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Hire the Arena

From a 3,000 to a 13,600 capacity

Sheffield has a strong entertainment heritage that the Arena has been part of and built on since purpose built venue was opened in 1991

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The Arena regularly hosts the entertainment worlds biggest names in music, comedy, sport & theatre.

From the record breaking 4 week run of Les Miserables to 2,000 tons of dirt laid on the Arena floor to create an indoor motorcycle race track for Arenacross; from hosting international events such as IIFA Awards Ceremony (Bollywood Oscars) with a worldwide audience of 500 million people & media centre for the Yorkshire leg of the 2014 Tour de France to national events like the 2009 BBC Sports Personality to local events such as Manor Operatics Christmas Pantomime the Arena has and can host all types of events, including your show.


The Arena is a purpose built indoor entertainment centre whose space can be scaled to suit the needs of your event whether you require a 3500 capacity venue through to 13,600 you will be in expert hands. Our events, box office, operations, marketing and management teams have worked with every type of event - even if your event is new to this building we have the ability to rise to the challenge with the experience of almost 3,000 previous events behind us.


Want to know more about hiring the venue? Email Kerrie.Shakeshaft@sheffieldcitytrust.org or Dominic.Stokes@sheffieldcitytrust.org