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Malcolm Wright |
2 |
Toilets had no hand soap. The hall where cyd was held was flat, so if you sat at the back you couldn't see. Over priced soft drinks. Parking was good though. Paid up front and you could leave and go back in the car park. |
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Wayne Priest |
3 |
My experience was at rolling stones concert, they and support "the specials" were excellent, but venue was lacking. Finding seats was not straightforward, after being directed to our seats by a steward we found we were in the correct numbered seats, but in the wrong block. I later saw the signs showing the block numbers, but they were on the steps up to the blocks, not much use when you enter with a crowd and can't even see the steps. We weren't the only ones with this problem, we saw it numerous times throughout the event. Getting correct drinks from the server was difficult and took longer than it should, I expect a language issue when I'm abroad, but not at home in England. Lagers were pre-filled half full in advance but I would expect a freshly pulled drink. |
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J B |
4 |
Excellent stadium, with a warm welcome for visiting supporters. |
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Brian Shillibeer |
3 |
Parking was directionless. Scruffy round the outside but inner venue was OK for a conference. |
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Obi Iwumene |
3 |
The main host was great and Jayne Lynch and Bob were good however a lit of the speakers were not engaging. I would refrain from using the headphones just get the speakers to project and get there message across with passion. The layout of selfie pictures and activities was good and golden ticket idea was good. I just have to be confident to bring prospect there and the speakers were not passionate enough |
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Vicky |
5 |
Brilliant stadium great atmosphere |
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Philip Wynn |
1 |
A good range of parking options, many over a mile walk away, luckily the weather was good for Rammstein. Outside, a steward was asked to guide us to our gate entrance, and we ended up walking over 3/4 of the way round the stadium, through huge queues for drink and food outlets. Once inside, again we showed our tickets to a steward who sent us to the wrong seats. This was a common issue throughout the day, lots of people having to move to different areas.<br><br>Great gig, with a superb view.<br><br>Once finished, everyone from the floor standing area exited via the same exits as everyone from the tiered seats. It took over 30 minutes to get near the exit. Poor organisation from the stadium. I had previously seen Rammstein at the MK stadium which was managed a whole lot better.<br><br>All of the roads adjacent to the stadium were either closed or gridlocked. It was a long diversion to get back to the M6, just what you need after walking a mile back to your car in the hordes of fans. We finally got home at 2am!!<br><br>I wont be in a rush to see another event here. |
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Julie Odell |
3 |
Visited for a dive show, the arena was fine but the information on where to park and how to enter the venue were very poor to say the least. This was the fault of the show organisation rather than the venue. Choice of food was not great either with no gluten free options |
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David Nelms |
5 |
We are going to see The Killers on 28th May.<br>I booked parking in one of the official parking areas. But I mistakenly booked two parking slots for my one car! 🤦♂️<br>Nicola in the Parking Team was fantastic in sorting it out and refunding one of the payments.<br>I wouldn't park anywhere else for a CBS Arena event.<br>Absolutely recommended. |
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Andrew McCord |
5 |
Great stadium with Rugby Union Giants Wasps in charge. Coventry City FC now renting. Cashless stadium with great views from all seating areas. Lots of bars and eateries along concourse. Parking available. Two club shops a cafe and bar. Corporate eateries as well inc boxes and Hotel. Great venue also used for outdoor and indoor concerts |
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| 661 |
Caroline MAITLAND |
5 |
lovely double tree hotel and conference rooms |
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Kaushik Paul |
3 |
We went to attend the Hary Styles concert. The concert itself was great, but it was a bit of the infrasucture that let it down for me. Mens toilets around stand 25 were dire even before the show. Non of the doors closed, and they were a bit of a squeeze to get into and be able to shut the door. For gate A, you had to walk the long way around. Also, in the end, it was chaos. No stewards to be seen. People were wondering in all directions. Footbridge to the car park c was closed, forcing people onto the street, and as we crossed the road then we saw the footbridge was opened. Even h police officers just stood there with no input in directing the crowd. |
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| 663 |
HendiCeej |
5 |
Staff were super helpful and friendly |
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| 664 |
Róbert Dohovics |
5 |
Monumental and nicely rebuilt stadium. By walk its approach is a bit difficult, otherwise by car and/or public transportation it is quite smooth. Cafe, restaurant, fitness saloon are embedded, so as nearby a shopping district may provide some leisure time, unless the "arena" is enough for fun. Have a cheerful time there!🤗 |
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Brian Tranter |
3 |
Decent venue, drinks were reasonably priced. Trying to exit venue nightmare. |
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laura ferguson |
4 |
Good facilities. Conference rooms are very cold but the communal areas very warm. Staff are nice and helpful. They struggled to feed a large group with detary requirements. The standard meals were good though. |
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Ian Chapman |
3 |
