Derby Arena at Pride Park: an oval building clad in bands of gold, silver and grey panels above a glazed ground floor
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Derby Arena

Derby City Council's velodrome and multi-use arena at Pride Park, with a 250 m indoor cycle track, sports courts and gym, and a main events space for up to 5,000 people.

Derby Arena, Royal Way, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8JB
Up to 5,000
capacity
2 spaces
hireable
Main arena and meeting rooms for hire, by enquiry with the events team.
available for hire

About this venue

Derby Arena is a multi-use sports and events venue on Royal Way at Pride Park, run by Derby City Council. At its heart is a 250 m indoor timber cycle track, built by the German track specialists Velotrack to a geometry similar to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, alongside sports courts, a gym, studios and Café 42. The arena doubles as one of Derby's largest event spaces. Its main space holds up to 5,000 people, seated or standing, and is hired for events, celebrations, ceremonies, trade fairs, exhibitions, product launches, conferences and dinners, backed by a dedicated events team with in-house catering and technical staff. A suite of multi-purpose rooms takes 10 to 65 people for meetings, training, breakouts and hospitality. The public programme mixes national sport with entertainment: autumn 2026 listings include table tennis and trampoline league finals, an IHF Women's World Championship qualifier, a Lloyds National Track Series round, tribute concerts such as The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, UK Pink Floyd Experience, ELO Again and Nashville at Heart, The Dubliners Encore stage show, and a Christmas pantomime. The arena has a Changing Places toilet.

The Spaces

Main arena

Main event space

The arena's main space, used for concerts, sport, exhibitions, conferences and dinners.

Capacity

Other
up to 5,000

Up to 5,000 seated and standing per the arena's event and space hire page.

Multi-purpose rooms

Meeting and breakout rooms

Suite of rooms for meetings, training, conferences, breakouts and hospitality, boardroom or theatre style.

Capacity

Seated
up to 65

Rooms take between 10 and 65 people, boardroom or theatre style, per the arena's space hire page.

Facilities

  • Catering / kitchen
  • Box office

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilet
  • Other: Changing Places toilet

Gallery

Derby Arena's banded oval exterior seen across its car park Curving gold-striped facade and entrance plaza of Derby Arena Aerial view of Derby Arena's oval roof beside car parks and open land at Pride Park Cyclists riding the banked timber track inside Derby Arena velodrome

Location

Derby Arena, Royal Way, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8JB

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