Manchester Arena

Manchester Arena
Former names	NYNEX Arena (1995?98) ; Manchester Evening News Arena (1998?2011) ; Manchester Arena (2011-13; 2015-present) ; Phones 4u Arena (2013?15)
Location	Trinity Way ; Victoria Station ; Manchester , M3 1AR ; England
Coordinates	53°29′17″N 2°14′38″W / 53.48806°N 2.24389°W
Owner	Mansford
Operator	SMG Europe
Capacity	21,000
Construction
Started	March 1993
Opened	15 July 1995
Construction cost	￡ 52 million ; (￡107 million in 2024 pounds )
Architect	DLA Design, Austin-Smith:Lord and Ellerbe Becket
Structural engineer	Arup Group Limited
Tenants
	Manchester Giants ( BBL ) (1995?2001) ; Manchester Storm ( BISL , BJL ) (1995?2002) ; Manchester Phoenix ( EIHL ) (2003?04)
Website
	www .manchester-arena .com

The Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Hunts Bank, Manchester , North West England . It is just north of the city centre, and is above Manchester Victoria station .

The arena has the most seats of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom , and second largest in the European Union with a capacity of 21,000. It hosts music and sporting events including boxing and swimming . ^[2] 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 .

On 22 May 2017, 22 people were killed by an Islamist suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in the arena. ^[3]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Measuring Worth: UK CPI .
↑ "Manchester Evening News arena" . smg-europe.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10 . Retrieved 2017-05-22 . Retrieved on 28 March 2008.
↑ "Manchester terror attack" . www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk . Retrieved 2018-06-30 .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Media related to Manchester Arena at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Manchester Arena Seating Plans

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[inflation-UK-1] UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Measuring Worth: UK CPI .

[smgeurope-2] "Manchester Evening News arena" . smg-europe.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10 . Retrieved 2017-05-22 . Retrieved on 28 March 2008.

[3] "Manchester terror attack" . www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk . Retrieved 2018-06-30 .

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