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	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]
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

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

Scotland

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

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

Proposed

City/town	Arena	Opening	Capacity
Bristol	YTL Arena Bristol	2027[27]	19,000[28]
	Bristol Sports & Convention Centre	TBA	5,000[29][30]
Cardiff	New Cardiff Bay Arena	2027[31]	15,348[32]
East Kilbride	Playsport Arena	2026[33]	6,000[34]
Edinburgh	Edinburgh Arena	2027[35]	8,500[36]
Gateshead	The Sage	TBD[37]	12,500[38]
Sunderland	Sunderland Arena	TBD[39]	10,000[40]

Former proposals

City/town	Arena	Capacity	Outcome
Dundee	Dundee Arena	10,000[41]	Did not materialise, site repurposed to LiveHouse Dundee[42]
London	MSG Sphere London	21,500[43]	Rejected[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

• 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
• Lists of stadiums