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Katie Rey |
3 |
Was such a good concert but the traffic management as we were leaving really let us down. the concert ended at 22:30. our lift couldn't get to us as they were shutting all the roads (never been to coventry before, didnt know where i was!). When we managed to meet, it took us till just before 1am to get going. luckily tesco was open so we could get drinks and food. Also, another footbridge would be beneficial, we couldn't actually walk anywhere on that side of the arena if we wanted to! Many better venues to go to that can cope with the traffic |
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Paul Mills |
5 |
Great little arena for football and concerts |
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Lee Malin |
5 |
Had a wheelchair bound friend with me for the Rolling Stones concert and all onsite car parking was booked up so had to book offsite parking but that was only 5 minutes walk away and had good accessibility from it which brought us right to the wheelchair access entrance of the stadium.<br>Once inside, the view was excellent and the disability toilets were right outside the viewing platform which was a bonus.<br>Large selection of food and drink stalls and friendly staff even when under pressure from the volume of crowd size made it a thoroughly enjoyable visit. |
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Isobel King |
4 |
Easy parking at the Coventry Welsh RFC for Harry Styles concert last week. Stadium had clean toilets, queues were long but in middle of concert was easy. Lots of drinks and food available onsite and traffic was controlled by people in hi vis jackets after the concert, so crossing the dual carriageway to get back to the car parks was easy. |
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Chris Girvin |
5 |
Great stadium, even better footy team #PUSB |
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Cliff B |
1 |
Band was great... The experience was not. I asked six different people for help and directions... And I was still directed to the opposite side of the arena than where I should have been. Only one helpful woman got me back where I should have been... Due to all this I nearly missed the start.<br><br>And let's not forget the £20 to park in a field a mile away from the arena.<br><br>In 40 years of gig going, this the worst experience of a venue being ill prepared and those in charge lacking knowledge. |
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Alexander K |
5 |
Great game between Cov city and Sheffield. Last minute winner for the home club. Never seen Liter beer servings in an arena so that was interesting. Hot dogs were worth the buck and had a good sauce station for everything you needed. Will be back hopefully soon for another game. |
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Gary Walters |
5 |
Nice venue and great atmosphere |
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Dave Moore |
3 |
Nice place good parking although quite hard to navigate all of the exits when leaving - and it was a very quiet event!!<br><br>Inside was well organised and there was a great conference organised however the food was expensive (as you'd expect). However, one thing I didn't expect was going to the conference on the second day and the toilets were filthy, first thing in the morning it didn't look like the mens urinal floor had been mopped from the day before. |
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Jo Chappell |
4 |
Great venue, very hard to get out from Harry Styles |
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Hammy Wood |
3 |
Easy to get to but getting away was appalling. The venue was fine for the concert but the lack of information regarding trains back when the concert had finished was non existent causing panic and confusion. If you have a small platform that can only accommodate trains with a few carriages make sure that people know if another train is coming or don't stage major concerts that end when the train service does |
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becky toal |
5 |
Very nice friendly modern hotel with free wifi and lift. Rooms are large with nice bathrooms, on site pub/restaurant good choice of beers and food. Not too pricey. Have to pay for onsite car park which may put some people off. Overall nice stay, clean rooms and good customer service. |
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Nigel Short |
2 |
It's an ok kind of stadium, not in the same League as others in the new purpose built style like Derby or Sunderland. Ridiculously expensive at £37 for the away end, £15 to park, and £11.40 for the dryest most horrendous hot dog and a pint you'll ever eat... Don't do it. Worked out at about £3 a bite for me as reading the ingredients label is enough to make you think you're eating toxic waste... |
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Kim Taylor |
5 |
A good arena, spacious outside and in. We went to see the Lionesses and had a great view. The view is unrestricted all around the stadium. Food and drink prices were fairly reasonable for a venue such as this. |
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Victor Roger Gosling |
3 |
Parking more than 1 mile away...needed a park and ride ! Very efficient ticketing.<br>Good viewing and seats. PA system inadequate...similar to a railway station..<br>The tiny timing clock needed binoculars to see...overall, good in parts. |
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Valerie Mason |
4 |
Big place with plenty of room for conferences. Downside is there are not enough food and drink stations. |
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Darren Johnson |
3 |
Great venue but the advertised prices were different to the till. I was told “tough it’s what the till says” when querying. I’m sure this will be sorted and do not let this put you off going. |
