Sporting Summer To Provide £82m Boost To Birmingham

The Rugby World Cup, along with other sporting events, will help provide a economic boost of £82 million to the city of Birmingham, reports the Birmingham Mail. Villa Park will play host to two games at the Rugby World Cup, featuring both Australia and South Africa, and a fanzone in Birmingham will help spread the atmosphere over the full six weeks of the contest, with every match shown on a big screen along with food, drinks, activities and entertainment. This, allied with an expected crowd of more than 100,000 over five days for the Ashes Test match between England and Australia at Edgbaston…