Venue: Co-op Live
Town: Manchester, GB
Capacity: 23,500

Co-op Live is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, sited in the Etihad Campus next to the City of Manchester Stadium. It opened on 14 May 2024 and is the largest indoor arena in the United Kingdom by capacity. It can accommodate 23,500 attendees. The venue has 32 bars, restaurants and lounges and has the largest floor space of any indoor venue in the city. Oak View Group is developing the scheme in partnership with City Football Group. Co-op Live was first approved in September 2020, announcing BAM Construct UK as the primary contractor. At the time, Tim Leiweke, co-founder of Oak View Group, said: "We're delighted that Manchester City Council has given our proposals the go-ahead, and we can't wait to get started, bringing £350m of private investment, creating thousands of jobs, and delivering one of the world's best arenas to this amazing city." In 2020, the Co-operative Group announced it would be a significant investor in the arena, which would be named after it, and that Co-operative members will receive exclusive benefits regarding use of the arena. Construction, undertaken by BAM Construct UK, started in 2021. As of 2022, the estimated cost of the scheme was £365 million. In July 2024, Royal BAM reported its UK construction business had suffered a £19.5m loss due to problems at the arena, and would be cutting jobs. Manchester indie band Elbow officially opened the venue on 14 May 2024. The opening period also included notable performances by the likes of comedian Peter Kay, Liam Gallagher, The Killers, Take That and Nicki Minaj. The Eagles also performed a five night residency at the venue as part of their farewell "Long Goodbye" tour, taking place in May and June 2024. On 25 May a performance by Nicki Minaj was cancelled, after most attendees had been admitted into the venue, after an arrest for drug possession at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; the concert, which was part of the Pink Friday 2 World Tour, was rescheduled to 3 June. The first 12 months of Co-op