Why can I leave the the M.E.N Arena and come back in as I can at my local pub?
There are a number of reasons why the M.E.N Arena does not allow people to leave the venue and come back in. The first is a licencing issue. At your local pub, if you go outside, you run the risk that the pub fills up to capacity and you will not be allowed back in. The Arena holds around 15,500 on a normal concert and it is less easy to see when the building has reached its capacity. We use the tickets to keep an accurate count of the number of people in the building. We are a licensed premise which means that we have a duty to control the consumption of alcohol in the building. It has been known for people to keep stores of alcohol outside a building and keep popping in and out to ‘top up’! We, like many other venues, have ongoing issues with secondary ticketing. People buying tickets from touts or unofficial ticket and auction websites could have bought duplicate or reprinted tickets which look right but may no longer be valid. As a counter measure we limit the opportunity for peopl
