Arena 1

Sports Hall

Key highlights

 

  • Located at Headingley Campus, our university's hub for sports activity
  • 512 ‘fold away’ seating capacity
  • Large, flexible area (1254m2)
  • Option to further increase area with Blue Hall hire
  • PA System

Arena 1 opened in 2012 and boasts 512 individual seats all with excellent sight lines of the main court, and high quality lighting.

Arena 1 can be presented as two separate basketball courts, or it can be used in a single arena form to host and showcase elite level sport.

The facility has 6 FIBA specification basketball hoops.

Just metres away in our adjacent halls are two more full size courts with FIBA markings (see Arena 2).

The Arena also has court markings for Netball, having hosted Yorkshire Jets home games, often televised on Sky Sports.

The venue is also available for hire for non-sport events.

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If you’re an Athletic Union member and are interested in using these facilities, you will receive a discount on bookings.

If you're interested in hiring our facilities privately, please send an enquiry to our bookings team. 

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