- The plan would have seen a venue in Birmingham change into the house of rugby
- A possible merger with Wembley was floated as one other potential choice
- England rugby chief govt Invoice Sweeney was satisfied to not pursue it
English rugby chiefs thought of transferring their dwelling stadium from Twickenham to Birmingham as a part of a radical relocation plan.
The RFU additionally seemed into shopping for a 50 per cent share of Wembley earlier than opting to remain put in south-west London, utilizing funds from their new Allianz naming deal to redevelop the bottom.
The mission to refurbish the dated stadium will price a whole lot of thousands and thousands, however London’s booming hospitality market satisfied RFU chief govt Invoice Sweeney to not promote the prevailing web site.
He mentioned: ‘There was the merger with Wembley choice and there was a transfer elsewhere to a greenfield web site, which could have had higher entry for the entire of the nation.
Rugby chief Invoice Sweeney was satisfied to not transfer England’s dwelling floor to Birmingham
Twickenham, renamed the Allianz Stadium, has been the long-term dwelling of English rugby
A merger with Wembley Stadium was an choice floated to English rugby chiefs
‘It was within the Birmingham space they usually have been fairly eager to work with us.
‘The entire numbers finally led to remaining at Twickenham and redeveloping the stadium right here. That was partly to do with the hospitality market in London from a industrial standpoint.’
Poor transport hyperlinks are a significant difficulty at Twickenham, however plans are in place to hyperlink Previous Oak Widespread with Hounslow and add a second entry level.
