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Manchester Arena
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event arena in Manchester, England
Key facts
- Former names
- NYNEX Arena (1995–1998), Manchester Evening News Arena (1998–2011), Phones 4u Arena (2013–2015), Manchester Arena (2012–2013, 2015–2020)
- Address
- Victoria Station, Manchester, M3 1AR
- Location
- Manchester , England
- Owner
- Mansford
- Operator
- ASM Global
- Capacity
- 23,000
- Public transit
- Manchester Victoria
- Groundbreaking
- March 1993 ( 1993-03 )
- Opened
- 15 July 1995 ( 1995-07-15 )
- Closed
- 22 May 2017
- Reopened
- 9 September 2017
- Construction cost
- £ 52 million, (£112 million in 2025 pounds )
- Architect
- DLA Design, Austin-Smith:Lord and Ellerbe Becket
- Structural engineer
- Ove Arup & Partners
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- arena
- Official name
- Manchester Arena
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Manchester
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Location
- Manchester
- Sport
- badminton
- Official website
- www.manchester-arena.com
- Image
- Manchester Arena concert, November 2012.jpg
- Significant event
- 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
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- Commons category
- Manchester Arena
- occupant
- Manchester Phoenix
- maximum capacity
- 21000
- date of official opening
- 1995-07-15
- native label
- Manchester Arena
- social media followers
- 81555
- associated electoral district
- Manchester Central
- number of viewers/listeners
- 358547
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Encyclopedic overview
Manchester Arena (currently known as AO Arena for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space. With a capacity of 23,000 it is the second largest indoor arena in the UK after Co-op Live and third largest in Europe.
The arena is one of the world's busiest indoor arenas, hosting music and sporting events such as boxing and swimming. The arena was a key part of Manchester's bids to host the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 and was eventually used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manchester Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.