Mancunians share their thoughts on new Co-op Live music arena opening next month

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There's just a month to go until Manchester's new arena Co-op Live opens to the public.   Acts will start taking to the stage at the biggest indoor arena in Europe when doors open on April 23, and first to perform will be Bolton comedian Peter Kay.  Co-op Live is set to hold 23,500 hundred people, and be a ‘music-first' arena looking ahead to the future.  Some names set to appear at Co-op Live in 2024 include Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Liam Gallagher.  We spoke to people on the streets of Manchester to find out their opinions on this brand new venue in the city.

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00:00 There's just a month to go until Manchester's new arena, Co-op Live, opens to the public.

00:06 Acts will start taking to the stage at the biggest indoor arena in Europe, when doors

00:10 open on the 23rd of April.

00:12 And first to perform will be Bolton comedian Peter Kay.

00:16 Co-op Live is set to hold 23,500 people and be a music-first arena looking ahead to the

00:22 future.

00:23 Some of the names set to make an appearance at the arena include Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo

00:27 and Liam Gallagher.

00:28 We spoke to the people on the streets of Manchester to find out their opinions on this brand new

00:33 venue in the city.

00:34 As long as it's bringing money into the local economy, yeah.

00:38 People are going to want hotels and rooms and stuff like that, aren't they?

00:42 So yeah, I think it would help the economy, yeah.

00:44 Given what I know about the city, I think there's plenty of venues.

00:48 There'll be a market for it, I'm sure, just probably not mine.

00:51 It's good for the city.

00:52 It brings people in.

00:53 You know, after COVID, it's good to get people back into the town, the city centre.

00:58 And yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing.

01:01 Busier hotels, shops, bars, restaurants.

01:04 Yeah, it's good for the city.

01:06 Yeah, it could be good.

01:08 It could be good for them.

01:10 But there again, there's big venues all over, isn't there?

01:13 I don't know whether people would travel to Manchester particularly.

01:16 Who would you go and see perform at the new venue?

01:20 Coldplay.

01:21 Coldplay?

01:22 Yeah, love Coldplay.

01:23 Yeah, they do.

01:24 Well, the bigger the arena, the better for them anyway.

01:28 But yeah, a bit old school.

01:31 I'm going to see Take That in May.

01:33 I've seen them many times in Manchester, so looking forward to seeing them at the new

01:37 arena.

01:38 Shirley Bassey, but she's retired now.

01:42 She's 86.

01:43 Anyone else at all?

01:46 I would see Elton John, I think, yeah.

01:48 Bands, possibly a big comedian.

01:54 Talks, business talks, things like that I would come down for.

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