‘A huge step forward' – Championship club get update on new £3billion stadium as incredible concept video is released
FANS are hailing "monumental" progress in a Championship club's £3bililion scheme for a new stadium and community hub.
Birmingham City released a concept video of a massive complex - as NFL legend Tom Brady 's dreams in a different version of football moved a step closer to reality.
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Minority shareholder Brady and Blues' owners Knighthead plan to follow an incredible season on the pitch with jaw-dropping developments off it
Birmingham romped back to the second-tier by amassing 111 points as big-spending League One champions.
That was 19 points clear of Ryan Reynolds ' Wrexham in second place.
Now the club have released a clip with awesome transport links to a futuristic 62,000-seat stadium likened in the past to a "spaceship".
One side of a blue-walled, smoothly-curved stadium is shown, with sweeping views of tree-lined walkways and rail links.
One viewer claimed on X: "People will be coming from all corners of the country to take in the view."
Another veteran supporter posted: "After 70 years of suffering mainly heartache it's just my luck to be on the downward slope now that #BCFC are finally on the way to the top with the best owners in its 150 year history. Today's funding confirmation has given me a purpose in life. Thanks TW."
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Those initials are a reference to Knighthead's co-founder and Blues' chairman Tom Wagner, who has described the go-ahead for travel connections as a "huge step forward for the Sports Quarter".
An estimated £2.4bn Government investment in local transport will be used to extend the area's Metro to the proposed new venue.
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That's kickstarted the whole £3bn scheme, with the first phase set to be finished by 2029.
Meanwhile, the club say "the extension of Birmingham City Centre to East Birmingham will help unlock the future of the development" - including creating around 10,000 jobs. Fans seem thrilled by the transport links.
And after seeing the club's video, one supporter wrote: "Love the stadium design as well guys it's gonna look mint." Wagner said:
'The Chancellor's undertaking to upgrade transport links in East Birmingham is a huge step forward for the Sports Quarter.
"It gives us the springboard we need to advance this transformative project at pace, bringing huge benefits to the people of East Birmingham and the wider region in the shape of jobs and opportunities, as well as economic growth that will be felt across the whole of the UK.'
Last month Wagner had also unveiled plans to provide outstanding training facilities for the club's academy players "unlike any other that exists in European football".
And Blues' interim CEO Jeremy Dale spoke of "creating jobs, building infrastructure for our local community, and creating a world-class sporting venue that will put Birmingham on the map".
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