Alexander Stadium, Birmingham

Project

Construction

Stadia & Sport

Midlands

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Client

Birmingham City Council

Duration

97 weeks

Architect

ARUP

Redevelopment of an existing sports stadium for the Commonwealth Games.

At the heart of the wider Perry Barr regeneration effort was Birmingham City Council’s plan to redevelop Alexander Stadium into a high-profile venue for diverse sporting, leisure and cultural events.

The revamped stadium is set to host a range of tenants, including the world-famous Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club and Birmingham City University. Acting as the new home for the university’s sports and exercise students, it brings an exciting new partnership and purpose to the stadium beyond athletics.

Located in Perry Barr, just outside of Birmingham city centre, the Alexander Stadium is now an international-standard athletics venue. The redevelopment makes the stadium the largest facility of its kind in the UK, giving Birmingham a golden opportunity to reaffirm its claim as the national home of athletics.

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High-profile
Sports
Venue

The redeveloped facility is a true legacy asset for both the City and its residents. Key features include:

• World Athletics Class 1 Facility
• 18,000 seating capacity (up to 40,000 for major events)
• 400m nine-lane IAAF Category 1 competition track
• 400m six-lane warm-up track
• New western stand with redeveloped north and south stands
• Practice throwing field
• External lighting, streetscape and infrastructure

370

jobs created and sustained

17

Apprentices

610

students engaged with

1066

hours of community and education volunteering

The new-look Alexander Stadium is absolutely stunning and it’s testament to the vision and hard work of everyone involved in this project that it has already been hailed as the best athletics stadium in the country.