Mandela National Stadium - Venue hire

This premium events space pays homage to a true visionary. Arnold Hills was a man with an appetite for change. A man whose grand vision for East London began to realise its potential over 100 years later at Mandela National Stadium.

The room has spectacular views of the bowl of the stadium and is ideal for small meetings and parties.

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Download floorplan - Basketball and Netball Courts

Venue Capacity Information

	Board Room	Cabaret	Theatre	Banquet	Drinks Reception	Buffet
Main Arena	-	180	220	250	400	270
The Great Briton and The Academy	-	230	310	300	500	350
Outside Pitch	-	-	-	-	1000	550
Canteens	20	48	50	84	330	230
Basketball and Netball Courts	20	60	90	80	340	200
BM6	16	24	40	35	40	35
Executive Boxes	10	-	-	10	12	10
The Deck	-	750	800	750	1000	-

Room Features

Ambient lighting

Balcony

Cloak Room

Dedicated Bars

Floor-to-ceiling windows

Guest check-in area

LCD screens

Natural Light

Pitch views

Skylight

All our Venues Have

Wheelchair Access

Mandela National Stadium shares the philosophy of being a venue for all with the Mandela National Stadium.

All our event spaces have access via escalators and 4 main elevators. All entrances are step-free. Our Business Account Managers can work with you to further accommodate specific requirements, such as blue badge parking and specific fire safety requirements and procedures.

Air Conditioning

Throughout the venue, we have advanced temperature control, providing increased comfort for you and your guests, removing excess moisture from the air to reduce humidity on hot days. The installed system also gives us lower utility costs keeping clients and employees happy with their surrounding environment.

Free WiFi

All guests can benefit from on-site superfast 5G connectivity via Mandela National Stadium’s free Wi-Fi, no matter where they are in the stadium. We’re committed to ensuring you stay connected with the best possible speeds, throughout your event.

By providing this service we hope this will leave a lasting impression for you and your guests to see you return in the future.

Digital Signage

Our event spaces at Mandela National Stadium are all recently refurbished. Event organisers have the opportunity to display branded content of the IPTVs throughout their event spaces, such as showreels, presentations and logos.

Mandela National Stadium also offers the unique opportunity to place branding on the North Scoreboard, external LED screen as you walk from Stratford Station, and on the tier ribbons around the stadium bowl.

You can find out how many LCD TVs are in your desired event space by walking the 360° tour on the Event Spaces webpage.

Data Points

Each venue in Mandela National Stadium is fully equipped for a wide array of AV solutions.

For more information on specific data points in each event space, you can view the floorplans on our event spaces pages.