New £365m Manchester arena is aiming to become one of the world's best venues

The fact that the bosses at Manchester's soon-to-be-completed Co-op Live arena are keeping land aside to accommodate flying taxis in the future goes to show just how far ahead their plans stretch.

The former One Direction star is an investor in the project which is being spearheaded by US giant Oak View Group and City Football Group, the company that owns Manchester City. Styles has also been heavily involved in how the new venue will look including a move to ban all advertising within the stadium 'bowl' to that fans' attention won't be pulled away from the act on stage.

It has a target to be net carbon neutral by 2038, be a 100% electric building, have almost 9,000 sqm of solar panels and produce no food waste. It also aims to have no single use plastic on site, send no waste to landfill and use all the rainwater it collects. In an attempt to respond to its new competition, the arena announced a £50m revamp from this summer that will see the venue undergo a complete 're-imagination'. But Mr Leiweke, who used to work for the company that owned the AO Arena, said Co-op Live's success was not dependent on its nearest rival's failure.

Er, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen advertising in a concert venue? Anyone else ever seen this?

Meanwhile... regular folk are struggling to pay for food, fuel and energy bills.

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