Within weeks of the initial announcement it was confirmed on 18 April by the BBL that Team Birmingham Panthers would be the eleventh franchise taking to the court for the 2007-08 season, with the Aston Events Centre, a former home of both the Bullets and Athletics, hosting all home games of the new team, with a move to a future arena already planned. Rumours abound that former Bullets coach Tony Garbelotto would be hired by the club were rapidly quashed by Wilson.
Within weeks of the initial announcement, it was confirmed on 18 April by the BBL that Team Birmingham Panthers would be the eleventh franchise taking to the court for the 2007-08 season, with the Aston Events Centre, a former home of both the Bullets and Athletics, hosting all home games of the new team, with a move to a future arena already planned. Rumours abound that former Bullets coach Tony Garbelotto would be hired by the club were rapidly quashed by Wilson.