The Co-op Live Arena

Rammy Blue said:
I saw an image from a friend on Facebook earlier of the queues outside to get in the arena for James tonight, looked horrific. Be interesting to hear the feedback.
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I got there pretty early because I wanted to catch Razorlight too and didn't have to queue at all. The place probably filled up towards the end of the support, so all depends on when you get there I guess.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I saw an image from a friend on Facebook earlier of the queues outside to get in the arena for James tonight, looked horrific. Be interesting to hear the feedback.
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It wasn’t too bad; queues moved fairly quickly and had a beer in hand prior to the first song. Great experience and as good as previous events at the MEN.
 
James were absolutely magnificent! What a gig that was!

Queues move quick. Very slick. The first bar was busy but you can bypass that and go up the escalators. That one was quick and toilets empty.

The arena is not perfect in its design but I really liked it. The standing area is very wide so plenty of room and the sound and visuals were cracking.
 
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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I agree. The last band ended at about 11. so by the time I could get to the train station there were pretty much no trains running. So I would have had to have left a lot earlier and missed a large part of the set.

Obviously you can’t help the location, but it’s a lot easier to get away from say the academy or AO arena in my opinion. If it’s past a certain time the Etihad is pretty rubbish to travel from.
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Actually tonight we found it ok. Not like football at all. Tram queue wasn’t too bad but we walked out past the main entrance to walk back to Piccadilly as parked near there and there were loads of black cabs (unlike when football on!) and then traffic was great. James came off at 10.45pm and I was home in Warrington by 11.30. I think we would have been fine for the last train had we travelled that way but like you say, no guarantees of that and shouldnt have to worry about how to get home. James came on at 8.45 which helped.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
The fact you can’t get a train after 11.30/12 in this country is a joke. To be honeat I think the bands should just come on slightly earlier. Say 8.45.
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It’s a fuckin disgrace mate, watching Liam G sunday, will prob finish 11-30ish? coming from Burnley so going to have to be taxi home, be 12-30am before we’re home, can’t get Monday off work so I’m up at 04-15am, no fun :-/
 
Went last night and really enjoyed the experience and venue ,free metro with your ticket ,if £9 is too dear for a pint don't buy it .my mate bought some food and apparently he downloaded the coop app and said it was quite cheap ?
They have built a walking route back into town at the side of the arena that's all lit up with fancy art etc ,the only thing with it is it's the world's longest short cut .
Was expecting to come out in town came out a few hundred yards past the ground .
 
mrtwiceaseason said:
Went last night and really enjoyed the experience and venue ,free metro with your ticket ,if £9 is too dear for a pint don't buy it .my mate bought some food and apparently he downloaded the coop app and said it was quite cheap ?
They have built a walking route back into town at the side of the arena that's all lit up with fancy art etc ,the only thing with it is it's the world's longest short cut .
Was expecting to come out in town came out a few hundred yards past the ground .
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I did the walking route after the Leeds youth cup final, it’s quite enjoyable for a short while, no traffic etc, but then it just runs out. Would be great if they could somehow make it finish nearer to Piccadilly.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Actually tonight we found it ok. Not like football at all. Tram queue wasn’t too bad but we walked out past the main entrance to walk back to Piccadilly as parked near there and there were loads of black cabs (unlike when football on!) and then traffic was great. James came off at 10.45pm and I was home in Warrington by 11.30. I think we would have been fine for the last train had we travelled that way but like you say, no guarantees of that and shouldnt have to worry about how to get home. James came on at 8.45 which helped.
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Similar for me really. Live in Stockport but drove to the Ashton Moss park & ride tram and went from there. We were in about 7, which meant no queues but a bit of sitting around waiting. Halfway through Razorlight we went out to get drinks/snacks (with my 11 year old). Loads of bars within easy walking distance, pretty small queues at each, but we went to a little Co-op shop. Wasn't bad, but not a lot of choice and overpriced (like the merch).

I was on the back row at the side and the sound was the best I've experienced at a big arena. James came on around 8.40, played 17 tracks plus 4 for an encore.

We left as soon as the last song ended (maybe 10.40) and managed to get on a tram that was waiting and straight back to Ashton Moss. Back home at 11.25.
 
James were outstanding last night, unbelievably good. The arena is very impressive and £7.80 for Asahi wasn't too bad, but the bars in the standing area were bobbins, so slow. LG tomorrow night and I'm expecting another top experience, but in the lower tier seats this time so maybe the bars will be less hammered (wishful thinking probably).
 
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So, has anyone actually been impressed with and enjoyed going to the arena, or is everyone who's been found faults with it?

PS. See above.
 
RE: London. The tube becomes less of a novelty when you use it daily. Bank station around rush hour is carnage.
 
Gray said:
It is dreadful especially the Metrolink, London transport is a thousand times better.

The North/South divide is alive and kicking.
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100 percent. Ive lived in London a couple of years now and its still funny to me when everyone moans that the tube is a minute late, don't know how lucky they are
 
Always Ali said:
James were outstanding last night, unbelievably good. The arena is very impressive and £7.80 for Asahi wasn't too bad, but the bars in the standing area were bobbins, so slow. LG tomorrow night and I'm expecting another top experience, but in the lower tier seats this time so maybe the bars will be less hammered (wishful thinking probably).
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Id expect the bars to be loads worse for an LG gig, id start queuing now mate!
 
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