Edgbaston Cricket Ground set for major hotel and stand redevelopment

By Nicky Godding

21 March 2024

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Stuart Cain, Chief Executive; Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands; and Craig Flindall, Chief Operating Officer.

Edgbaston Stadium has received a major funding boost from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in its bid to develop an on-site hotel and new spectator stand.

A loan facility of up to £18 million pounds has been approved by WMCA which will cover a substantial part of the Club’s plans to re-develop the Raglan and Priory stands alongside a new 4-star hotel.

It paves the way for Edgbaston to work with other partners to secure remaining funding with a view for construction to begin – subject to planning approval – in September 2025.

Detailed consultation with stakeholders, including residents and Warwickshire Members, will take place over the next six months ahead of a proposed planning application being submitted in the autumn.

If granted, the project is expected to be finished by Spring 2027 with the hotel opening in time for that year’s men’s Ashes Test Match against Australia.

The proposed hotel will include a rooftop terrace, pitch-view rooms with balconies, and other rooms that can be converted into hospitality boxes with small external terraces to watch the match action.

And the redeveloped stand – which will have the same capacity as the old Raglan and Priory stands – will include a new concourse with enhanced food and drink options, plus improved facilities for disabled spectators.

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.