The visitor to Dudley in the West Midlands will find a myriad of Dudley sightseeing options including the Dudley Zoological Gardens, the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery and the Broadfield House Glass Museum just to name a few attractions. However the most exciting venue for the modern traveller would be the nearby National Indoor Arena.

The National Indoor Arena is among the most popular indoor entertainment and sporting event locations in Europe. Since its inception in 1991 it has featured a wide array of entertainers and musicians, as well as more than 30 varying sports, including the unusual events such as indoor rowing competitions.

This extremely versatile arena has the capability to host, in addition to sport, entertainment highlights, concerts, exhibitions and corporate conferences. To perfectly accommodate smaller scale ballet performances, concerts, theatre and comedy the National Indoor Arena can be configured to create a theatre style intimate auditorium.

The National Indoor Arena has hosted many international artistes such as Coldplay, Oasis, Destiny’s Child and Sir Cliff Richard who has performed here more than 50 times. Other entertainment highlights held at this arena include The Lord of the Dance, Disney on Ice, La Traviata and Cirque du Soleil.

The arena has proved to be an ideal venue for indoor sport in many competitive endeavours; it features one of the world’s premier indoor surfaces, the Mondo athletics track which was used for the European Indoor Athletics held in 2007, a sporting event that drew a television audience of over 160 million worldwide. No less than 14 athletic world records have been established at the venue since its inception.

The Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill Dudley is conveniently located 12 miles from the National Indoor Arena, offering comfortable accommodation for the discerning traveller.