What Tom Wagner's dream Birmingham City stadium could look like according to AI
Tom Wagner and Knighthead have purchased land at the former Wheels Park as they take their first steps towards a new stadium for Birmingham City
Birmingham City are set to leave their home of St Andrews with the club having purchased a 48-acre plot of land in Bordesley Green.
The land was previously home to Wheels Park which housed a former motor racing circuit for go-karts, drifting and off-road rally. It has been closed since 2021 and on Wednesday night, Birmingham Live exclusively revealed that the Blues have purchased the plot.
Blues chairman Tom Wagner plans to create a multi-sports super stadium on the plot which will create up to 3,000 jobs for the local community. The plan to leave St Andrew's behind one day has been in the works for a while.
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The club's CEO Garry Cook previously said: "This stadium was built many years ago and the lifestyle was very different. There weren’t as many cars on the road, there weren’t as many buses on the road or trains.
"People used to walk to the stadium from the local vicinity. One of the challenges now in modern sports is that your sports arena has to be multi-functional, it has to create lots of revenue - not just from tickets, but from hospitality - and if you look at this environment, it’s very difficult to do that."
Meanwhile, Wagner has hinted at a new ground from the moment he walked into the club. "We need to have a product that is deserving of that time and attention and part of that is the quality of play on the pitch, part of it is the story you are telling, a big part of it is the physical infrastructure," he explained.
"So from day one of our analysis, we asked what are the opportunities to create a new physical infrastructure for the club that is commensurate with our ambitions and that is very much on the cards."
No plans have been released for St Andrews' replacement at this stage but thanks to the power of AI, BirminghamLive has taken a look at what could be coming to Birmingham in the future. We have used AI programmes to visualise what the new stadium might look like and you may notice some features which would probably not be included a final design.
Have your say on the speculative designs in the comments.
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An imposing bowl design, this stadium would not look out of place in European leagues like the Bundesliga. Credit - Canva
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This design has a similar two-tier structure to St Andrews and looks most like what we see from new stadiums in the 21st Century, although the lettering on the seats is a bit off! Credit - Microsoft
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If Birmingham wanted a unique stadium, this is the design to go for. There would be no doubting whose home this is with the iconic blue and white colour scheme, but again there are issues with the lettering. Credit - Microsoft
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