Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, the home of Bristol City Football Club and Bristol Bears, markets itself as a purpose-built conference centre with more than 40 event spaces, less than two miles from Bristol city centre.
What the venue publishes
Its largest room is the Lansdown Suite, which takes up to 1,000 delegates theatre style or 850 cabaret and can be divided into three sections with built-in AV. The Pravha Lounge holds 400 guests and has a private pitch-view balcony, and the South Stand Lounges hold up to 120. The 3,500 sqm u-shaped Concourse is used for exhibitions and large conferences, and 18 executive boxes are offered for board meetings and private dining.
The venue headlines conferences for up to 6,000, dinners for up to 1,600 in the Concourse, more than 5,000 sqm of event floor space and 300 on-site parking spaces. These are its own figures. In sports mode the stadium holds 27,000.
Source: ashtongatestadium.co.uk