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Hide this message. Opening in , the arena was built to coincide with Manchester's two bids to host the Olympic games in and which were won by Atlanta in and Sydney in and was eventually used for the Commonwealth Games. Manchester Evening News will end its thirteen-year naming sponsorship at the end of , when the venue will revert to the name of Manchester Arena [ 3 ] as a new sponsor naming partner is sought. On the opening night, 15, spectators watched Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform; the crowd was a record for an ice event.

When 14, people watched Manchester Giants play London Leopards , it set a British record for attendance at a basketball match.

A large truss measuring metres spans the roof. The arena is clad in reinforced concrete to increase sound insulation. The arena was one of the first indoor venues in Europe to be built following the traditionally American sports arena layout of degree seating, [ 8 ] and is the only arena in the UK to have this feature London's O2 Arena also has degrees seating, but only on its lower tier, whereas the M.

Arena features it on both tiers. The M. Arena has attracted a huge number of customers since opening its doors on 15 June , as it is Europe's largest concert venue.

The opening event held there was a performance by Torvill and Dean , as part of their farewell tour. The venue attracts over a million customers each year for concerts and family shows alone, making the venue one of the world's busiest indoor arenas, in regard to this the M. Arena was named "International Venue Of The Year" in by concert industry insiders in the 'Pollstar' awards, and was nominated in the same category in , , , , , , and Arena was voted 'Europe's Favourite Arena' at the TIP Awards for voted for by the numerous touring companies that bring the shows to the venue.

In , the M. Although coming second place to London's O2 Arena the M. Arena had its busiest year in its history with over 1,, people attending concerts and family shows at the venue. The arena hosts over events annually including comedy acts, live music and tours, sporting events, and occasionally musicals.

Janet Jackson was scheduled to perform during her All for You Tour on 5 December , but the show was cancelled, due to the 11 September attacks. McFly recorded their Wonderland Tour at the arena in On 13—14 June , Boyzone filmed their reunion tour, Back Again All 13, tickets that were on sale sold out in under a minute.

Originally, Madonna was to perform two back-to-back shows at the arena, but the July 8 show was cancelled. On 15 July , the M. Arena celebrated its 15th birthday with a multi-artist gig, presented by Real Radio North West.