Birmingham council starts search for £70m Commonwealth Games stadium contractor

By Jordan Marshall2019-05-07T12:32:00

Redevelopment will see capacity more than double for 2022 games

Birmingham council has officially started the search for a main contractor for the redevelopment of Alexander Stadium – which will host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

In a contract notice published to the Official Journal today, the council has said the main contract will be worth £63m.

The city council originally said it wanted to publish a contract notice for the job at the end of January with a shortlist of six firms drawn up by the end of March.

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