Work to clear and prepare the site of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, which will host the swimming and diving events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, will start in the next few weeks. Planning permission for the £62 million, state-of-the-art facility, at Londonderry Playing Fields in Smethwick, was granted earlier this year and the major…
Work officially starts on construction of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village
Construction work on the largest infrastructure project directly related to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games started today (May 8). A ground-breaking ceremony was staged at the Commonwealth Games Village site in Perry Barr – which will provide a home away from home for around 6,500 athletes and officials coming to the city in the summer…
Birmingham 2022 appoints Martin Green CBE as Chief Creative Officer
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has appointed Martin Green CBE as its Chief Creative Officer, a role that will give him ultimate responsibility for the official opening and closing ceremonies and the wider cultural programme for the Games. The announcement comes exactly one year on from Gold Coast 2018’s Closing Ceremony which incorporated…
Birmingham 2022 Team select location for new headquarters
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (the OC) has confirmed today (12 April) that its new headquarters will be in Brindley Place. The team, which is organising the region’s biggest ever sport and cultural event, is expected to move into One Brindley Place, in Birmingham city centre, in a couple of weeks and has…
Four new appointments complete Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Board
The latest meeting of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee board took place earlier today (21 January 2019) and four new members were welcomed by Chair of the Board, John Crabtree. Non-Executive Directors, Ellie Simmonds OBE, Lyndsey Jackson and Nick Timothy have all been appointed to the board by Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State…
Chief Executive confirmed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee
Ian Reid has been confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), the team organising the largest event ever to be staged in the West Midlands. The 41-year-old from Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, was the Chief Financial Officer for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, working on that edition…
CGF stamp of approval provides boost as Birmingham marks 12 months as Commonwealth Games host city
Friday (21 December) marks one year since Birmingham and the West Midlands region was officially awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games and organisers are celebrating this landmark by outlining the progress made so far and looking forward to an exciting 2019. John Crabtree Chairman of the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee, is happy with how plans for…
Hundreds attend business briefing for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
More than 500 people from local businesses attended a Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games briefing at the ICC today (27 November), to hear about how they could benefit from the largest sporting and cultural event ever to be held in the West Midlands region. The event, which was hosted by Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth triple…
Registration opens for Birmingham 2022 business event to brief Midlands SMEs on Games opportunities
Businesses across the Midlands are being invited to a special event to provide a detailed update on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the extensive procurement and supply chain opportunities available for SMEs. The event – which will take place on Tuesday 27 November at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre (ICC) – will be hosted by…
Venues Plan for 2022 Commonwealth Games Confirms Sporting Showcase for Birmingham and the West Midlands
The Sport and Venue Programme for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was confirmed and celebrated today, Friday 19 October, as five Team England medallists joined Birmingham 2022 Chairman John Crabtree and pupils from Mapledene Primary School for a sporting showcase at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre – one of the key venue clusters for the Games,…