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Populous submits plans to expand Birmingham Commonwealth Games venue

By 2020-03-06T07:00:00

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The NEC is set to host badminton, boxing, table tennis, netball and weightlifting

Populous’ plans to increase the capacity of a Birmingham arena to more than 21,000 have been submitted to Solihull metropolitan borough council.

NEC Group is hoping to get the go-ahead for the proposals to grow the capacity at the Resorts World Arena by around 6,000 in the lead up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. 

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