AO Arena Manchester, The Event Floor

Hunts Bank, Manchester, M3 1UN -

Up to
1500 guests
Offers
catering
Internal Catering
allowed

About Venue

The AO Arena is Manchester’s most loved venue, with a long history of staging some of the best music and live entertainment events in the region. The AO Arena is a stunning location for a range of events, with highly skilled, passionate operational, catering and technical teams on site to bring your event to life and wow your guests. Whether it’s a dinner, conference, party or product launch, it’s our venue, your vision. Arena Bowl capacity of up to 4,500 with drinks reception, theatre, cabaret, dinner and boardroom style configurations available. Brand new, luxury private Bar & Restaurant that can hold up to 380 covers. Brand new event floor that can create multiple zones for various event set ups of up to 2,000 guests. Lounge spaces for up to 150 guests. Professional event safety services Excellent city transport links, hotels and parking

The Event Floor is part of our most recent £50m renovation and offers a unique and unusual space to host drink receptions, parties, exhibitions and lots more. This space is adjacent to the Arena Floor and is the perfect space to use alongside your main event space

Capacity & Layout

Standing

up to 1500

Theatre

up to 200

Food & Beverage

Catering arrangements

Refreshments

Alcohol

Facilities & Amenities

Disabled access

Stage

Premises parking

Audio & Visual

WiFi

Space Rules

Allowed events

Licensed for alcohol

Cancellation policy

10% non refundable deposit required to book space. We will actively try and resell space and refund the client up to 70% of total venue hire if resold.

Location

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Reviews

Nicol Neo
May 2025
One of my favourite arenas. All the are brilliant, they even have them on the streets sound the arena directing you to your gate / door. Entry and exit is the fasted of any arena I’ve been to. Also there is a Premier Inn 5 minutes walk from the AO main entrance. Went to see Kyle, she was fantastic. I would recommend the AO Arena for any gig.
Joseph Newman
May 2025
My experience was very positive. Plenty of staff available, safe and swift entry, and plenty of bars available with fast service. The AI ’Frictionless’ bar was a bit strange and prices didn’t seem to be advertised, just to feed that back. I’d highly recommend a concert here.
Tanya Jones
April 2025
Had a brilliant night watching Sean Paul and Ashanti. The atmosphere was electric. The DJ was so good and had the crowd warmed up before the acts came on. It was quick to get into the arena, and parking was much cheaper than parking in the other car parks outside. It cost £12 at the arena and a short lift ride to the arena floor. Staff were efficient directing people to their seats. Toilets were clean and tidy, but the one criticism was the prices of the drinks. Large Sprite was £6.80 and pints were £9.25... absolutely disgusting and should not be allowed. Understandably, following the bombing there, you can't take anything inside, so they hold you to ransom buying food and drinks.