Co-op Live: Opening on UK’s largest arena postponed for third time | BBC News

Britain’s biggest indoor arena Co-op live in Manchester has postponed its opening yet again called off this week’s coner concerts by the Grammy Award winner Olivia Rodrigo the third and latest attempt to open was abandoned last night less than an hour before a performance by an American rapper with fans left queuing outside shows by the comedian Peter K have already been rearranged twice music fans last night complained of being left out of pocket while managers blamed a technical issue let’s speak to reporter Sarah Rogers who’s outside the venue hi Sarah good to see you so postponed now or delayed opening for a third time what’s going on there yeah good morning yet third time unlucky for this 365 million pound venue said to be one of the biggest indoor entertainment venues outside of North America and fans they actually got here last night they were queuing up they were waiting to go inside and they were given this piece of paper which said to them that they kindly asked fans to leave the area and we deeply apologize for the significant inconvenience this will cause for many we now know that it was part of an air conditioning unit that fell from the ceiling that was after soundcheck from the American rapper Boogie with the hoodie had already taken place so really late notice but if we have a look at the rest of the car park where we are at the moment it does resemble a building site really lots of heavyduty equipment people arrived early in their High Vis vests and hard hats and lots of people going inside which does suggest that there is more work to be done now Olivia Rodrigo as she said she was she’s on her world tour at the moment this was her first UK leg here she has released a statement that says I’m so disappointed we’re unable to perform in Manchester due to a venue related technical issue we’re doing our best to reschedule the show and I really do hope to see you soon now sponsors the co-op are asking for an explanation from the Oak View group who are behind the building who have said that they would not put on any kind of geig or concert um unless the safety was spot on now aside from safety issues this now it’s a logistical nightmare isn’t it there’s tens of thousands of tickets that now need to be rescheduled or refunded and we still don’t know if the events that are going on at the weekend or next week are still going to happen okay for now thank you

US singer Olivia Rodrigo has expressed her disappointment after her gigs at the UK’s largest indoor venue were called off.

The singer is the latest act to fall foul of a crisis at Manchester’s troubled Co-op Live arena.

The decision came after the arena’s opening was postponed for a third time on Wednesday when a fault scuppered a gig by rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.

The £365m venue was due to be opened by comedian Peter Kay last week, but his shows have been postponed twice.

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38 comments

  2. I was supposed to see Olivia rodrigo tomorrow but it’s getting postponed 😢 but third time they really need to make sure it’s safe before they promise things

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  23. Unrealistic timings for projects and clients squeezing the costs. All leads to poor workmanship and ultimately late delivery of completion. Welcome to construction projects.

  26. Co-op are pathetic, stuff falling on your head? Taking money on purpose to inject temp funding just to return it for turnover or money laundery – knowing full well you don't have a venue ready? How are they not sued yet?

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  31. It’s a pity people don’t research who the owner of this venue is? Irving Azoff a Jewish businessman know for supporting Israel.
    Ask yourself why these key bands and artists keep on dropping out of their opening nights.
    THE AIR ON STORY IS A FAKE STORY!
    JUST ASK YOURSELF, WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO WHEN YOU HAVE BOUGHT YOUR TICKET?
    See if any of the pro-Palestine artists are attending at this venue? I DON’T THINK SO!

  32. What a complete farce, had to that the horrible architectural design of the building and Manchester has a real lemon. Try looking at the wonderful modern architecture being built all over china and what does Manchester get , a black box that doesn’t work ( even Amazon has better designed warehouses). Really can’t see this monstrosity being still being therein 20 years.

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