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Venue overview

- One of the main venues for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Hosting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and track and field events
- First opened in 1976, this facility became the home of UK Athletics in 2011
- Newly redeveloped, the stadium will hold 18,000 spectators in its legacy configuration
- Temporary grandstands will increase capacity to over 32,000 during Games time
- Focal point of a £700m investment scheme surrounding regeneration in Perry Barr

What is GL events UK delivering?

- Giant temporary lighting towers
- Giant video board towers
- Temporary seating grandstands for over 14,000 spectators
- Containment
- Hospitality structures
- Media tribunes

Venue updates

Discover how this venue is being transformed