| 551 |
James |
5 |
Surprisingly decent pies, acceptable wait for a pint too - good! |
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Nick Coakley |
3 |
Generally a good set up and good facilities, marred a little by poor signage and a serious crowd jam.<br><br>In general the visit was very enjoyable, with good facilities, decent cider (including very convenient two pintb glasses which were very sturdy) and a good view of the stage.<br><br>Returning from a visit to the toilets, multiple doors onto the pitch were locked (presumably due to crowd density at those locations) but the rapidly expanding crowd caused problems and security got a little belligerent admittedly under difficult circumstances that was beyond their control.<br><br>Access to the pitch can be tricky if you are mobility impaired as on the route I was funneled through there were no railings or bannisters and had a large number of steep steps. It's possible that there was a more accessible route but that wasn't apparent that evening.<br><br>Still had a good night and liked the venue other than the points described above.<br><br>Travel from the arena was chaotic and slow (2 hours to get a taxi) but there was a well organized taxi rank that was in serious need of better signposting however.<br><br>The travel situation was better than at some other UK arenas however. |
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Mark Phillips |
4 |
Reasonable facilities and food served promptly. Portions were a bit small but it all tasted good. Bar prices, especially wines, are extortionate. Shame that we had to walk through empty exhibition halls to get to the rooms we were using, made me feel less than welcome. |
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Peter Claringbold |
3 |
As a City fan I of course love coming here. But the parking is shocking, ability to travel 'green' as originally intended very hard and the people who work behind the counters are usually very untrained and get orders wrong! If you can get anything at half time, especially a beer you've had a right touch. |
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paul johnston |
1 |
Truelly awful experience! Came here for the Coventry vs Everton match last night and was trying to get into turnstiles 20-23.... stewards had zero people skills and zero knowledge of how to handle people. I among a few thousand was still waiting to get into the stadium 15 minutes after kick off!!!! While waiting "grown men" pushing/shuffing each other in line and moving the metal fences to skip queing up!!! A few stewards was alerted to this by people further up in the que only to be met with them closing the disabled door and not even taking on board what was said to them regarding a safety matter....<br>My goal is to travel to every football stadium in the country and so far this was my 39th.... but definetly will be my one and only visit to Coventry's stadium! Shame though as the match was very good. |
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| 556 |
patrick breen |
5 |
Visited for the commonwealth games and was well organised and great facilities |
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| 557 |
Debbie Knight |
5 |
A great place to watch an entertaining rugby team! |
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| 558 |
Maria Meireles |
5 |
Really nice venue for a big party. Staff was also very friendly! |
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| 559 |
Mav1969 |
2 |
Was driving through as a football fan stopped off to observe the ground and I was disgusted at the neglect and disrespect it has to the quite recently new type stadium.<br>Having walked the whole circumference it is shabby, rusty, bent metal and in need of a thorough paint.<br>On top of that the disrespect it has to fans who have paid to sponsor a brick and past well known players and managers whose pictures are on the wall and the disrespect is that you can't get a clear view to read and look at these set parts of the building because of unsightly trailer kiosks blocking them.<br>Better positioning like on the side under the main stadium sign where you could see these from great distances would be so much better, along with the Jimmy Hill statue rather than it be hidden away around the side. |
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Rhys Mason |
1 |
Just got fined £60 for parking slightly wonky in a bay at 7pm when the car park was empty. Don’t bother travelling to this destinatioN, your Buisness isn’t appreciated and you are there to be farmed by disgusting parking authorities. Try Fosse Park or Coventry airport. |
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| 561 |
Natalie Moore |
3 |
Needs to have better explanation of the entrances and exits.<br><br>There are closed doors all th way round and disabled doors and lifts should have extra signs.<br><br>I've been there twice both times to support one of my kids.<br><br>Everything was sparkle clean like inthe pubs. The toilets weren't as nice. |
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| 562 |
Ross Williams |
2 |
Parking is a real pain. There is inconsistency by security staff when dealing with Blue Badge holders. E.g. you can park there if you can walk and there if you can't....being a Blue Badge holder I wasn't aware of such discrimination. You either are, or are not Blude Badge holder...... |
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| 563 |
Sean McLintock |
1 |
Whilst the arena itself is adequate with a good amount of bars and eateries I am absolutely disgusted by the parking situation at the arena. Not only does the arena not have enough car parking spaces to accommodate those attending an event the prices for car parking is absolutely extortionate. We are having to pay £20 to park at an off site car park that is a 20 minute walk from the venue due to there not being enough on site parking that would have been £25 even if it had been available. It's an absolute extortion and we will certainly never consider coming to an event in Coventry again. It would be cheaper for us to travel to Nottingham from Rugby than to the compritively closer Coventry and given there is a restriction on parking in the immediate vicinity when an event is pretty deplorable to charge anywhere between £20-50 for parking that isn't even close to the arena |
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Zectro |
5 |
Took the family here, great atmosphere and experience. Outside the ground, there are loads to do for the kids and inside it's had a bit of a revamp. Even sells my Favourite Beer, Camden! PUSB |
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| 565 |
