The Manchester Phones 4 U Arena or Manchester Evening News Arena or M.E.N. Arena (commonly referred to as just The M.E.N. or simply Manchester Arena) is a large indoor arena in Manchester, England. It is currently sponsored by the Manchester Evening News and has a capacity of 3,000 to a maximum capacity of 23,000 depending on the event being staged, making it one of the largest indoor arenas in Europe.
It was opened in 1995, and was initially sponsored by NYNEX CableComms (a British cable television provider, part of the NYNEX Corporation, a telephone service provider in the United States) as the NYNEX Arena. The Arena took its current name in 1998 after the NYNEX brand name had disappeared as a result of a merger with Cable & Wireless Communications in 1997.
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- No Mercy - May 16, 1999
- Thunder - November 15, 2000
- Rebellion - November 3, 2001
- Rebellion - October 26, 2002
- RAW - October 11, 2004
- SmackDown - October 14, 2004
- Velocity - October 16, 2004
- Heat - October 17, 2004
- RAW - November 13, 2006
- ECW - November 14, 2006
- SmackDown - November 17, 2006
- RAW - November 10, 2008
- ECW - November 11, 2008
- SmackDown - November 14, 2008
- SmackDown - November 21, 2008
- RAW - November 8, 2010
- NXT - November 9, 2010
- Superstars - November 11, 2010
- SmackDown - November 12, 2010
- iMPACT Wrestling - January 31, 2013
- iMPACT Wrestling - February 7, 2013
- RAW - November 11, 2013
- Main Event - November 13, 2013
- Superstars - November 15, 2013
- SmackDown - November 15, 2013
- iMPACT Wrestling - January 31, 2014
- iMPACT Wrestling - January 30, 2015
- RAW - November 9, 2015
- Main Event - November 10, 2015
- SmackDown - November 12, 2015
- Superstars - November 12, 2015
- RAW - November 6, 2017
- SmackDown - November 7, 2017
- 205 Live - November 7, 2017
- Main Event - November 8, 2017
- RAW - November 5, 2018
- SmackDown - November 6, 2018
- 205 Live - November 7, 2018
- Main Event - November 7, 2018
- SmackDown - November 8, 2019
- RAW - November 11, 2019
