{"id":58588,"date":"2019-06-14T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=58588"},"modified":"2019-06-17T09:01:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T08:01:36","slug":"redevelop-alexander-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/redevelop-alexander-stadium\/58588\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Council to redevelop Alexander Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> plans to redevelop Alexander Stadium into a high-profile venue for diverse sporting, leisure and cultural events<\/h2>\n<p>The \u00a370m investment will increase Alexander Stadium\u2019s capacity and provide new facilities for both athletes and the local community.<\/p>\n<p>The venue at Walsall Road, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/transport-improvements-programme\/57811\/\">Perry Barr<\/a>, will be the focal point of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham2022.com\/\">2022 Commonwealth Games<\/a>, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics competition.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the local community are encouraged to attend the consultation events, meet the project team, view the indicative plans and provide feedback before a planning application is submitted in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, said: \u201cWe\u2019re now in an exciting phase of the design process where we would like to share our plans with the community and hear their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team has designed a redeveloped stadium which will meet the needs and aspirations of the community for generations to come. This is about creating a destination venue, shaping a legacy beyond the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage as many people as possible to come along, have a look at the designs and provide their feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-applications\/\">planning application<\/a> will be submitted to Birmingham City Council in autumn 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Subject to gaining planning permission, the redeveloped stadium will be ready ahead of the Games which will take place between 27 July and 7 August 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>The public consultation drop-in events will be held at Alexander Stadium on Walsall Road, on:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday 21 June, 5.30 pm \u2013 8 pm, and<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 22 June, 11 am \u2013 4 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For anyone unable to attend the events, all consultation material will be live following the first consultation event via the council\u2019s Birmingham Be Heard consultation website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghambeheard.org.uk\/place\/alexander-stadium\/\">birminghambeheard.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those unable to access the internet can pick up a consultation leaflet and paper questionnaire at the following libraries: Library of Birmingham, Birchfield Library and Tower Hill Library.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City Council plans to redevelop Alexander Stadium into a high-profile venue for diverse sporting, leisure and cultural events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,997,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birmingham Council to redevelop Alexander Stadium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Birmingham City Council plans to redevelop Alexander Stadium into a high-profile venue for diverse sporting, leisure and cultural events\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/redevelop-alexander-stadium\/58588\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birmingham Council to redevelop Alexander Stadium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Birmingham City Council plans to redevelop Alexander Stadium into a high-profile venue for diverse sporting, leisure and cultural events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/redevelop-alexander-stadium\/58588\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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