Venue: Athletics & Wheelchair Basketball

Manchester Regional Arena

Sportcity, Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF
Tel: +44 (0)161 220 3800

Manchester Regional Athletics Arena is funded by Sport England and Manchester City Council. It was opened by the Mayor of Manchester in April 2002, prior to the Commonwealth Games.

The building is currently being managed by Manchester Leisure and serves a variety of stakeholders. These include England Squash, the English Institute of Sport, Serco and UK Athletics.

The eight-lane, 400m track cost approximately £3.5m to build and can host all field events. With a seating capacity of 6000, the 360° stands overlook the entire athletics track.

The track was officially opened on the 20th January 2004 by Manchester-born sprinter Darren Campbell, who went on to win a gold medal for the 4x100m relay at the Athens Olympic Games.

In 2008, the indoor track at the Manchester Regional Arena will, for the first time, play host to the Wheelchair Basketball competition. The track centre will be transformed in order to stage the four-day, top-level competition and accommodate in excess of 500 spectators.

How to get there

By car

East Access - Leave the M60 at J23 and follow signs for Manchester A635. The first sign for Sportcity is approximately 2 miles up the A635. One mile after the sign, turn right onto the A6010 (A62) and continue through the Sportcity Junction, keeping the ASDA superstore on your right-hand side. Turn left into Gate 2 before the large gas tower. From Gate 2 you will be directed to parking areas.

West Access - Join the M602 and follow it to its end; then carry on to the A57 (Mancunian Way). At the end of the A57, turn right onto the A635 sign-posted Ashton. Approximately 2 miles later turn left onto the A6010 (A62) and continue through the Sportcity Junction, keeping the ASDA superstore on your right-hand side. Turn left into Gate 2, before the large gas tower. From Gate 2 you will be directed to parking areas.

Car parking

There is car parking for 3500 cars in the North car park (off Alan Turing way). Disabled parking is available in the designated spaces on the stadium concourse.

By train

Rail passengers arriving at either Manchester Victoria or Manchester Piccadilly must make their way to Piccadilly Gardens Bus station; any bus from stands C and D take you to the Sportcity Location. Buses leave every few minutes.