Manchester

The MEN arena is the largest of Manchester venues, with a capacity of 15,000. It plays host to the biggest of the big - the stars or events that demand a huge venue! It's located at the end of Deansgate, right next to Victoria Station, make this one of the easier venues to find and get in/out of. There's Nearby car parking at the Shudehill exchange or in the Printworks, whilst the bars and clubs of Deansgate are within a few steps.

Inside you'll find a modern venue with reasonably comfy seating. The facilities are plentiful, prices just about within the realms of reality and all in all it's a venue Manchester can be proud of.


As listed by the Manchester Evening News arena website, here are some of the highlights in the venues history.

Ten performances of 1990's boyband Take That, during which a total of 140,000 fans passed through the doors.

The world famous tenor, Pavarotti, performed two sell-out UK dates on Saturday 30 September 1995 and Saturday 1 November 1997.
Mike Tyson's UK debut back in January 2000 caused a frenzy, both in terms of media and in the 'fight' to secure a ticket for this historical event. Tickets, priced from £30 up to a staggering £1,000 were quickly sold out. A massive 100 million television viewers, in 73 countries, and a sell-out 21,000 crowd in the Arena witnessed the fight.

With just 54 hours notice, the Manchester Evening News Arena hosted what was arguably the biggest and most jubilant homecoming Manchester had seen in many years. Manchester United had won 'The Treble' and 17,423 tickets were snapped up within minutes by loyal fans, eager to welcome home their triple trophy winning idols at the Arena on 27 May 1999. Over half a million people lined the street for the celebration and millions more joined in across the country as the events were beamed 'live' across the multi-media network.

Kylie Minogue broke the Manchester Evening News Arena's box office records in 2002 with her Fever tour when, over six nights, more than 84,000 fans paid over £2 million to see her spectacular stage show.
Tickets for the legendary Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones sold out in record time when both performed sell-out shows at the Arena in 2003 - the year the venue won the accolade of 'Busiest Venue in the World' for the first time, with over 800,000 concert goers through its doors.


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