Coventry Building Society Arena

At Coventry Building Society Arena you get more than 20,000 sqm of flexible event space across halls and lounges, the venue says, with an integrated DoubleTree by Hilton hotel inside the building, so your team can stay under the same roof as your event. The home ground of Coventry City Football Club, it also hosts exhibitions, conferences, meetings, banquets and live music, and opened in 2005. It is in Coventry, close to Junction 3 of the M6.

Exhibition halls and convention centre

You can drive straight onto the floor and size the space to your show. The main Exhibition Halls cover 6,000 sqm and a retractable wall splits them into spaces of 4,000 sqm and 2,000 sqm. Two ground-level vehicle entry doors, one at the north entrance and one at the south entrance, give unobstructed access to the floor. The halls come black draped, with an organisers office and dressing rooms with showers. The convention centre adds three smaller halls that can serve as breakout space or as separate exhibition or conference space.

Space	Area	Published capacity
Exhibition Halls	6,000 sqm	7,000 tiered or 5,000 non-tiered; 3,240 cabaret; 3,528 dinner
Hall 3	1,056 sqm	1,000 theatre style
Hall 4	262.08 sqm	140 delegates
Hall 5 (auditorium)	329.55 sqm	650 seats

You can bring heavy production kit and vehicles up to Hall 3, which has rigging points and a goods lift linking it to the Indoor Arena. Hall 5 is a purpose-built auditorium with retractable seating, a 7m widescreen projection system, a pre-rigged stage and a built-in wireless translation service. A retractable wall joins Hall 3 and Hall 5 into one larger area. Hall 4 has its own access from the South Entrance.

Live event spaces under one roof

If you are staging a concert or large show, you can choose from four spaces under one roof. The Stadium Bowl holds 42,500 with a mix of standing and seated. The Indoor Arena is licensed for 10,000 standing or 6,000 seated, The Hall takes up to 2,000 standing, and The Auditorium holds 750 standing or 650 seated with its own stage.

Services for exhibitors and organisers

You can arrange catering, internet, AV and marketing support through the venue itself.

• Catering by the in-house team, with day delegate rates and hot fork, finger buffet, light bites, grab bag and banqueting menus.
• Wi-Fi throughout the building, with wired and wireless internet up to 100mb, static IP addresses, private VLANs and phone lines ordered through the venue.
• Audio visual, lighting and live streaming from Cue Media, the in-house AV provider.
• Marketing support that the venue says is mostly free, including social posts, press release placement, a listing in its What’s On and News pages and its monthly newsletter, plus advertising on digital screens around the arena.

For food on site you have The Anecdote sports bar and The Mill Bakery for coffee and food during the day. If your stand team is planning a build, use our guide to planning stand delivery and installation alongside the vehicle access details above.

Getting there

You can arrive by train at Coventry Arena station, which is on site, about five minutes’ walk away, with one train an hour each way on weekdays. Coventry station in the city centre is about six miles away, around 10 to 15 minutes by taxi, and London Euston is 55 minutes by train. Birmingham Airport is about a 20 minute drive. By road the arena is 800 yards from M6 Junction 3, with on-site parking for at least 2,000 cars. Buses 3, 15, 20, 20A and 20B stop at the retail park opposite, and National Express Coventry runs a non-stop service from Pool Meadow Bus Station for major events.

Upcoming shows at the venue

You can visit SPATEX here from 2 to 4 February 2027, followed by the Executive Hire Show opening on 10 February 2027.

Nearby venues to compare

Other Midlands venues on our calendar include NEC Birmingham and NAEC Stoneleigh near Kenilworth, and further west in Shropshire is Telford International Centre. For a demonstration-led event, see choosing a venue for a product demonstration, or browse all UK exhibition venues.

Source: coventrybuildingsocietyarena.co.uk/exhibition-halls, coventrybuildingsocietyarena.co.uk/convention-centre, coventrybuildingsocietyarena.co.uk/venue-services, coventrybuildingsocietyarena.co.uk/directions

What's on at Coventry Building Society Arena

2 upcoming trade shows and exhibitions on the calendar, 2027, in date order. Dates are checked against each organiser's official website.

February 2027

Feb2–4Tue–Thu

Sport & fitness

SPATEX

2–4 Feb 2027

Coventry Building Society Arena

Feb10–11Wed–Thu

Construction & built environment

Executive Hire Show

10–11 Feb 2027

Coventry Building Society Arena