Not too impressed been to many stadiums to watch bands. And this was by far the worse. Queues at bars were acceptable but the time it took to get served was far too long . And leaving was horrendous herds of people all leaving at once . Should maybe have selected certain areas to leave at different times. Also location is a bit hard to get to and from not enough transport systems in place . |
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Andy Lucas |
5 |
As a Coventry City Dad with a Spurs son travelling up from London the CBSA and all staff connected to it were really polite and helpful from the ticket office to the helpful staff when I phoned about parking. Great atmosphere, the Cov fans are more vocal than any team in the Premiership. Did the City proud. |
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| 669 |
Gabbie Pattison |
3 |
The 3 stars is for the brilliant rugby 7's and amazing staff.<br><br>Unfortunately, if you are not wheelchair bound, the seating for disabled is woeful and totally unaccessible, it has totally ruined our experience of the Commonwealth Games. I would have given it -5 if I could. |
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C HTTR |
4 |
The Ricoh is a nice mid sized stadium and access is easy enough. Facilities pre and post match are very good for getting a drink and a bite to eat. Refreshment counter are sufficient inside and I've never had to wait too long to be served. That said, I can't recall attending a sold out event. Seats are what you would expect and views have been decent enough in the 3 sides that I have sat in. |
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| 671 |
Claire Milligan |
5 |
Great fun for all the family - though I am more tired than the kids |
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Steve |
5 |
Stayed in the onsite hotel. Room with a view of the pitch.<br>Good conference facilities. |
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| 673 |
SkyBlue |
5 |
Great stadium but I'm a bit biased as I support coventry. |
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rasha beagle |
4 |
Went to the Painting and Decorating show. It was a great venue. I liked the parking system. Made the booking very smooth. |
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Mark |
5 |
Great atmosphere from the Coventry City fans. A real improvement on match day facilities this season, with more bars and food kiosks inside and out for both sets of fans. The only negative as a real ale fan, is the loss of the Purity Ale bars . |
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Tracy Simpson |
3 |
Was a nice place for our UW event. Just a bit pricey and the queue for food was mental and then ran out as you ordered |
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D |
2 |
Ok as a venue, usual extremely over priced food and drinks, as per usual for venues of similar size. Main gripe is closing down exit roads to just one road after a busy event causing far more traffic than otherwise would have been. They opened all the doors to let people out as quickly as possible but then did the complete opposite for the roads in a move that can only be described as moronic. |
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| 678 |
Andy Stratford |
5 |
Lovely stadium, which was easy to find your way around to your entry point, queues were small and moving quickly. Easy to find seats with good views. |
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| 679 |
Mitch Wood |
4 |
Great arena however the food places really need to have a billboard with the food they sell and not just the Alcohol/prices!<br><br>Had to go to three different stalls (queuing st each) to find a veggie option for my friend!<br><br>Arena is fantastic though! |
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Ting Wai Tu |
4 |
Wasps game with hospitality, decent food and attentive servers. |
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Alan Jones |
2 |
My wife and I have been here loads of times to see Wasps. As a rugby or football stadium it's great. However the food I had at a concert last night was amongst the worst things I've eaten. £7 for an appalling burger. Eat before you go there or stick to chocolate and crisps. |
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D coxy |
5 |
Nice pitch staff were very helpful |
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| 683 |
John Edis |
5 |
We have been here a few times following Sheffield Wednesday (but not since 2010), and the home atmosphere has always been dire.<br>Boxing day 2023, and I couldn't believe the noise the home fans made singing loud and proud from start to finish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. |
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Yves Almeiday |
3 |
I was there today for Coventry fc vs West brom game. The staff were amazing regardless the pressure of a West Midlands derby. |
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Efunk |
5 |
Beautiful stadium Ive been a season ticket holder for over 2 years now and I love it. The atmosphere is just amazing I would recommend getting a season ticket and watching cov at our stadium it's just amazing. |
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| 686 |
Tom Walford |
1 |
Difficult to get to by public transport. Incredibly slow service at the bars and food stands.<br><br>The stand I went to had a 25 minute long line, and only at the end did they tell us they had ran out of food which meant I had missed the first 10 minutes of the half for nothing. Long queues at the toilets even at off peak times. Food stopped being served 20 minutes before the end of the game.<br><br>Overall, a dreadful experience that ruined a great game of rugby. |
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| 687 |
Richard Armstrong |
1 |
Describes itself as "cutting edge"...do me a favour... Overpriced and understaffed, more like. I attended my daughter's awards evening and stood in a queue for 35 long minutes waiting to be served at the bar. Total lack of any effective supervision for very young, inexperienced staff appeared to be the root cause of the lengthy delays, commented upon by everybody that attended tonight. Rip off prices and poor service epitomised a disappointing experience here despite viewing the fantastic stadium and beautiful pitch. |
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EdgyNumber1 |
4 |
