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

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	6,000^[3]
Derby	Derby Arena	2015	5,000^[4]
Exeter	Westpoint Arena	1990	7,500^[5]
Leeds	First Direct Arena	2013	13,781^[6]^[7]
Liverpool	M&S Bank Arena	2008	11,000^[8]
London	Copper Box Arena	2011	7,500^[9]
	The O2 Arena	2007	20,000^[10]
	OVO Arena Wembley	1934	12,500^[11]
Manchester	AO Arena	1995	21,000^[12]
Milton Keynes	Marshall Arena	2014	5,000^[13]
Newcastle upon Tyne	Utilita Arena Newcastle	1995	11,400^[14]
Nottingham	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	2000	10,000^[15]
Sheffield	Utilita Arena Sheffield	1991	13,600^[16]

Northern Ireland

City/town	Arena	Date built	Capacity	Image
Belfast	The SSE Arena, Belfast	1999	10,800^[17]

Scotland

City/town	Arena	Date built	Capacity	Image
Aberdeen	P&J Live	2019	15,000^[18]
Glasgow	Braehead Arena	1999	5,200^[19]
	Emirates Arena	2012	7,000^[20]
	OVO Hydro	2013	14,300^[21]

Wales

City/town	Arena	Date built	Capacity	Image
Cardiff	Cardiff International Arena	1993	7,500^[22]
Newport	International Convention Centre Wales	2019	5,000^[23]

Under construction

City	Arena	Opening	Capacity
Manchester	Co-op Live	December 2023^[24]^[25]	23,500^[26]

Proposed

City/town	Arena	Opening	Capacity
Bristol	YTL Arena Bristol	2025 or 2026	19,000^[27]
Cardiff	New Cardiff Bay Arena	2025^[28]	17,000^[29]
Edinburgh	Edinburgh Arena	2023 or 2024	8,000^[30]
Gateshead	The Sage	2025^[31]	12,500^[32]
London	MSG Sphere London	TBD	21,500^[33]
Sunderland	Sunderland Arena	TBD	10,000^[34]
Dundee	Dundee Arena	TBD	10,000^[35]

Former / demolished

City/town	Arena	Date built	Date closed	Capacity	Image
Aberdeen	BHGE Arena	1985	2019	8,500^[36]
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

• List of indoor arenas in Europe
• List of indoor arenas by capacity
• List of British stadiums by capacity
• List of venues in the United Kingdom

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