Just browsing online, and noticed that planning permission was approved yesterday for another massive arena in Manchester, costing 350 million, of 23,500 capacity. Next to the Etihad stadium.
The developers are expecting the concert market to start picking up again early next year, with normality by 2022.
They have a planned completion date of 2023.
In response the management of the current Manchester Arena has announced plans to revamp their arena, and increase capacity from 21,000 to 24,000.
I wouldn't expect artists to play both Manchester arenas, so hopefully there'd still be plenty of capacity left over for the biggest artists to fit in some gigs at Cardiff. Some further competition though that the new Cardiff arena could have done without, especially if that Bristol arena ever gets built.
Personally I don't think Manchester is a big enough city to have two arenas of that size, and I have my doubts that both will survive.
If anyone's interested...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... m-18992256