SandyLou |
2 |
What a shambles, following the HS concert, pretty sure they couldn’t organise a drink fest up in a brewery.<br>Must’ve have walked miles getting out of the concert, being directed from one end of the arena to the other and back. Traffic at a halt. From a 10.15pm end concert we finally got on our link bus at midnight. Certainly won’t be attending again. |
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| 566 |
Kaz Russell |
4 |
Great welcoming atmosphere, spacious,modern.<br>The seating is a let down though, limited leg room(unless you have front row) & very,very, uncomfortable after half an hour!<br>There are parking charges and I would recommend you check these before visiting. |
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| 567 |
Han W |
4 |
Great venue, good seating. I thought they catered well for the number of people. The only downside was the traffic and locating a cab back to where we were staying. I think it could be a little more organised and information for people out of the area easier to find. |
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| 568 |
Adrian “Goose” Kerry |
3 |
I went to Waxstock and whilst the show was really good, the arena felt tired. The toilets didn't get cleaned throughout the day by the looks of it, and the refreshments in the venue weren't great. There's a nandos and Starbucks on the shopping estate next door though, so you could do that or take a packed lunch. |
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| 569 |
Kyle Thomas |
5 |
Best ground in the West Midlands |
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| 570 |
Adam Goode-Patrick |
3 |
Inside the venue is great. The entrance numbers aren’t very well signposted. The real let down is that they take advantage of attendees with cars - the parking charges and instructions listed on the website are not the genuine charges. Rammstein was £30 parking and charged by a person with a card machine at the car park entry. |
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| 571 |
Lee Farthing |
5 |
We used the Heineken suite for a meeting room. Was great and the staff looked after us wonderfully. We also use the arena space for our industry exhibition. It's fantastic |
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| 572 |
Stuart Pritchard |
3 |
Enjoyed our time away at Coventry, concourse area was large, staff at food and drink counter where polite and friendly. Only thing stopping this review getting 5 ⭐️'s is the stand manager in charge of the away end forcing the 2 stewards at stairway in central area, to not allow anybody to use them to enter the seating area, and directing everybody to the stairway at the far end, causing everyone to have to squeeze through rows of seats which were occupied. Even after the response supervisor instructed stewards to allow people up the stairs, he then returned and stopped them again. These events caused some safety concerns and annoyance from away fans. I do have to give the 2 stewards on the stairways praise for handing the situation professionally and explaining the reasons several times and it was also disappointing to hear that as they were only work experience, they were not receiving any payment. |
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| 573 |
Robert Jones |
1 |
Queuing for well over an hour, if not more just to collect my ticket. There were plenty of people in the same boat. Due to only two serving hatches and only by the looks of it, two people per hatch.<br><br>The longer people queue for the less time time they have to spend on food and drink, ergo loss of potential revenue for the businesses in and around the stadium.<br><br>Poor signing posting inside the stadium as well.<br><br>The concert however, was amazing. |
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| 574 |
Si Biggs |
4 |
Conferencing facilities are good. Car parking was only adequate after an extra section was opened when cars were queueing to get in. Food was fine. Yeah, overall good venue for hosting conference of +250 delegates. |
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| 575 |
Jehan Rajah |
4 |
I was here for an event called SCS formulate and have to say that the place isn't bad. There's a hotel inside that, whilst I was only there briefly, I was warmly greeted into. They serve the usual food, and that's not the only place for, there's a cafe too. The staff I met were all pleasant and friendly enough. Taxis outside ready to take you away and getting there from the train station is easy, taking around 15 minutes. The whole place is big, it was pretty warm and all in all not too bad. |
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Maarten Kemme |
5 |
The arena was easy to visit by public transportation. It was my first time to a rugby match, although the arena wasn't filled, the atmosphere was really good (maybe because the Wasp won the match). During the break there where plenty food location with different kind of food. I ate a hotdog, it was delicious! You could order different kind of drinks as well, small queues. No queues at the toilet as well. I enjoyed the match! |
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Russell Brayshaw |
3 |
My wife treated me to special ticket in Legends bar and comfy seat, civilised way of going to a match (I don't go often as I live on south coast but would do it again). Short pre-match interview was good too. Bar ok, lots of staff but they could work more efficiently. Ran out of food long before kick off. |
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| 578 |
The Cube |
5 |
The home of the Mighty Cov City!!! Great stadium, good selection of beer and good vegan options. Get over to the Cov City shop, it's been refurbished and is well nice!! They have some good gigs and other events here too! Getting there and back is not easy unless you drive. |
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| 579 |
Russell Smith (MrAverage) |
5 |
Nice stadium parking is expensive if you park there. Go to the hub PUb for half price parking |
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| 580 |
Douglas Hacking |
2 |
The Arena was fine itself, but had to park a half hour walk away with no pavement walking alongside a dual carriageway through long grass, brambles and mountains of rubbish. The sound was the worst I have heard in any stadium and the people next to us smoked throughout. |
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| 581 |
David Morris |
4 |
First visit to the CBS Arena, attended an FA cup game, plenty of parking close by, easy access to the Stadium and after access to the M6.<br>Warm welcome from the stadium staff, great atmosphere and excellent view of the game.<br>Won 4-3 so enjoyed the visit even more. |
