Another element of Birmingham City’s proposed “Sports Quarter” has been confirmed after their chairman, Tom Wagner, met with the Transport Secretary on Wednesday.

Fresh off promotion to the Championship, Wagner’s ambitious plans to make the Blues one of the country’s footballing powers will stop at nothing. He doesn’t just want a successful football team, he wants an empire. With significant investment, The Second City club has dominated League One competition this season, smashing the EFL’s all-time points record, which was previously 106. If they can secure a 34th victory of the season away to already-relegated Cambridge United, they could reach a potential final total of 111.

The new “Sports Quarter,” a brand-new development in the city’s east that will include a new 60,000-seat stadium, training ground, and academy facility in addition to entertainment, office, residential, and retail areas, is an off-field example of Wagner’s vision for the team.

Enhancements to the transportation system between the city centre and the Bordersley location were essential to the project, which is projected to cost between £2 and £3 billion.

Plans for a new tram route were presented earlier today, and would include the Blues’ new project at the heart of it, according to BirminghamLive.

Birmingham City’s Sports Quarter travel plans revealed

The new tram route is expected to be completed by 2030, when the Blues’ new stadium is expected to open, and Wagner’s meeting earlier this week appears to have helped move things forward. This would guarantee that the £2.9 billion project is approved.

“We are working really closely with the Government,” Richard Parker, the mayor of the West Midlands, told BirminghamLive.

“I have spoken to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander and taken Tom Wagner to Number 10, as we all want this to be joined up.

“This is a massive opportunity for our region and the city of Birmingham and my role is to use my powers and commitment to ensure this happens quickly.”

The £2.9 billion Blues super-stadium and Sports Quarter in Bordesley Green would be reached by the new Metro line, which would whisk passengers out of the city centre through Digbeth.

Now that plans have been made public, Wagner’s worries over his trip may be allayed to some extent, and he can return his attention to making the most of the enormous Sports Quarter project.

Tom Wagner marks intent with strong statement on the Sports Quarter

The American chairman was blunt earlier this week when he discussed the significance of new transport arrangements that complemented the Sports Quarter project and the dire consequences that could result from its failure.

“We’re dropping that investment into the middle of one of the most deprived areas in the country,” Wagner pointed out to The Times. “I think there’s a moral imperative to invest into an area like that and to have an opportunity such as the one I just described and not pursue it would be a crime against the city of Birmingham.”

“There’s no point building a stadium for 60 to 70 thousand people if they can’t get out of the stadium,” as Birmingham City FC CEO Jeremy Dale reiterated to Birmingham Live.

When combined, the Sports Quarter project has the potential to be extremely significant for Birmingham as a whole as well as the club.

If successful, the countless opportunities it would present would greatly aid Wagner’s efforts to elevate Birmingham City to the status of one of the top football teams in England.