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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

England

City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Birmingham Resorts World Arena 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]
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 Manchester Arena 1995 21,000 [14]
Milton Keynes Marshall Arena 2014 5,000 [15]
Newcastle upon Tyne Utilita Arena Newcastle 1995 11,400 [16]
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 2000 10,000 [17]
Sheffield Utilita Arena Sheffield 1991 13,600 [18]

Northern Ireland

City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Belfast The SSE Arena, Belfast 1999 10,800 [19]

Scotland

City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Aberdeen P&J Live 2019 10,000 - 15,000 [20]
Glasgow Braehead Arena 1999 5,200 [21]
Emirates Arena 2012 8,200 [22]
OVO Hydro 2013 12,300 [23]

Wales

City/town Arena Date built Capacity Image
Cardiff Utilita Arena Cardiff 1993 7,500 [24]
Newport International Convention Centre Wales 2019 5,000 [25]
Swansea Swansea Arena 2022 3,500 [26]

Under construction

City Arena Opening Capacity Image
Manchester Co-op Live April 2024 [27] [28] 23,500 [29] [30]

Proposed

City/town Arena Opening Capacity
Bristol YTL Arena Bristol 2025 or 2026 19,000 [31]
Cardiff New Cardiff Bay Arena 2026 [32] 15,348 [33]
East Kilbride Playsport Arena 2026 [34] 6,000 [35]
Edinburgh Edinburgh Arena 2027 [36] 8,500 [37]
Gateshead The Sage 2027 [38] 12,500 [39]
London MSG Sphere London Rejected [40] 21,500 [41]
Sunderland Sunderland Arena TBD [42] 10,000 [43]
Dundee Dundee Arena TBD 10,000 [44]

Former / demolished

City/town Arena Date built Date closed Capacity Image
Aberdeen BHGE Arena 1985 2019 8,500 [45]
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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