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Bartłomiej Morawski (Sanchox89) |
5 |
Nice stadium 32k seen there concert |
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| 583 |
Denise Ashcroft |
5 |
Great arena, great hospiltality area.<br>Not so good getting out and queing for over hour to get shuttle bus back into Coventry to collect car..but obviously gonna happen with 40,000 people trying to get out at same time.<br>Overall best gig ever been to!! Amazing vibes.<br>Harry Styles was amazing! |
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| 584 |
Harv Lincoln |
5 |
As an away fan I was impressed with the stadium. The white cladding is a bit strange and let's it down but otherwise a great venue for sport. Football wise it belongs in the top two tiers. Parking was straight forward enough but expensive...£13 in car park C is steep but a five minute walk to the ground. There is in place currently an absurd one way system to get to your seats. We were in block 8 seat 1 row p, instead of being able to access it directly up the staircase, you had to go up the adjacent staircase then make your way past around 45 people the get to your seat. This meant each time someone needed the toilet or fancied a snack had to disrupt others to get down to the concourse and then back to their seat. Absolutely ridiculous system and one that makes absolutely no sense. |
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| 585 |
Lucy Davies |
4 |
Great stadium, very large with lots of food and Drink places |
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Rebecca Harvey |
3 |
I went to see Bryan Adams (he was amazing). The venue, however, was not great. It was dingy, seats were uncomfortable, and it felt more like a car park than a music venue. |
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Janet Ireland |
4 |
Very good. Coaches parked directly outside turnstiles. Stewards were helpful both before and after game. The shopping, area next to the ground is fabulous. Lots to do and see. |
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| 588 |
Adrian Jackson |
4 |
Great stadium. Good seating. Plenty of food and drink stalls. Well organised. Book your parking in advance. Downside is relatively poor public transport. Only one train an hour on match day:( |
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| 589 |
Warren JJones |
5 |
A great place for an exhibition. Free parking just outside. Plenty of room and we didn't get that claustrophobic feeling that you can get in other venues.<br>If our industry exhibition stays here, we will be back too. |
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| 590 |
Lyn Langdon |
2 |
Poorly managed concert event Staff unsure where seating was. Very steep steps and no hand rails. 45 minute queue for drink. Left before end of concert to find taxi. 1hr in queue only 3 taxis had turned up. 2 mile walk at 11.30pm to get to car parked in Exhall. Wont be back in a hurry. 2 stars only but should bbe zero for venue really. Management take note!!! |
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Blake Mozzy |
5 |
Kids had an amazing time at ‘The Monster’ would recommend , great vaule for money |
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Rachel Ambrose |
5 |
Amazing venue! I've been to a few stadium gigs, and the exit is always the worst. This place, this place kept the party going! Genius idea, we enjoyed drinks, ice cream, and an AMAZING DJ. I wish I were local as he was ace haha. Meant we were happy with the walk to the taxi rank and wait in the cold.Just wish we new about the green room on the way in, such a nice idea. Show was stunning as well.<br><br>Edit: I can't reply to your comment, but yes it was we just couldn't find it on our way in. It was so packed, lots of different entrances and we were a bit overwhelmed trying to find food. I think we also went left when we should have gone right. Whoops! No one told us on entry though and we weren't expecting it to be so good haha |
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C Gregory |
1 |
Nice stadium but too big for amount of fans. No atmosphere there at all. |
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Peter Llewellyn |
3 |
Not a bad venue just expensive inside. Good polite staff |
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Opti402 |
5 |
5* venue for our Annual company function. The place is huge. It was almost not happening due to CBS going into administration but the staff were wonderful from car park attendants/marshalls to the admon staff and the caterers. Wow, the caterers were superb. Best food I have had at any conference. Well organised and meticulously managed. |
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| 596 |
Joanne Crane |
3 |
Good venue inside & perfect viewing but sadly parking needs sorting out, unless you get parked just outside the venue then it’s perfect. We were Ricoh Arena off site parking & the staff who were around had never heard of it... shocking & nearly two hours to find our car sadly. |
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Helen Milne |
3 |
The hotel staff are lovely. I stayed on a match day, not realising, and the staff brought in are not so helpful as they don't know the hotel. Because it was a match day the hotel bar was closed, and the bar joining closed at 10. |
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| 598 |
Trevor Woodward |
4 |
A bit of an identikit soulless bowl of a stadium but wide concourses and stairwells so easy to navigate through.<br>Difficult to get to, with the massive car parks sold out weeks before our fixture, negligible other match day parking locally and the rail service replaced with a bus. |
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Andrew Kaufmann |
5 |
First time to visit and overall great impression it's easy to find and there where no problems parking. The inside is very clean and nicely arranged with a good selection of items. We attended a company event and the hall was spacious and roomy with plenty to find. There are plenty of toilets around and the seating is plentiful. |
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Ali Griffin |
4 |
Event parking is a pain. If your going up for the casino it's easy to park. Inside the stadium there is a nice selection of food and drink outlets for the rugby and the on pitch concerts (not so much open for the football). It's easy to get around the ground. When full it's a great atmosphere. |
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