Why Birmingham City can dream more than the Premier League giants – The Times

The big news in Birmingham this week? What about Tom Wagner’s proposal to build a tunnel under the city connecting New Street Station with a new sports campus of 3 billion British pounds, which, if the chairman of the city of Birmingham has its own way, will have a stadium with 60,000 seats like its center by the end of a decade.

“I am a crazy American who talks about it,” Wagner admitted at the West Midlands Real Estate Investment Summit in Central London after presenting the idea of ​​digging an underground route 1 ½ miles.

Still, after a week, when locals and national politicians visited the site of £ 100 million in the eastern part of the city and provided indicative support for the 60 acres multifunctional regeneration plan, we reminded us at least of the amazing scale of the Birmingham city city