non-football - MSP / Bon Jovi (5 Viewers)

[Simon Clark]

Barnsley fan in peace
driving wife and sister to Ricoh sunday to see Bon Jovi so i have 5 hours to kill. Thinking of finding a local cinema and then coming back for something to eat at either pizza hit/ F&Bs around back of Ricoh. In google maps i see there is the "Arena Shopping Park" across the road.
My question is if i hit this area around Sunday night at half 8 will i be able to park up without any problems eg is there ANPR cameras and a limited visit time, or is the car park closed off?

TIA

 

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[torchomatic]

Arena Park do have ANPR and you'll be stung if you park there for longer than two hours, unless you spend £50 and keep the receipts!

 

[Nick]

There is the shopping park but it will be rammed.

You are best off getting back on the M6 and going up to the next junction to the Showcase Cinema where there is a Pizza Hit / Frankie and Bennies / McDonalds etc and then going back later.

You could also go down the A444 to the Odeon near Nuneaton that has food places around too which may be quicker to get to

At the Arena Tesco they will have parking attendants, there used to be a 2 hour limit and minimum spend on events but not sure how it would work on a Sunday night when all the shops are shut.

Pizza Hut etc all have their own little carparks so not sure if spend in there counts towards parking in the main carpark.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I’d drop them off and go to junction 2 on the m6. Just off there is Showcase Pizza Hut, Frankies and Nando’s in the complex.
Enjoy!

 

[stevefloyd]

Yes Anpr not sure if its closed off...you get more than shopping at Tesco...a nice little fine

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Fucks sake nick. You type so quickly

 

[Grendel]

There is event parking and it is operated strictly so you’d be fined - it’s 2 hours limit - also street parking incurs fines as well.

There are some unofficial parking sites you could try - the official is expensive and difficult to get out of - I use the Hub pub which is 15 minutes walk or I think I you can book the old coventrians rugby club (slightly nearer) on line

 

[Seamus1]

If I may make a suggestion. Instead of parking around the Ricoh, park in the Belgrade Plaza NCP car park...I think it’s £1.50 all day for Sunday. You can then have something to eat from one of the restaurants there (Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia) or grab something from the restaurants in Broadgate. It’s not too far to walk from the Belgrade Plaza to the Skydome, where there is the Odeon cinema, and there are also a couple of nice restaurants on Spon Street.

You can then walk to Pool Meadow to take the bus to the Arena. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time though.

Coming back, it is then a lot easier as you wont get caught up in car park traffic or stuck in the queues to get to the M6.

A couple of friends of mine went to the Spice Girls concert a couple of weeks back and were back home in Hertfordshire by around half past midnight.

Have a safe journey and enjoy the concert

 

[Simon Clark]

Thanks for all the responses. My sister in law ihas mobility issues/blue badge so i need to get as close as possible which is why i suggested F&B. So if concert kickout time is half 10, if i get parked up in the car park after half 9 i should be OK?
I had planned to hit the cinema in nuneaton which was about a fiver - the showcases were shoeing about £11 and i'm a tightwad (after blowing close to £300 on the tickets for wife and sister). So i could always eat elsewhere also and just park up at the car park if possible

 

[pastythegreat]

Barnsley fan in peace
driving wife and sister to Ricoh sunday to see Bon Jovi so i have 5 hours to kill. Thinking of finding a local cinema and then coming back for something to eat at either pizza hit/ F&Bs around back of Ricoh. In google maps i see there is the "Arena Shopping Park" across the road.
My question is if i hit this area around Sunday night at half 8 will i be able to park up without any problems eg is there ANPR cameras and a limited visit time, or is the car park closed off?

TIA

Tesco Arena has ANPR, on match days/concerts they are in use and you will be stung. I seem to remember though, if your eating then if you keep the receipt then it can be quashed. But it's the risk of getting a ticket, then having to fight it and then risk them saying that you have to spend £xx amount.
Personally, I'd head back on to the M6 and head towards the Showcase Cinema in Walsgrave. Cinema is much cleaner and conifer than any other cinema locally. Also, when there you have a choice of a few eateries there too. Nandos, F&B, The Brewers Fayre. Also a decent little pub near by called the mount pleasant. Free parking and only 1 junction up the M6.

 

[Simon Clark]

Tesco Arena has ANPR, on match days/concerts they are in use and you will be stung. I seem to remember though, if your eating then if you keep the receipt then it can be quashed. But it's the risk of getting a ticket, then having to fight it and then risk them saying that you have to spend £xx amount.
Personally, I'd head back on to the M6 and head towards the Showcase Cinema in Walsgrave. Cinema is much cleaner and conifer than any other cinema locally. Also, when there you have a choice of a few eateries there too. Nandos, F&B, The Brewers Fayre. Also a decent little pub near by called the mount pleasant. Free parking and only 1 junction up the M6.

Thanks
I am flexible, but my requirement is that i can be parked up somewhere for 30-60 minutes whilst my wife finds the car. If i dont enter the car park until half 9 then im more likely to be there for food rather than seeing the concert lol. Would being there less than an hour avoid a fine?

Also, given that the car park is sold out, where would people who havent paid advance parking be expected to park?

 

[higgs]

You could park in Birmingham it's a short commute to coventry

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[pastythegreat]

Parking - Arena Shopping Park

Thanks
I am flexible, but my requirement is that i can be parked up somewhere for 30-60 minutes whilst my wife finds the car. If i dont enter the car park until half 9 then im more likely to be there for food rather than seeing the concert lol. Would being there less than an hour avoid a fine?

Also, given that the car park is sold out, where would people who havent paid advance parking be expected to park?

