List of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom

This is a list of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom with an indoor seating capacity of at least 5,000, regardless of usage.

Constructed

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England

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City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Birmingham BP pulse LIVE 1980 15,685[1]
Utilita Arena Birmingham 1991 15,800[2]
Bolton Bolton Arena 2001 6,500[3]
Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre 1984 6,500[4]
Brighton Brighton Centre 1977 5,000
Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 2005 10,000[5]
Coventry Skydome 1999 3,000
Derby Derby Arena 2015 5,000[6]
Exeter Westpoint Exeter 1990 7,500[7]
Leeds First Direct Arena 2013 13,781[8][9]
Liverpool M&S Bank Arena 2008 11,000[10]
London Copper Box Arena 2011 7,500[11]
The O2 Arena 2007 20,000[12]
OVO Arena Wembley 1934 12,500[13]
Manchester AO Arena 1995 23,000[14]
Co-op Live 2024 23,500[15]
Milton Keynes Marshall Arena 2014 5,000[16]
Newcastle upon Tyne Utilita Arena Newcastle 1995 11,400[17]
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 2000 10,000[18]
Sheffield Utilita Arena Sheffield 1991 13,600[19]


Northern Ireland

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City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Belfast The SSE Arena, Belfast 1999 10,800[20]

Scotland

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City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Aberdeen P&J Live 2019 10,000 - 15,000[21]
Glasgow Braehead Arena 1999 5,200 - 8,000[22]
Emirates Arena 2012 8,200[23]
OVO Hydro 2013 14,300[24]

Wales

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City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Cardiff Utilita Arena Cardiff 1993 7,500[25]
Newport International Convention Centre Wales 2019 5,000[26]
Swansea Swansea Arena 2022 3,500[27]

Proposed

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City/town Arena Opening Capacity
Bristol YTL Arena Bristol 2027[28] 19,000[29]
Bristol Sports & Convention Centre TBA 5,000[30][31]
Cardiff New Cardiff Bay Arena 2027[32] 15,348[33]
East Kilbride Playsport Arena 2026[34] 6,000[35]
Edinburgh Edinburgh Arena 2027[36] 8,500[37]
Gateshead The Sage TBD[38] 12,500[39]
Sunderland Sunderland Arena TBD[40] 10,000[41]

Former proposals

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City/town Arena Capacity Outcome
Dundee Dundee Arena 10,000[42] Did not materialise[43]
London MSG Sphere London 21,500[44] Rejected[45]

Former / demolished

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City/town Arena Date built Date closed Capacity Image
Aberdeen BHGE Arena 1985 2019 8,500[46]
London Harringay Arena 1936 1958 13,500
London Arena 1989 2005 15,000
Basketball Arena 2011 2012 12,000
Water Polo Arena 2011 2012 5,000
Earls Court 1937 2014 20,000

See also

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References

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