National Indoor Arena - Notable Events

Notable Events

Over the years it has hosted many notable events:

  • 1993 and 2003 World Badminton Championships
  • 1995 Netball World Championships
  • 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
  • 1999 World Judo Championships
  • WWF Rebellion 1999
  • 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
  • Davis Cup tennis matches
  • BBL Cup and BBL Finals Weekend matches
  • Many basketball, powerlifting, table tennis, and wrestling competitions
  • The British games company Games Workshop used the arena to stage their Games Day and Golden Demon events until 2003, when they moved to the larger National Exhibition Centre.
  • The British Indoor Rowing Championships since 2000
  • The Gladiators television programme from 1992 to 2000
  • The All England Open Badminton Championships from 1994 to present day.
  • WWE Raw on the Survivor Series 2005 Tour.
  • WWE Raw, ECW and SmackDown television taping on 15 and 16 October 2007
  • 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Michael Flatley's Stage Show, Celtic Tiger - DVD recording
  • UFC 89
  • BAMMA 4, BAMMA 7 & BAMMA 9
  • BeyoncĂ© performed at the arena during her I Am... Tour on May 23, 2009
  • 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
  • 2010 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  • 2011 Trampoline World Championships
  • 2012 BMX World Championships
  • 2012 Madonna. The MDNA World Tour marked Madonna's first performance in Birmingham.
  • Alexandra Burke performed there as part of her Pink Friday Tour, and rapper Nicki Minaj also performed at the arena as part of her All Night Long Tour.
  • 2012 All England Super Series Premier

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