Being the vibrant and richly diverse city that it is known to be, Birmingham makes for the ideal host for the Commonwealth Games 2022!
Bringing nations together under the Commonwealth to embrace humanity, diversity, youth, and inclusion.
Once called the ‘Festival of the Empire’ held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930 in celebration of the coronation of King George V. partakers included the United Kingdom, Australia, Bermuda, British Guiana, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and South Africa demonstrating the unity of the British Empire. The conservative nature of the time when the games were first established, meant women only participated in the swimming portion of the games. However, from these humble beginnings of just 11 countries and 400 athletes, it has vastly expanded its stage over the decades into a modern sporting spectacular of 71 nations with 6,600 athletes and team officials.
Some marvellous and memorable highlights of the games include John Landy becoming the first to break the four-minute mile in a race that became known as the ‘Miracle Mile’.
Chantal Petitclerc became the first gold medal winner in a para-sport in 2002. The occasion marked the first time an event for an athlete with a disability had been part of the official games.
In 2014 in women’s boxing, Nicola Adams of Team England took the first gold medal in the flyweight division.
The very spirit of the Games has been the driving force behind these phenomenal athletes to push beyond their limits and truly perform to the body’s fullest potential.
The Commonwealth games brings a festival full of exhilarating fast paced sport and impressive sportsmanship! With visitors from all around the globe, this is an event not to be missed. Showcasing the best of Birmingham, the West Midlands, and the Commonwealth, expect 2 whole weeks of greatness including 280+ medal events, 19 different sports and over 4,500 athletes packed into 11 intense days of competition!
The games will be held from Thursday, 28 July 2022 and will end on Monday, 8 August 2022. There is lots to see and plenty to experience.
For more information and to purchase your tickets click here!
The Biggest Challenge of all, Where to park?
Why not stay in the heart of it all and park at B4! Prestige meets with prestige when you park with us and we don’t mind if you’re summersaulting your way here, actually hold off on that thought, somebody could get hurt!
With visitors arriving for all around the world to celebrate the 2022 Games, you bet it’s going to be a competition of parking too! But…!
B4 Car Park is conveniently situated on Weaman Street with direct access from the A38m, so you miss the queues. This 24/7 award winning Car Park offers wide bays, very well-lit and clean and an easy peasy payment system.
We’re well ahead of the game being less than a 4-minute walk away from the Tram, Snowhill Station or Bus if you don’t fancy getting your steps in that is or it’s a case of bad British weather!
No ticket, No zig-zagging, No queues, No problem!
Cheaper parking every day of the week
Everyone is welcome at B4, but if you sign-up for FREE membership you can enjoy 15% off the standard tariff from Monday to Friday! And DISCOUNTED parking at weekends. Yes, that’s right! A HUGE 30% off the standard tariff is available to members on Saturdays and Sundays!
Bonus!
If you’re planning to stay close by and are checking into one of the hotels below while parking with us, please make sure to validate your parking at the hotel reception desk by providing front of house staff with your vehicle registration to get 55% off the Standard Tariff for your parking stay before returning to collect your vehicle.
Pay Machines are located on the ground floor of the Car Park, please make payment before exiting unless you are a member in which case you simply drive out and the parking tariff including the discount will be charged to the card on your account.
Affiliated Hotels: The Grand Hotel, Holiday Inn Express Snow Hill, Premier Inn Waterloo Street, Hotel du Vin, No8 Waterloo Apartments, The Burlington Hotel and Staybridge Suites.
In the meantime, why not sign-up to our free B4 membership?