Bristol will get a new arena, YTL Arena, the third-largest of its kind in the UK

nme.com:

The venue, scheduled to open in 2023, is expected to attract 1.4million visitors a year Plans to develop an arena at Bristol’s Filton Airfield have been approved.

The YTL Arena Bristol, which will reportedly open in 2023, is set to be the third-largest arena in the United Kingdom. The venue will be located in the Brabazon hangars just south of Filton Airfield, with a capacity of 17,000, putting it behind London’s O2 and the Manchester Arena.

The Bristol City Council’s planning committee approved plans for the development, headed by the Malaysian investment firm YTL, after a 3.5-hour-long meeting, ITV reported yesterday (March 4).