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The City of Birmingham Stadium is a proposed multi-purpose stadium in the Saltley area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, for Birmingham City F.C., to replace the current St Andrews Stadium. It is the centrepiece of a larger proposal to create a £300 million sports village on a 60 acre site ^[1]. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Applications-development. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... Saltley is an area of Birmingham, east of the city centre that is mostly covered by Alum Rock. ... Birmingham (pron. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club based in Birmingham. ... St. ...

Setting

The proposed stadium and sports village is to be located on a site currently occupied by Birmingham Wheels in the 'Wheels Adventure Park' of the Saltley area of Birmingham. The site is bounded by several active railway lines, a canal and numerous major roads^[2]. Birmingham Wheels is a short-track oval motor racing circuit, based in the Saltley area of Birmingham. ... Saltley is an area of Birmingham, east of the city centre that is mostly covered by Alum Rock. ...

In relation to other areas, the site is near the St Andrews neighbourhood of Bordesley Green which is home to the St Andrews Stadium. The stadium is to the southwest of the development. Small Heath is to the south whilst Nechells is located to the west and Aston to the north. It is 1.1 miles (1.77 kilometres) from Birmingham New Street station in the city centre. Bordesley Green is an area of Birmingham, England. ... St. ... Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency shown within Birmingham Small Heath is an inner-city area within the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. ... Nechells skyline from Saltley Viaduct. ... Aston is an area of Birmingham, England, in the north-east of the city centre. ... The tracks at the eastern end of Birmingham New Street station Class 390 no. ...

Phase 1 covers the Wheels Adventure Park and will include the stadium within it. In terms of area, it is almost equal to that of Phase 2. Phase 1 would require the least amount of demolition as the land is largely untouched by development. The northern boundary of Phase 1 is determined by the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line which serves the area via the nearby Adderley Park railway station. The western boundary is determined by another railway line and partially by a canal whilst the eastern boundary is determined by a road. Phase 2, to the south, is the separated from Phase 1 via the boundary of land owned by Birmingham Wheels. Within the phase will be a soccer dome, indoor arena, basketball courts, health and fitness centre, Olympic-sized swimming pool and an entertainment complex, which will be attached to the stadium. Some residences and retail space would also be provided. The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. ... Adderley Park railway station serves the Adderley Park area in the east of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. ...

Phase 2 is the most southerly phase of the development and is a predominantly industrial site. Occupied by many workshops and warehouses, it will require some of the most demolition needed for the project. This part of the sports village would be home to community football pitches, tennis courts, residences, a hotel and large retail space. The southern and eastern boundaries are determined via roads and the small western boundary, via a railway line.

Phase 3 is the smallest phase in terms of area and would be used for the construction of residential properties and park land. Currently, the site is occupied by warehouses and workshops. It is separated through the centre via a road creating two thin strips of land which are bounded to the east by a canal.

The entire 60-acre site is contaminated as a result of heavy industry in the past and many of the buildings are derelict^[3].

Design

The new stadium will be a multi-purpose 55,000-seater stadium^[4] that can host cricket, football, rugby and concerts. It is proposed to include moving tiers of seating. It was planned for a supercasino to be built on site, however, after the council backed a separate bid at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, the bid for the sports village was pulled out and it appeared dead. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is the seventh largest exhibition centre in Europe, located in Solihull, near Birmingham, England. ... Solihull (IPA: , or , or some combination of the two; occasionally ) is a large town in the West Midlands in England with a population of 94,753. ...

The initial designs showed an stadium with an elliptical footprint and a sloping roof. This stadium was proposed to be built on greenbelt land and not on the later chosen Wheels' Adventure Park. When the plans developed into more serious proposals, images of the new proposed stadium showed a stadium with a rectangular footprint and a large external framework^[5]. It was the only part of the sports village to have had a detailed design as the other buildings had not had full consideration. For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

The sports village would include numerous facilities for sports as well as Birmingham's first Olympic size swimming pool, however there are plans for an Olympic size swimming pool to be built at a site in Aston University near the Eastside ^[6]. As well as this, nine acres of the development could form a new community sports campus, on top of a 200-bed hotel, an outdoor theatre, approximately 2,500 new residential properties, a 170,000 square foot (15,793 m²) entertainment complex and large retail space ^[7][8]. An estimated total of 6,000 jobs will be created. An Olympic size swimming pool is the type of pool used in the Olympic Games. ... Aston University is a Red Brick University founded in 1895 whose campus is situated at Gosta Green in the city centre of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. ... Millennium Point Eastside is the eastern area of Birmingham city centre in England that is under going a large redevelopment project. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

Planning history

Campaign for a new stadium

Plans for a new stadium were aired as early as 2001 and it gained support from many football managers. Sven Goran Eriksson gave his support and the then-current chairman of Aston Villa Football Club, Doug Ellis, announced that 47 of England's 92 league club chairmen had written to him backing the stadium plans^[9]. Sven-Göran Eriksson (born May 2, 1948) is currently the manager of the English national football team. ... Aston Villa redirects here. ... Herbert Douglas Ellis, OBE (born January 3, 1924 in Chester, Cheshire) is an entrepreneur, best known as the former chairman of Aston Villa Football Club. ...

