Location: Perry Barr, Birmingham

Sports: Athletics and Para-athletics

One of the central venues for the Commonwealth Games, the Alexander Stadium will stage the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Athletes will also compete in track and field events from August 2 to 7 at the venue which is undergoing a £72.4 million ($97.9 million/€80.3 million) revamp before the Games.

With the new west stand in place, the stadium will be able to hold 18,000 spectators while additional temporary stands will increase the capacity to 30,000.

Construction is progressing well and on schedule, including on the work to install a striking new blue athletics track.

A new warm-up track has been finished, and the venue could host a Diamond League meeting as a test event for the Commonwealth Games.

In November 2021, the Commonwealth Games Federation Coordination Commission visit was impressed with the venue's progress.

First opened in 1976, the facility became the home of UK Athletics in 2011 following a £12.5 million ($17.43 million/€14.43 million) refurbishment which saw the creation of the 5,000-seater east stand.

Since holding its first Diamond League Meeting that year, the stadium has staged the British Grand Prix ever since.

Founded in 1877, athletics club Birchfield Harriers were based at Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium before moving to the Alexander Stadium in 1977.

It has since become a hotbed for talented British athletes including Denise Lewis, Katharine Merry, Mark Lewis-Francis, Kelly Sotherton and Peter Radford.