙 excited for the future. Up the blue boys! #bcfc #kro

@WKG_97: Roll on 2030. #BCFC

@CreedFinnegan: I would honestly run through brick walls for this man. If he told me to jump off a cliff, I would!

@citysno1: It’s like a dream. Pinch me so I know it’s real ❤️ @BCFC

@bluenose2811: Unbelievable the transformation since these guys came in đź’™

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