Co-op Live: Opening on UK’s largest arena postponed for third time | BBC News

Britain's

largest

indoor

arena

, Co-op

live

in Manchester, has

postponed

its

opening

once again canceled this week's concerts by Grammy Award winner Olivia Rodrigo the

third

and final attempt to open was abandoned last night less than a hour before the performance of an American rapper with fans queuing outside Comedian Peter K's shows have already been rearranged twice. Music fans last night complained they were left out of money as managers blamed a technical problem. Let's talk to reporter Sarah Rogers, who is outside the place. Hi Sarah, good to see you. So now the

opening

has been

postponed

or delayed for the

third

time

, what's going on there?

Yes, good morning, but the third

time

is bad luck for this £365 million venue said to be one of the

largest

indoor entertainment venues outside of North America and the fans who actually came here last night. They were queuing, they were waiting to get in and they were given this piece of paper saying that they kindly asked the fans to leave the area and we deeply apologize for the significant inconvenience this will cause to many, we now know that it was part of a drive air conditioning that fell from the ceiling after American rapper Boogie's sound check with the hoodie had already occurred, so we were notified very late, but we did take a look at the rest of the parking lot where we are at the moment.

It looks like a construction site, actually, a lot of heavy equipment, people arrived early with their hi-vis vests and helmets, and a lot of people walked in, suggesting there is more work to do now. Olivia Rodrigo, as she said she was, is in her world. tour at the moment this was her first leg in the UK here she issued a statement saying: I am very disappointed that we will not be able to perform in Manchester due to a technical issue related to the venue, we are doing everything we can to reschedule the show me too. I really hope to see you soon.

Co-op patrons are asking for an explanation from the Oak View group behind the building who have said they would not put on any kind of geig or concert unless security was perfect. Now, security issues aside, this is a logistical nightmare, right? There are tens of thousands of tickets that now need to be rescheduled or refunded and we still don't know if the events taking place this weekend or next week will still be going well for now thanks