Andy Burnham has said the opening of Co-op Live has ‘not been handled well’ after the 23,500-capacity venue suffered a nightmarish start to life.
Problems for the arena started on its first test event day on April 20, with operators OVG cancelling thousands of tickets on the day to reduce the amount of punters in.
Several gigs - including Peter Kay’s landmark shows as the first event-proper - were then postponed by a week, and then to later this month.
The issues, surrounding emergency service communications, appeared to be resolved by the time A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie performed on May 1, only for some air conditioning equipment to crash down for the ceiling, forcing its cancellation as fans queued up outside.
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