"Disgraceful" – How Birmingham City St Andrews Stadium is rated on Tripadvisor – Football League World

There is an expiry date at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park which gives Birmingham City only a certain amount of time to achieve success at their historic stadium.

The place where the Blues play their football has been their home since 1906. But with plans by Tom Wagner and Knighthead to build a new ‘Sports Quarter’ in the east of the city, the ground is not expected to celebrate its 125th anniversary before it is abandoned from the blue ones.

2029 is the planned opening date for the Sports Quarter, which will be on the old site of Birmingham Wheels, which Knighthead acquired for £51m six months ago. As well as a brand new stadium, they want to build new facilities for first team training as well as for the academy to use.

This won’t just be a sports landscape. The plans also include the construction of restaurants, office space and community centers.

For the massive £2-3 billion project to come to fruition, Wagner, Birmingham’s mayor, has highlighted the need for improved transport links to the area of ​​the city where the Sports Quarter will be built. If this does not happen, Chairman, their plans may be thwarted.

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Tom Wagner reveals a potential stumbling block in Birmingham City’s big development

The chairman of the “blues” warned of a problem facing the biggest project of the club.

So the plan is to go out with the old and in with the new. But what do people do with the old? Well, Tripadvisor reviews on the ground give us a pretty good idea.

How St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park is rated on Tripadvisor

Rating and review service website St Andrew’s has 184 reviews, 91 of which gave the stadium an excellent rating, with an average score of four out of five.

One reviewer, a son, really enjoys going to his home turf. They recently said: “My family and I have been coming to the Blues for years and since Tom Wagner and his team took over it has become a whole new place.

“The atmosphere is fantastic and there are lots of facilities from street food, indoor bars and outdoor fan parks. Football is now on a new level and the matches are fantastic to watch. I recommend it for every age group – there’s something for everyone.”

St Andrews even impresses the traveling supporters, as evidenced by this Plymouth Argyle fan’s experiences at the ground in August 2023. “The pitch is great and the away end is behind the goal, which is always great. The atmosphere at home was OK but it looks better.”

Despite the overwhelmingly positive reviews of the venue, there’s no guarantee that everyone will be happy with things. One reviewer who left this comment last December was shocked at the state of the land. In fairness to Birmingham, this review came before the major redevelopment of hospitality facilities that took place at St Andrew’s.

“Very disappointing,” they said. “The seats we were sold in the front view meant you couldn’t see the pitch. The stewards were useless as they shouted abuse at the players and nothing was done. There was no way to buy food or drink. A truly disgraceful way to treat fans.”

Leaving St Andrews will be a sad moment for many Birmingham fans

As much as there hasn’t been much success at City’s home ground so far this season, there are, and forever will be, many fond memories of the venue.

The current biggest stadium in League One in terms of capacity is where they have won league titles, celebrated winning the EFL Cup, played Europa League football.

The move to a new stadium and all the extra cash flow it will bring will be a good thing for Birmingham, but it will be a sad time for those who have occupied the same seats in the same stands for many years.