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Connexin Live Arena

Coordinates: 53°44′30″N 00°20′31″W / 53.74167°N 0.34194°W / 53.74167; -0.34194
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Connexin Live
The Connexin Live Arena in August 2023
Map
Former namesHull Venue (planning/construction phase)
Bonus Arena
AddressMyton Street
Kingston upon Hull
HU1 2PS
England
Coordinates53°44′30″N 00°20′31″W / 53.74167°N 0.34194°W / 53.74167; -0.34194
OwnerHull City Council
OperatorASM Global
Capacity3,500 (general admission)
2,900 (reserved)
Construction
Broke ground3 October 2016
Opened30 August 2018
Construction cost£36 million
(£49.5 million in 2023)
ArchitectAFL Architects
Project managerNPS Humber
Services engineerHoward Civil Engineering
Main contractorsBAM Construct UK
Website
Venue Website

The Connexin Live (formerly Bonus Arena) is an indoor arena in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the Hull Marina. It opened in August 2018 and has hosted music, comedy, and sports events.

Construction

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Logo used from 2018 to 2023

The venue was built on a brownfield site, between the Humber Estuary and Hull City Centre.[1] Local steel, manufactured in Scunthorpe, was used on the project.[2]

In June 2018, Bonus Group secured the naming rights to the venue.[3] In August 2023, the naming rights were transferred to local company Connexin in a five-year deal and the venue was renamed Connexin Live.[4]

Events

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Since opening in August 2018, the arena has hosted shows from Van Morrison, Jack White, The Vamps, Bob Dylan, Paloma Faith, James Arthur, the Courteeners, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Two Door Cinema Club, Texas (band), Westlife, Boyzone, JLS, George Ezra, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Sean Paul, James Acaster, Kaiser Chiefs, The Darkness (band), Pet Shop Boys, Stereophonics, Professor Brian Cox, Diversity, Jimmy Carr, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Micky Flanagan, Rhod Gilbert, Jack Whitehall, Michael McIntyre, Russell Howard, John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Richard Ashcroft, The Harlem Globetrotters, NXT UK (WWE brand), Strictly Come Dancing Live!, Question of Sport Live Tour, Blossoms, Elbow, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, The Specials, Tom Grennan, Bring Me the Horizon, Bastille, You Me at Six, The Offspring, Bullet for my Valentine, Corey Taylor, Less Than Jake and Bowling for Soup.[5][additional citation(s) needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Bonus Arena, Hull". UK Construction Online. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Bonus Arena, Hull - BAM Case Study". www.bam.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ Gottfried, Gideon (21 June 2018). "SMG Europe's Hull Arena Announces Bonus Group As Long-Term Naming Rights Sponsor". Pollstar. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ Laister, David (1 August 2023). "Hull's Bonus Arena gets a new name as five-year partnership announced". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Bonus Arena". SMG Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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