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Andy White |
3 |
For away fans, we were recommended a specific car park, only to find after the match a barrier preventing us heading back to it. Instead, we had to either cross a six lane road or climb a grassy bank to the base of the footbridge over the road. If anyone had wanted to cause trouble, then this would be the ideal bottleneck. Wet or greasy grass? An accident waiting to happen. As for the stadium itself, it looks tired. That may be the washed out blue of the seating. Seat were tightly packed with no leg or shoulder room |
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jillian ley |
5 |
Stayed 2 nights to see ed sheeran<br>Best weekend. |
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DEREK FARNWORTH |
5 |
Just been to watch Rammstein at the arena great time, quick easy access and exiting, good access nearby getting taxis's considering how many people were there. Good facilities in and around venue always more expensive to buy food and drinks though. |
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| 621 |
Yvette W |
2 |
Disorganised chaos. Massive toilet queues and rip off parking. I will avoid this venue in the future |
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| 622 |
Barbara Nicholls |
5 |
The staff were super helpful and friendly great place for all. There are designated disabled areas for those who are in wheelchairs. Plenty of toilet facilities for everyone. There are hand sanitizer stands by all entrance and stairs access. Food and drink are available from many stands inside and outside the stadium |
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| 623 |
Nick Hobday |
4 |
Visited for the Sunday leg of netball big weekend. Parking a bit steep at £10, but we were there most of the day. Won't want to pay that price for a footie match. Easy to navigate once inside with lots of amenities at usual event prices. The netball was fab |
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Christie Foster |
5 |
Easy to access, no big ques. |
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Josh Harris |
5 |
Following my earlier review of Twickenham, where I said it's my second favourite sporting venue, this is my first.<br><br>Whilst it's capacity is massive for a club level rugby venue, it is never uncomfortably busy, which is owing to it's brilliant layout and structural design.<br><br>The staff here are brilliantly helpful and always so friendly. I've been to many an event here, and am yet to have a bad word to say about them.<br><br>The Ricoh has all manner of food and drink options available, both internally and through the shopping village a 5 minute walk away.<br><br>The venue is well situated for all methods of transport, being just off of a major motorway, with bespoke bus, train and even canal boat services! |
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Samantha Lune |
1 |
Concert was phenomenal but this venue can't cope with the volume of traffic. 2hrs+ to leave an entertainment venue is ridiculous. We'll never book gig tickets here again. |
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| 627 |
Jouni Ronkainen |
1 |
Be Warned. I parked there for a few hours, went to make a payment using APCOA their parking system in place, I was clearly shown £0.00 to pay on my phone, yet received a fine for £60 in the post.<br>Highly frustrating! |
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Leah Brown |
2 |
Amazing gig but crowd management on entering and leaving the arena is poor. More routes needed to easily get away, dread to think what would have happened in an emergency. Food inside was pretty poor too. |
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Eddie McGeough |
4 |
Excellent hotel with room view direct into stadium in match days. Myself and my work comrades names weren't on the breakfast list for some reason as it was booked for weeks. Was all over in a second and everyone had food. Excellent staff and service |
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Dace V |
5 |
Came for a concert and really liked the arena. It was our first time here. We did use the Green room before entering the main arena. There was event related music, seeting area and a big choice of food and drinks. Toilets always seemed not too far throughout arena. The search before entry was thorough. We were just a bit annoyed when the person at entrance had given us the wrong wristbands so to get to our area we had to go all the way back to entrance for them to changed them but once we got there we were helped quickly and without a hassle. |
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Joe Ross |
4 |
Great facilities and a very nice stadium, queues for food at half-time were surprisingly quick considering it was a fairly large away crowd (~1500). A smoking area is opened at half-time, which is a nice touch and stops the inevitable smokey toilets. The only shame is that the stadium is too big for Coventry which really limits the atmosphere of the ground. Another downside of the stadium is it being a little while out of town meaning that the nearest pub is about a 10 minutes walk away. There is a large casino below the stadium where you can buy drinks and food but it doesn't have the same atmosphere that a pub has pre-match |
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Matthew Stainsby |
3 |
Nice stadium, the seats were comfortable. Was a beautiful day with good sport cant go wrong with that. The sausages and chips were good. The line for the bar was long even though the stadium was only half full. |
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Darron Tomlinson |
1 |
Nice Stadium shame about the Staff.<br>The Staff at this ground were not very friendly and to be honest looked like they hated there jobs. Wouldn't even let us look at the pitch. Not even through a window. Wouldn't bother going. |
