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National Indoor Arena

2.0 star(s) from 2 reviews
National Indoor Arena
King Edward's Road
Birmingham
B1 2AA
tel.: 01217804444
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National Indoor Arena

The National Indoor Arena (The NIA) is one of the busiest large scale indoor sporting and entertainment venues in Europe. Since opening in 1991, it has welcomed visitors to over 30 different sports (including indoor rowing!) and an extensive variety of entertainment and music.

The NIA provides a perfect home for indoor sport at every level; its Mondo athletics track is the world’s premier surface and was first used at the European Indoor Athletics in March 2007, an event that attracted a worldwide television audience of more than 160 million. Seven world athletics records have been set at The NIA since it opened.

But it’s not just about sport. The multi-purpose arena is as flexible as they come - it can stage concerts, entertainment spectaculars, business conferences and exhibitions.  And the adaptable format of The NIA Academy creates a more intimate theatre-style auditorium to accommodate smaller concerts, ballet as well as comedy and theatre.

The NIA has played host to artists such as Price, Oasis, Coldplay and Destiny’s Child, Sir Cliff Richard is a frequent visitor – he has played here over 50 times.  Showcasing its versatility, The NIA has hosted many other forms of entertainment including the spectacular Disney on Ice shows, The Lord of the Dance, Cirque Du Soleil and La Traviata.

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Miranda Dickinson
26-02-2009
2.5 star(s)
I can't help thinking that the NIA is a bit of a faceless venue - even though it's an arena. It's also badly designed from an acoustic point of view. When they cordon off part of it to transform it into the NIA Academy, the sound system only works if you're lucky enough to be seated in the lower sections - in the upper sections quite a large proportion of the seating is above the level of the speakers, so all you get is a dull thud with no definition to the sound, a numb bum from the uncomfortable seats, a headache from squinting at the miniscule people on the stage and a real sense of being ripped off by paying far too much for not that great a musical experience.
gabrielle
15-03-2007
1.5 star(s)
I am easily amused but the warm up act was poor and he seemed desperate and aimed his jokes at the lowest common demoninator.Ricky as ever was funny, unfortunatley the act lacked atmosphere due to the size of the venue. I believe a stand up act needs an element of intimacy that can't be aquired with 5,000 people. Still funny and a good night out but sorry I felt it was too large an arena.
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