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Birmingham City plan to open the facility in 2030

Birmingham City continue to enjoy a strong period of positivity surrounding the club, after their record-breaking League One title-winning campaign and current summer of heavy spending.

Chris Davies’ side have acquired the likes of Tommy Doyle, Kyogo Furuhashi and Demarai Gray among many others, and are beginning to gain momentum over a potential promotion push next term.

Excitement continues to build off the pitch too, with it announced earlier this summer that the Second City side are planning to build a new 62,000-seater stadium to replace St. Andrew’s.

This is all part of Tom Wagner’s Sports Quarter plan for Birmingham, which would consist of a new training ground and academy facilities, plus entertainment, office, residential and retail spaces alongside the new stadium.

We took a look at how much Wagner and Co. will be outlaying to turn these stadium plans into reality.

The eye-watering cost of Birmingham City’s new stadium

Birmingham City have got Premier League ambitions and will want to match the infrastructure and facilities of England’s most successful outfits.

According to Goal, the project will be worth £3 billion and will have its own transfer network connecting it to the city centre.

The government allocated £2.4 billion to improve transport in Birmingham earlier this year and an estimated £300-400 million will be used to build a new tramline between the city centre and the Sports Quarter site in Bordersley.

The site is planned to open in 2030, which means that Blues supporters still have some time to wait to see the project become a reality they can enjoy.

Birmingham City will need to prove their ambition on the pitch next season

Birmingham City are rapidly building momentum due to their extensive transfer business and Sports Quarter plans, with it seeming like only a matter of time before they challenge for promotion to the Premier League.

Whilst this is naturally exciting and will attract players to join the club, it also comes with a great deal of pressure.

Expectations will begin to heighten, and Davies’ side will have to match them on the pitch next term as a result.

Wagner’s Sports Quarter project is clearly supposed to encompass a top-flight club and there will be a great deal of disappointment if this doesn’t come to fruition by the time it’s opened.

Blues still have a lot of football to play before they move into their new home, but after such heavy recruitment this summer, strong performances will be expected immediately.

Therefore, a sense of pressure will begin to form around Davies and Co. if the 2025/26 campaign doesn’t start brilliantly for Birmingham.