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Sky Sports News: "Good evening. We have some breaking news for you. Sky sources can reveal that talks between an American based company and the FA are well underway to establish a new football club in Birmingham City. We understand FA Chairman Gregg **** has preliminary meetings with the American Company and has agreed to grant the new club a professional Football League licence.


 
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Jerry Jones touched down in Birmingham today to meet with the city council.
The owner of NFL franchise, The Dallas Cowboys is worth an estimated $4.3 Billion
is said to have developed an interest in soccer and saw England as a prime sporting
market to invest in due tot he strong business ties between the FA and the NFL.

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Jones has identified Summerfield Park as the desired location to build a new Stadium and training facilities
for his new Association Football Club. Birmingham city council have reportedly agreed to sell the park to Jones
for a fee of £4M while the plans for the new stadium are yet to be announced.




 
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Birmingham United today have unveiled plans for their new 31,000 seater stadium to be build in
Summerfield Park. The stadium is expected to take 3 years to build and will cost £280M. Club owner
Jerry Jones is believed to have provided a personal loan to finance the project. A £180M training
ground and club headquarters is being built alongside the stadium and is expected to be completed
in time for the 2017/18 season.

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NumberDescription
1-3Training Pitches
4Kada Park (Youth and reserve stadium)
6Set down area and access to under stadium parking
7Summerfield Stadium
8Main club buildings and facilities
9Physiotherapy and fitness facilities
10Boardroom and corporate facilities
Youth housing and facilities.


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Looking good! Always enjoy your stories, will be following. :)
 
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