Plans unveiled for £350m, 23,500-cap. Manchester arena
OVG is moving ahead with its plans for a Manchester Arena-rivalling venue in Britain's second city, with the UK's new biggest arena forecast to open as early as 2023
News By | 27 February 2020
Following months of feasibility studies begun in August 2019, Oak View Group (OVG) has confirmed it plans to bring forward a planning application for a new arena in Manchester, in northern England.
With a capacity of up to 23,500, the venue – to be located on the Etihad Campus, the site of Manchester City FC’s Etihad Stadium in Eastlands, east Manchester – would be, by some way, the largest indoor arena in the UK, and go head to head with the city-centre Manchester Arena (21,000-cap.), operated by rival ASM Global.
It would also be the most expensive – the £350 million in private investment funding the project is the most ever spent on an arena in the UK or Europe, says OVG. The new arena would support over…
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