Technical facts

• Lower bowl fixed seated capacity – 10,762
• Upper bowl fixed seated capacity – 8,870
• Large theatre setup – 7,600
• Small theatre setup – 3,500
• Ice hockey and gymnastics – up to 17,643
• FINA Swimming championships 2008 – 17,250
• Basketball – up to 20,500
• Professional Wrestling – 14,000 to 18,500 (depending on configeration)
• Boxing – up to 21,000 (fully seated – although has been quoted by the media that up to 23,000 people attended an Amir Khan boxing fight in 2009)
• Side stage – up to 11,150 (fully seated)
• Conventional end-stage concerts – 13,500–15,800 (fully seated)
• Conventional end-stage concerts – up to 19,350 (floor standing)^{[citation needed]}
• In the round concerts – up to 20,400 (fully seated)
• In the round concerts – up to 21,000 (floor standing)
• 30 hospitality business suites (seats up to 12 guests)
• 8 top floor suites known as 'The White house' (each seats between 6 and 15 guests—located in the white sports commentators boxes when not in use)
• 4 party suites (seats up to 25 guests)
• The arena has its own 1,500 capacity car park
• The arena is the European flagship venue of SMG
• Like Madison Square Garden in New York City, Philips Arena in Atlanta, and TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, The M.E.N. Arena is situated beside/above a main railway station (Victoria Station). This means that people can get a train to the venue instead of driving.
• The M.E.N. Arena did claim to have the world's largest indoor video scoreboard when the venue opened in 1995. The videowall has since been removed and replaced with an LED Ribbonboard.