Plans develop

It was revealed in late 2004 where the sports village would be located, however, not what the proposal would look like^[10]. Immediately, David Gold, chairman of Birmingham City F.C., submitted his support for the stadium^[11][12]. In May 2005, an image of the stadium was released however the full plans were not^[13]. The ambitious plans, designed by HOK Sports, a branch of HOK International, were unveiled in October 2005 after talks between the council and Las Vegas Sands^[14][15]. David Gold is an English businessman. ... HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ... Rendering of Sprint Center in Kansas City[1] Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum or HOK is a major, international architecture, interiors, engineering, planning and consulting firm established in 1955. ... Las Vegas Sands Corp. ...

In November 2005, a campaign for support for the stadium and super casino on site was launched^[16]. An opinion poll revealed that over 80% were in favour and supportive of the project in the area. This came two months after local councillors said they would object the plan on moral and religious grounds^[17].

Stadium setback

However on 20 March 2006 it was announced that the move would be unlikely to happen after Birmingham City Council announced plans to back the bid for a rival casino at the National Exhibition Centre, and not the one at the City of Birmingham Stadium. This was partly as a result of a petition handed to the council with 6,000 signatures from people in Saltley and Washwood Heath ^[18][19]. This backfired and claims from local councillors in 2005 that 84% of residents were supportive of the proposals^[20]. However, it was revealed that the majority of the city were supportive of the proposals^[21]. Rumours of the Birmingham City board trying once again to get the backing of the council have been spreading in the press, however nothing has been confirmed at this time and seems unlikely to happen until Birmingham City return to the Premiership. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Local Government History Most of Birmingham was historically a part of Warwickshire, though the modern city also includes villages and towns formerly in Staffordshire or Worcestershire. ... Washwood Heath is an area of Birmingham, England. ...

For twelve months, there was little news of the plans except for Birmingham City Football Club saying there were still in talks with the council over the prospect of the Sports Village and stadium^{[22] [23]}.

The plans are reawakened

One year later, after a period of little news, it was revealed that the regeneration councillor at Birmingham City Council, Councillor Ken Hardeman (Conservative councillor for Brandwood), was to campaign to investors at the MIPIM show at Cannes, France as part of Team Birmingham in March 2007^[24]. Local Government History Most of Birmingham was historically a part of Warwickshire, though the modern city also includes villages and towns formerly in Staffordshire or Worcestershire. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Brandwood is a ward within the formal district and constituency of Hall Green, Birmingham, England. ... MIPIM is a market for international property trade. ... Cannes - receding storm Cannes, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lÎle Saint-Honorat Cannes (pronounced ) (Provençal Occitan: Canas in classical norm or Cano in Mistralian norm) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département and the r... March 2007 is the third month of the year. ...

Prominence

The 55,000-seater stadium would become the fourth largest football stadium in terms of capacity in England, behind Wembley Stadium, Emirates Stadium and Old Trafford. It would be the largest football stadium in the city and the West Midlands county with Villa Park having 42,593 seats and St Andrews having 30,016 seats. Wembley Stadium (often called Wembley) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. ... The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium located on Ashburton Grove in Holloway, north London, and the home of Arsenal Football Club since it opened in July 2006. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton) is a football stadium in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, and is the home of Manchester United F.C.. The ground has been Uniteds permanent home since 1910, bar an eight year absence from 1941... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... Villa Park, in Birmingham, England; is the stadium at which Aston Villa Football Club play their home games. ... St. ...

If used as a cricket ground as well, it would have over twice as many seats as the city's current cricket ground, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, which has 21,000 seats (this is set to increase to 25,000 as a result of the publication of plans to construct a new stand^[25]). It would also be the largest cricket ground in terms of capacity in England and Wales. It is expected to be used by the Warwickshire Bears who currently use the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club (team) based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Birmingham historically being part of Warwickshire). ...

The sports village proposed for the city which will surround the stadium is similar to the Olympic Village proposed for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, however on a smaller scale. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The supercasino which was proposed for the site along with the stadium was to become the first in the country. There had been mixed views over the submission of the bid for permission to build the casino on the site and it faced competition from other locations such as Blackpool, Manchester and The O2 in London with Manchester being the city selected to construct the supercasino. A Regional Casino, more commonly known as a Super Casino (or occasionally known as Mega Casino or variants) is the term given to the largest category of casino permitted under United Kingdom law. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... This article is becoming very long. ... . It features superscript or subscript characters that are substituted or omitted because of technical limitations. ...

The stadium would be one of the most expensive developments in the city at an estimated £300 million. This is rivalled by the Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Snow Hill, Birmingham Gateway, Arena Central and Martineau Galleries. Selfridges at the Bullring St Martins Church, with Selfridges in the background The interior of the Bullring The Bull Ring market has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages. ... The Birmingham Gateway project is a redevelopment scheme to regenerate Birmingham New Street Station and the shopping centre above it so that it can accommodate increased passenger numbers. ... The V Building (formerly known as Arena Central Tower and briefly as Arena Square Tower) is a 51 storey residential skyscraper proposed to be built on Broad Street in the city centre of Birmingham, United Kingdom as part of a larger development called Arena Central. ... Martineau Galleries is an important proposed mixed-use development for Birmingham, England as it will connect the Eastside to the city centre core and is also located on the High Street, a major retail area. ...

See also

• List of English football stadiums by capacity

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References

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