Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to break attendance records

Birmingham 2022 is set to be the most attended edition of the Commonwealth Games to take place in the UK. Over 1.3 million tickets have been sold for the competition, with more than 500,000 having been sold to residents across the West Midlands. Organisers expect an additional one million people to visit the West Midlands …

Birmingham 2022 chiefs target selling final 200K tickets

Birmingham 2022 organisers still have 200,000 tickets to sell if they are to meet their target of welcoming 1.5m visitors to this summer’s Commonwealth Games. The multi-sport event, which begins on July 29, is on course to be the best attended Commonwealth Games in history. The 1.2m tickets sold already surpasses figures of around 1m …

Birmingham 2022 to showcase local music at city centre festivals

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games organisers have teamed up with regional independent music groups to develop plans for a city centre festival that will run throughout this year’s sports event. Two free festival sites, to be located in Victoria Square and Smithfield, will showcase more than 150 local artists and musicians over the course of the …