AO Arena Manchester, Arena Bowl

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 arena bowl is the heart of the venue, offering 2500m2 of uninterrupted pillar free space. The bowl can seat 2500 people on a flat floor conference set up or up to 1000 people for a dinner on rounds. If you need a bigger space for your conference, we can seat up to 19,000 in our tiered seating