Nice stadium with efficient security, but parking all spread out across both sides of a busy highway. You can park in Tesco's car park but there is a 2 hour limit when events are on so probably best not to risk it (unless spending £50 on shopping.)<br><br>Use the car park on the other side of the road. Book online or pay £10 - cash only - to the attendants before parking up. Cards not accepted on location.<br><br>*My advice is simply just use the train.*<br><br>The stadium is clean, functional with helpful security to help get you to where you have to be. Toilets surprisingly clean. Food stalls are usual English fayre.<br><br>Why did I give it 4 stars? - The stadium is let down by a very, very ear-piercingly poor PA sound system and there is only one display screen to get a closer view of the action - I do hope that these are improved on in the future - two screens minimum, and some clarity (and bass) to the sound. (Reference: Forsythe Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand)<br><br>No roof over the stadium so wear appropriate clothing I guess... |
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Sophia Savage |
3 |
3 stars due to massive problem parking as we booked our tickets to Monster Jam through another website and didn't know that if you don't pay for parking in advance it's £25 in cash when you get there but you don't find that out until you talk to the one guy taking the money after queuing for ages. We had to drop us off whilst hubby had to drive around to find cash machine and missed 1st 15/20mins. Lots of people late because of this. Also seating needs better signage as lots of people thinking someone else is in their seats! Security people very efficient and polite though. Good amount of women's toilets for once! |
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Melanie Davis |
3 |
Not been here since 2019, to see Bon Jovi. Second time I've seen them at the previously known Ricoh arena. It used to be terrible, especially the sound system for concerts, lack of parking, not great access for wheelchairs. Reading the reviews, it sounds like it has changed hands and been refurbished...not a moment too soon. Looking forward to visiting again for a gig and seeing the improvements for myself. |
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Michael Minhas |
2 |
Attended for a Bon Jovi concert here a week ago. It’s a decent venue but the staff had no idea about the seating numbers and block and rows so people were arguing over seating and having to be moved about as the gig was starting. The traffic management getting into and out of the car parks was woeful and we sat in a traffic jam for over an hour to get out and we were in one of the closest car parks to the stadium. Having spoken to a friend who was on an allocated shuttlebus, their bus got stuck in the traffic jam so they didn’t even get back to their car until over a hour after the event had finished. The food selection was standard and the prices weren’t too bad but the queues were very long as there is simply not enough food outlets to service a capacity crowd promptly. next time I’ll come on a motorbike and bring my own snacks. Can and must do better.... |
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Anne Hinton |
5 |
Fabulous arena with good parking |
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Craig Majkut |
5 |
Very expensive day out but super stadium |
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Sneha Chauhan |
3 |
Great show with good transport links. It would be better if there were a few more trains after the shows, especially if they don't stop in Coventry and go straight through. This would reduce the number of people getting on for just one stop and encourage them to get the bus making it more efficient and cost effective for the companies involved.<br>The drinks are over priced I got a bottle of water for £2.50 and we're not allowed to keep the lid!<br>Also people should not be allowed in after the show started, its disruptive to have to let people past when they can't find seats so they return back walking behind people which is dangerous as you don't know they are there until they push into you (and kick my bottle over so all my water runs down the stadium as I don't have a lid) |
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Sara White |
5 |
The finest Football stadium in all of England - home to the mighty CCFC<br>I believe other sports are played there as well, but I've never been to anything other than Football, so can't comment<br>Good choice of food & drink in the concourse, although the can get quite busy |
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Abraham Delacy |
5 |
Great atmosphere friendly staff. |
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Carl Hunt |
3 |
Nice football/rugby ground, the facilities are great and the football experience great. The only qualms I have was with the hospitality experience for Coventry FC games, for the buffet option to feed 12 people we were given 3 medium pizzas, a small bucket of chips and wings and considering the buffet cost north of £60 a head... |
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| 698 |
Immersive Experiences |
5 |
Presenting at the Ricoh Arena for Big Bang 2017. Although first time was during 2013 during an earlier Big Bang event. The focus was on educational sectors. parking was great and the hotel rooms very comfortable. Friendly staffs and an appealing city regarding attractions. |
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E |
3 |
Been here for a concert. The queing process was organised and I was thankful for this as it can be awful and so unorganised. However, the security going into the building was poor. Dreadful bag checks, and not everyone’s bag was checked. Anything and everything seemed to be allowed in. Not very safe considering, and this is what let the place down. |
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Manny Sangha |
4 |
Been here many times as its on home turf. Its got a hotel, casino and exhibition hall and last but not least the home ground for Cov City and the Wasps.<br><br>Plenty of parking available. Don't know how much it is but if you need to use it you'll happily pay!<br><br>If your staying in the hotel and bored, you can always hop scotch over to the retail park a brisk 10 min walk.<br><br>Generally an alright place. |
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