What Happens In The MEN Arena
There are many venues in the UK that are synonymous with sports journey, such as Ancient Trafford for football and cricket, Wembley Stadium for pretty much every sport and Cardiff's Millennium Stadium for football and rugby events. But there are few venues in the UK that can rival the Manchester Evening News Arena for such a wide variety of different sporting events.
The MEN is a gigantic indoor arena in Manchester that plays host to such an array of different sporting events, than any sports fan would find something taking place there to interest them.
One of the more well loved events to take place at the Manchester Evening News Arena is wrestling from the WWE. Wrestling is a huge business in the USA, and at least once a year the Superstars from the WWE journey to Manchester to perform for the UK crowd in any their Raw or SmackDown! events. Fans can see their idols, such as Triple H and John Cena, up close and personal without having to journey to the United States.
Another US favourite to take place at the MEN is Monster Truck racing. This larger than life sports event sees some of the legendary US monster trucks, such as 'Bigfoot' and 'Gravedigger', crushing a collection of cars live in the arena. Few venues are even large enough to accommodate such an event in the UK, and the Manchester Evening News Arena is one of them.
Other sports events often held at the MEN include boxing, where Manchester favourite Ricky Hatton has often fought for world titles.
Of course it's not just sports journey events that makes the MEN Arena such a well loved destination. The venue is also used for many concerts, ranging from pop music acts such as the X-Factor tour, to rock acts such as Nickelback.
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