- October 23, 2025
- Posted by: SportsV
- Categories: Featured Articles, Features, Home News, Industry News, News, Press Releases
Blues’ Chairman, Tom Wagner, has revealed the team who will be responsible for creating the Club’s new sports quarter stadium design and architecture.
Speaking at the Regional Investment Summit in Edgbaston alongside Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Blues’ co-owner, Tom Wagner, outlined the stadium collaboration, which will see multi-award-winning British designers Heatherwick Studio partner with Kansas-based architectural powerhouse MANICA.
They will be supported by Steven Knight, the iconic film writer/director and lifelong Blues fan.
This exciting partnership has vowed to deliver a project that will be “truly extraordinary, recognisable around the globe, yet rooted in the history of Birmingham”.
David Manica, President and Owner, Manica Architecture, said:
“We’re thrilled to partner with Heatherwick Studio to design an extraordinary new home for Birmingham City Football Club. This new stadium will not only usher in a new era for Birmingham fans but will also honour the Club’s passionate supporters and storied history.”
Thomas Heatherwick, Founder and Design Director, Heatherwick Studio, added:
“This is going to be an incredible piece of city built around the passions of the Blues fans and the community. Not another spaceship dropped in a car park which feels dead when there’s not a match, but somewhere that’s alive, connected, grown from the site and from the history of Birmingham itself. We couldn’t be prouder.”
Further details, including design imagery of the stadium, will be released in the coming weeks.
Nick Smith, Head of Infrastructure at Birmingham City, discussed the new stadium project during the recent SVB LIVE Conference & Exhibition, with attendees treated to a VIP tour of the club’s current home, St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.
The 2026 SVB LIVE Conference & Exhibition – focused on elevating the live experience via Architecture & Design, Commercialisation, Fan Experience, Customer Journey, Hospitality, Premium Sales & Service, and Technology – is being hosted at Everton FC’s spectacular new Hill Dickinson Stadium on October 1st and 2nd. SVB LIVE offers an unrivalled global community, with year-round opportunities to network, collaborate and explore new possibilities.
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