Former Premier League club planning to build TUNNEL under city to get fans to new £3billion stadium

BIRMINGHAM CITY president Tom Wagner has announced plans to physique a TUNNEL nether the metropolis to assistance fans get to a projected £3BILLION stadium complex.

Wagner, who acquired a hefty involvement successful Birmingham City backmost successful 2023, has claimed it's portion of his "dream" to revitalise East Birmingham with a new analyzable and stadium successful the future.

The League One nine person already acquired 60 acres of onshore successful the eastbound broadside of Birmingham with plans to physique an unthinkable Sports Quarter, containing a state-of-the-art stadium, caller grooming facilities and more.

While Wagner has called connected the authorities to enactment his plans for the city.

The US hedge money exec is portion of the Knightshead Capital Management radical that owns the Blues alongside NFL fable Tom Brady.

Now Wagner and Knightshead are looking to physique a 1.5-mile agelong passageway to transport fans from Birmingham New Street presumption to the planned caller stadium successful Bordesley Green.

Wagner told a meeting: "Subways are precise costly and analyzable to develop.

"We thought of an thought to simply passageway nether the existing obstruction lines and link New Street presumption to the sports 4th and usage electrical buses moving underground.

"It could transport thousands of radical an hour. We deliberation it would outgo astir £20m."

Wagner besides told that helium would similar to widen the city's existing tram network, but is hoping that his passageway thought is fixed due consideration.

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He besides claimed that "local and determination authorities are successful favour" of the proposal, but inactive needs to get the authorities connected broadside to supply the indispensable backing for the project.

Adding: "I'm the 'crazy American' talking astir this, but we request much section voices with the close accent talking astir wherefore this is simply a bully idea.

"The funds are determination nationally, and it's a tiny percent of those funds that we’re asking for."

Birmingham are hoping to instrumentality to their highest erstwhile again nether the guidance of Wagner with the Blues present retired of the Premier League for astir 15 years.

But it's not conscionable occurrence connected the transportation that Wagner and his squad are looking for, but maturation arsenic a marque and arsenic a nine successful wide too.

Their projected Sports Quarter is their astir ambitious project, a task Wagner has claimed helium wants to spot completed successful 5 years time.

The focal constituent of the improvement would beryllium a 62,000 capableness stadium that has been likened to a "spaceship" by Wagner himself.

Alongside the immense caller ground, which would dwarf St Andrews' existent 29,409 capacity, would beryllium bureau spaces, societal hubs and restaurants for the surrounding community.

While a edifice and a caller instrumentality parkland are besides expected to beryllium portion of the ambitious plans.

Birmingham are presently apical of League One aft being relegated from the Championship past season.

Wagner and Knightshead haven't conscionable been investing successful the club's infrastructure, but besides the squad.

The Blues smashed the grounds interest for a League One transportation erstwhile they spent £15m with £5m successful imaginable add-ons connected Fulham striker Jay Stansfield successful the summer.

Prior to that deal, the League One grounds transportation stood astatine conscionable £3.4m for Will Grigg's 2022 determination from Wigan to Sunderland.

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