The £365 million venue officially opened its doors to ‘apprehensive’ fans on Tuesday.
Concert-goers have said they are “worried” the Co-op Live arena will cancel its opening performance by rock band Elbow as doors opened to the new music venue in Manchester.
Neville Lawson, 58, from Durham, spoke to the PA news agency ahead of Tuesday night’s event, alongside Jo Elliott, 53, from Middlesbrough. “ worried it was going to cancel, it’s not going to happen. Or are we going to get moved to the other arena in Manchester which is just a big aircraft hanger really.”The pair said they were still concerned about whether the event would happen, with Ms Elliott saying: “He was sending me WhatsApps constantly about whether it would be on or not.”
He told BBC News he was confident it was “the safest building in the world”, adding there had been “no way” operators could have known the ventilation was not installed correctly.Peter Kay Issues at the Co-op Live arena began after a test event in April led to the rescheduling of comedian Peter Kay’s stand-up dates.
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