 

[Simon Clark]

Parking - Arena Shopping Park

2 hours on matchdays, or longer if £50 spend. Thats great. 2 hours will be plenty. If i hit F&Bs around half 9 i have an hour to east some food before they close and an hour to wait for wifey.

Thanks again everyone
and good luck for coming season

 

[fernandopartridge]

I'd get a refund on your ticket and watch Bon Jovi elsewhere if i were you mate

 

[theferret]

At 8.30pm on a Sunday night the entire retail park is closed. I'm not sure how strict they will be given that the entire car park would be empty otherwise. To be honest, they're missing a trick, they could charge and make a few quid.

 

[Simon Clark]

At 8.30pm on a Sunday night the entire retail park is closed. I'm not sure how strict they will be given that the entire car park would be empty otherwise. To be honest, they're missing a trick, they could charge and make a few quid.

im presuming F&B and Pizza hut car parks will be open whilst the restaurants are open?

 

[Nick]

im presuming F&B and Pizza hut car parks will be open whilst the restaurants are open?

They are pretty small though.

 

[MatthewWallis]

Thanks for all the responses. My sister in law ihas mobility issues/blue badge so i need to get as close as possible which is why i suggested F&B. So if concert kickout time is half 10, if i get parked up in the car park after half 9 i should be OK?
I had planned to hit the cinema in nuneaton which was about a fiver - the showcases were shoeing about £11 and i'm a tightwad (after blowing close to £300 on the tickets for wife and sister). So i could always eat elsewhere also and just park up at the car park if possible

Get a Showcase insider card for free and tickets will be £6.50 after 7pm on Sunday, much better seats there as it's a De Lux compared to Nuneaton Odeon. You will also get 25% off F&B/Chiquitos with it.

 

[chiefdave]

Thanks for all the responses. My sister in law ihas mobility issues/blue badge so i need to get as close as possible which is why i suggested F&B. So if concert kickout time is half 10, if i get parked up in the car park after half 9 i should be OK?

If you're just dropping off / picking up and don't need to actually park at the Ricoh your best bet is Judds Lane. There's no actual drop off point as far as I know but there's places you can pull over to let them out. Or if you go to the end of Judds Lane its a dead end so you can let them out there.

 

[Simon Clark]

Get a Showcase insider card for free and tickets will be £6.50 after 7pm on Sunday, much better seats there as it's a De Lux compared to Nuneaton Odeon. You will also get 25% off F&B/Chiquitos with it.

thats great. will do that

 

[Si80]

Dropping off you'll be fine to drop them right next to the Ricoh. Picking up will be a bit harder. Tescos etc is busy on a matchday when theirs 10K of us there. 30K being at the Ricoh it'll be ridiculous to get out. I'd look at picking up from somewhere like Hen Lane if your SIL can manage the 5 minute walk.

 

[MTK]

Vouchers count towards the £50 spend. That's how we often park at the Ricoh on a match day. So if you get a space in the Arena car park and then eat say in Pizza Hut, get a voucher to bring your spend up to the £50 and then use the voucher another day back at home. They may even have Tesco vouchers in the garage.

 

[hill83]

Park in the Wheatsheaf and get on the all dayer.

 

[Liquid Gold]

While you're there can you smash some stuff up so the franchise interlopers have extra costs. Thanks.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

If I may make a suggestion. Instead of parking around the Ricoh, park in the Belgrade Plaza NCP car park...I think it’s £1.50 all day for Sunday. You can then have something to eat from one of the restaurants there (Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia) or grab something from the restaurants in Broadgate. It’s not too far to walk from the Belgrade Plaza to the Skydome, where there is the Odeon cinema, and there are also a couple of nice restaurants on Spon Street.

You can then walk to Pool Meadow to take the bus to the Arena. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time though.

Coming back, it is then a lot easier as you wont get caught up in car park traffic or stuck in the queues to get to the M6.

A couple of friends of mine went to the Spice Girls concert a couple of weeks back and were back home in Hertfordshire by around half past midnight.

Have a safe journey and enjoy the concert

If you do this you can get the 13 in Belgrade Plaza which finishes around 10 mins walk from the stadium. You can pay on the bus with Contactless/ApplePay for adults but it’s cash only for kids.

There’s also Coventry Welsh RFC on Burbages Lane and Christ the King FC on Winding House Lane. Both of those are a 5-10 minute walk away and you’d be helping out two local sports clubs in the process.

 

[Simon Clark]

Thanks everyone.
Looked at the tikckets and say turnstiles 20-23. Any idea which side of the ground these are so i know where to drop off the invalids?

EDIT: i found it here https://www.ricoharena.com/media/5624/bon-jovi-aaa.pdf

 

[MatthewWallis]

Thanks everyone.
Looked at the tikckets and say turnstiles 20-23. Any idea which side of the ground these are so i know where to drop off the invalids?

EDIT: i found it here https://www.ricoharena.com/media/5624/bon-jovi-aaa.pdf

The side directly opposite Tesco, if you don’t go into the Tesco car park and go left a bit you should be able to drop them right next to the ramp for them to walk under the train track

 

[Johnnythespider]

There is the shopping park but it will be rammed.

You are best off getting back on the M6 and going up to the next junction to the Showcase Cinema where there is a Pizza Hit / Frankie and Bennies / McDonalds etc and then going back later.

You could also go down the A444 to the Odeon near Nuneaton that has food places around too which may be quicker to get to

At the Arena Tesco they will have parking attendants, there used to be a 2 hour limit and minimum spend on events but not sure how it would work on a Sunday night when all the shops are shut.

Pizza Hut etc all have their own little carparks so not sure if spend in there counts towards parking in the main carpark.

£50 quids worth of pizza ? Where's Otis

 

[Warwickhunt]

Put a piece of black tape over one of your letters/numbers to change it so the ANPR misreads it