The Albans Arena

The Alban Arena is a large entertainment venue in the centre of St Albans, which is in Hertfordshire, about 20 miles north of London. You might wonder why the residents of St Albans would need such a place, being as close as they are to the bright lights of the big city? But we?re a funny lot around here, we generally don?t like travelling into London if we don?t have to, and tend to prefer to have everything on our own doorstep. Well, that?s my thinking behind it, anyway! The Arena is ideally situated for easy reachability ? it really is slap bang in the centre of St Albans ? sat back in a ...

Last night I went to the St Albans Arena to see comedian Ed Byrne (and support Ben Norris). After a slow start the comedians were both excellent !! But thats not what I wanted to comment on ! I wanted to mention the arena itself. The staff are very helpful, the refreshments are reasonably priced, it has a good selection of events to go to and has good parking. BUT...... The seats are sooooooooooooooooooooo uncomfortable !!!!! they are small, hard and very very close together. I would suggest taking a cushion with you. Also everytime I moved to try and be more comfortable the floorboard creeked loudly (an easy ...