BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Birmingham City unveiled plans Thursday to build a 62,000-seat stadium that would put the second-division club and city on a “trajectory towards greatness” in a project costing at least 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion).

The English soccer team, which counts NFL great Tom Brady as a minority shareholder and U.S. financier Tom Wagner as chairman, said the venue would be the “beating heart” of Birmingham.

The proposed Birmingham City Powerhouse Stadium would feature 12 giant chimneys and be built in Bordesley Park, East Birmingham, in time for the 2030-31 season.

“Together we are putting the city and the club on trajectory towards greatness,” Wagner said at the unveiling at Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham. It would be a “beacon of excellence for Birmingham on

See Full Page