Plans have been submitted to Trafford Council for a 3,000 capacity sports and Ice Arena
The purpose-built arena will include a state-of-the-art ice rink, multi-use event space and high-end food and beverage.
The TraffordCity Arena will be partly let to Planet Ice, which will be one of their biggest venues in the UK and their 15th Ice Arena in the UK. The purpose-built facility will feature state-of-the-art ice hockey and skating facilities which will also convert into a multi-use event space suitable for on and off ice entertainment.
Situated next to the Chill Factore, Fives, iFLY and The Padel Club TraffordCity, the 3-acre development will be located on the former Soccer Dome site. The land will be acquired from regeneration specialists Peel Waters, who are the master planners of TraffordCity and cleared the site in preparation of future leisure developments in mid-2023.
ICITIES, the developer of the new and much anticipated TraffordCity Arena secured a major pre-let to Planet Ice to bring their award-winning ice-leisure offer to the UK’s preeminent retail and leisure destination in early 2024. Planet Ice will operate the arena, offering year-round ice activities, lessons and sessions
James Whittaker, Managing Director of Peel Waters said:
“Bringing in the right partners to work with is fundamental to all of our Peel Waters projects and we are very excited to be working in partnership with ICITIES, Planet Ice and Manchester Storm to bring this fantastic new facility and offering to TraffordCity which is widely recognised as the UK’s leading retail and leisure destination.
“We have always had the aspiration to offer a sport for everyone at TraffordCity, whether it’s golfing, skiing, skydiving, football, gym or Padel there is no other destination in the country that brings together everything that’s available here in one place. Through this new arena, we will now be able to offer a wide range of ice-leisure activities for communities to enjoy taking part in or spectating, which in turn will also grow our visitor economy and bring in further investment into the area.”
