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Manchester’s new concert venue was hit by delays, but a false start need not mean it’s blighted forever

  • Written by: Christina Philippou, Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth

The opening of any new business can be a nerve-wracking affair. Will everything work? Will things go wrong? Will the whole enterprise fall flat on its face?

For the owners of a new concert venue in Manchester, things went very wrong. The £365 million Co-op Live arena was supposed to launch on April 23 with a performance by comedian Peter Kay....

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