The investors behind Manchester's £365m Co-op Live - including Harry Styles and Manchester City group
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe countdown is on ahead of the country's largest indoor arena opening its doors in east Manchester. The 23,500-capacity Co-op Live arena is set to open its doors near to Manchester City's Etihad Stadium in December.
Now, the full list of investors for the £365m project has been revealed - with some very famous connections. Grammy and BRIT award-winning singer Harry Styles, who grew up in Cheshire, was announced as an investor for the project back in October 2020.
But the scale of his involvement has now been made public for the first time, Business Live reports. Newly-filed documents with Companies House give the full details on who is behind the development. READ MORE: Hamilton musical - the hottest ticket on West End - is coming to Manchester this year It is a joint venture between City Football Group - the holding group which manages football clubs including Manchester City, under the majority ownership of Sheikh Mansour's Abu Dhabi United Group - and Oak View Group (OVG).
Each party has 7,865 shares in Co-op Live's holding company. OVG is behind a range of entertainment venues in the US. The next largest shareholder is Harry Styles' Erekine Records, whose only other director is Emma Spring.
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