England: Birmingham stadium upgrades ahead of new season
source: StadiumDB.com; author: Paulina Skóra
St Andrew's Stadium, home of Birmingham City Football Club, is undergoing another upgrade in its history. The club is looking to create an even better environment for fans and upgrade the stadium's infrastructure, or replace the pitch.
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One of the key elements of upgrading St Andrew's Stadium is the new LED screens that have replaced the existing scoreboards. These high-tech displays will not only improve the visual quality, but also allow more information to be presented during matches, including statistics, replays and fan interaction.
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As part of the upgrade, the pitch will also be replaced with a new, top-quality turf. The new surface will be more durable and weatherproof, providing better playing conditions and comfort for fans watching matches.
One of the more interesting elements of the modernisation is the construction of a new fan park, which will become a meeting place before and after matches. The club is also planning to expand and modernise the club shop to better meet the needs of supporters, offering a wide range of gadgets and club clothing. All of these changes were implemented ahead of the start of the new season, and made their debut during the match against Scottish vice-champion Rangers Glasgow at the end of July.
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We've made fantastic progress
- Nick Smith, Director of Infrastructure, said in an interview with BluesTV. The pitch we've had tested, and we are ready to go. We could play on it now, such is the performance testing. This pitch is of the highest quality you can possibly have in football - it's been tested for hardness, bounce, ball rolling, traction, the root depth, the appearance - it's in magnificent condition. It's in great nick. We're ready to go.
The hospitality lounges are all into the last weeks of build. We're into the real decoration - the Gil Merrick was ready for Rangers and our other hospitality lounges are now in full decoration phases. Drawings are going in, painting's being done. They're looking magnificent as well.
Our box to box has been a huge project, from the undercraft of the stadium. The bar is being built, that's looking good. Our fan park is coming out of the ground now. It's been a tricky project, but now we're starting to build we're super excited about that.
We're on track with pretty much everything. As I say, our pitch is ready to go now. Our screens are ready to go. All of our hospitality will be ready for the first game of the season. Our amphitheatre and retail store will be ready to go for the start of the season, as will our fan park.
The only areas we'll have to wait for the next home game of the season will be our new permanent audio, permanent Wi-Fi - we'll still have temporary audio, which will be significant and fantastic, the fans will hear a real difference. We've also got our new DJ platform to get the atmosphere in the stadium increased. Everything is on track
- concluded Smith.
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