List of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom

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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.

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England

City/townArenaDate builtCapacityImage
Birmingham Resorts World Arena 198015,685 [1] Genting Arena.jpg
Utilita Arena Birmingham 199115,800 [2] NIA Barclaycard Birmingham.jpg
Bolton Bolton Arena 20016,500 [3] Bolton Arena, Entrance - geograph.org.uk - 1221257.jpg
Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre 19846,500 [4] View from the pier (4) (geograph 5262736).jpg
Brighton Brighton Centre 19775,000
Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 200510,000 [5]
Derby Derby Arena 20155,000 [6] Frontage of Derby Velodrome at Pride Park, Derby, England.JPG
Exeter Westpoint Exeter 19907,500 [7] Westpoint Building, Devon County Showground - geograph.org.uk - 1746013.jpg
Leeds First Direct Arena 201313,781 [8] [9] Leeds First Direct Arena.jpeg
Liverpool M&S Bank Arena 200811,000 [10] M&S Bank Arena 1.jpg
London Copper Box Arena 20117,500 [11] Copper Box Arena (geograph 3642114).jpg
The O2 Arena 200720,000 [12] The O2 Arena, entrance.jpg
OVO Arena Wembley 193412,500 [13] Wembley Arena.jpg
Manchester Manchester Arena 199521,000 [14] MEN Arena, Manchester.JPG
Co-op Live 202423,500 [15] New 'Co-op Live' Arena (geograph 7561674).jpg
Milton Keynes Marshall Arena 20145,000 [16] Marshall Arena Milton Keynes 6 July 2020.jpg
Newcastle upon Tyne Utilita Arena Newcastle 199511,400 [17] Metroradio Arena, Newcastle.jpg
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 200010,000 [18] Motorpoint Arena Nottingham for web.jpg
Sheffield Utilita Arena Sheffield 199113,600 [19] The Sheffield Arena.jpg

Northern Ireland

City/townArenaDate builtCapacityImage
Belfast The SSE Arena, Belfast 199910,800 [20] Odyssey Arena, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 860741 (cropped).jpg

Scotland

City/townArenaDate builtCapacityImage
Aberdeen P&J Live 201910,000 - 15,000 [21] TECA (The Event Complex, Aberdeen) (geograph 6441712).jpg
Glasgow Braehead Arena 19995,200 [22] Entrance to Braehead Arena.jpg
Emirates Arena 20128,200 [23] Emirates Arena 05.jpg
OVO Hydro 201312,300 [24] The SSE Hydro (geograph 5420681).jpg

Wales

City/townArenaDate builtCapacityImage
Cardiff Utilita Arena Cardiff 19937,500 [25] Utilita Arena Cardiff September 2023 10.jpg
Newport International Convention Centre Wales 20195,000 [26] International Convention Centre Wales.jpg
Swansea Swansea Arena20223,500 [27]

Proposed

City/townArenaOpeningCapacity
Bristol YTL Arena Bristol 2025 or 202619,000 [28]
Cardiff New Cardiff Bay Arena 2026 [29] 15,348 [30]
East Kilbride Playsport Arena 2026 [31] 6,000 [32]
Edinburgh Edinburgh Arena 2027 [33] 8,500 [34]
Gateshead The Sage 2027 [35] 12,500 [36]
London MSG Sphere London Rejected [37] 21,500 [38]
Sunderland Sunderland ArenaTBD [39] 10,000 [40]
Dundee Dundee ArenaTBD10,000 [41]

Former / demolished

City/townArenaDate builtDate closedCapacityImage
Aberdeen BHGE Arena 198520198,500 [42] Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre.jpg
London Harringay Arena 1936195813,500
London Arena 1989200515,000
Basketball Arena 2011201212,000 Olympic Village, London, 16 April 2012 (1) (cropped).jpg
Water Polo Arena 201120125,000 Water Polo Arena, 16 April 2012.jpg
Earls Court 1937201420,000 Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, from Warwick Road - geograph.org.uk - 2440372.jpg

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