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| 634 |
Dave “Incredible” W |
4 |
Good venue but not well organised. Stewards telling you to go one way when you get there go somewhere else. Signs don't match the ticket info. When leaving Stewards blocking exits even though no one was coming in causing queues of hundreds of people wanting to leave |
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| 635 |
Jas Manku |
3 |
Excellent show, parking a shambles. Went to the Spice Girls gig on 3rd June 2019 which was excellent however the stewards messed up by allowing anyone to enter the stadium from any point. After the show, they closed off the main route out so the traffic was bedlam causing fans to get stuck in the car parks for 2 hours |
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TruSkyBlue7887 |
5 |
Amazing Facility - so glad it’s back to the rightful Team. Coventry City FC may not own the Arena but it our home! Been here for many games and other events, from concerts to Christmas parties. |
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Paul Belford |
2 |
Although my beloved team play here, I've never liked it, it's way too far out (it's only just in Coventry) in my opinion all league grounds should be within 2 miles of the city centre. |
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Alan Tabberer |
4 |
The arena itself is pretty good, and watching Rammstein there was amazing. However, a few things were frustrating enough to drop a star.<br>I'm not a huge bloke, just 6', but the seats were really not designed for someone my size. My friend who is a few inches taller had real issues sitting through the concert without needing to stand periodically.<br>The exiting of that volume of people was always going to be chaotic, but it took ages to get the marshals outside loudhailers to actually be heard above the crowd, and various road crossings cannot cope with that volume of people.<br>Closing off the east side concourse made it difficult to meet friends that we had tickets for, as we ended up on opposite sides of a ticket only section, and missed some of the support act as we had to traipse around the whole venue.<br><br>Overall great venue though. |
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360in360 Immersive Experiences |
4 |
I went to an exhibition here - there are good eating facilities and meeting rooms |
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Michael Rose |
3 |
The ground is fine as far as flat pack stadia go, plenty of leg room for my 6'4" frame. Good view. Not enough catering staff for our 3,800 away fans. Queues were ridiculous.<br>Sorry shower incharge of post match access to the B car park. Treated the fans as enemies, not customers. |
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| 641 |
Kenan Kedem |
2 |
Nice venue but not a visitor friendly. Yes there are ample toilet facilities but lacking water fountains. So you can drink water at £2.50 a go. quite expensive if you spend there all day. Food is overpriced and lack any quality! You basically pay a lot for something you wouldn't feed your dog.. that is if you lucky to have it cooked properly. And did I mention parking? Prepare £20 for shabby parking in a middle of a field as there aren't enough on premises parking slots. Apart of that... It's ok. Not wow, just ok!! |
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Matthew Holland |
4 |
Visited the Ricoh Arena for a Trade show recently. Huge Arena with great facilities. The only downside is the cost of parking. If you plan on staying all day it will cost you quite a bit. Staff were helpful. Well sign posted and grounds maintained to a high standard. |
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Brother Bhaskar |
4 |
Attended a national conference for teachers aspiring to take up leadership in teaching. The environment and interior were fine. Staff at club house were courteous and friendly. |
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Michelle Black |
4 |
Arena was easy to find. Facilities were good. Very limited food options for vegetarians and vegans. Coffee machine was used do those who don't have dairy milk had no options for lattes, etc.<br><br>Surely we've moved beyond pink for female and blue for men? Signage in the restrooms. |
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Alex Hutton |
4 |
Very good. Went to see Ed Sherran, bars were very quick. Toilets were clean. |
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Don Wynne |
4 |
Probably one of the best places to watch football outside of the Premier. Views from all sections of the ground are perfect Food and drink a little too expensive with not much choice but there are alternatives 5 minutes walk away |
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Wayne Hopkins |
5 |
Brilliant experience and brilliant game to watch |
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Stephen Simms |
1 |
We lost 2-1 which starts this review off poorly. The transport facilities have potential as the stadium has its own station, but only one train an hour leaves you waiting just as long for a taxi. Apart from that it's generally modern and not to much of a wait at the bar 🍻 |
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Paul Rogerson |
4 |
Went to see the Stones playing live in June 2018. Had great seats in the Press Box loads of space and good view of stage. Bar service was appalling taking well over 30 mins to get served. Toilet queues also massive but I guess there were several thousand people there. Weather was warm & dry but could be a bit exposed if windy and/or raining. |
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Ar Em |
4 |
Easy access from motorway. Good venue. |
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