bp pulse LIVE
Birmingham · 15,685 capacity
bp pulse LIVE is the 15,685-capacity arena on the National Exhibition Centre campus at Marston Green, Birmingham, renamed from Resorts World Arena in 2024.
About bp pulse LIVE
bp pulse LIVE is a 15,685-capacity arena on the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) campus at Perimeter Rd, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, and not in the city centre. Smaller shows use a reduced layout of the same arena bowl, dressed for around 5,684.
Is bp pulse LIVE the same as the NEC?
No. The NEC is the wider exhibition complex at Marston Green, and bp pulse LIVE is the arena building that stands on that campus. So an event at bp pulse LIVE is on the NEC site, but the arena is its own building with its own address, and the two names describe different things.
Where is bp pulse LIVE?
bp pulse LIVE is at Perimeter Rd, Marston Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B40 1NT. That address sits on the National Exhibition Centre campus and not in Birmingham city centre, so B40 1NT is the postcode to work from when a group arranges travel or rooms. Directions written for the city centre will not reach the arena door.
What is the capacity of bp pulse LIVE?
bp pulse LIVE has a capacity of 15,685 with the full arena open. The same bowl is dressed down to an academy configuration for around 5,684, which the venue uses for events that do not need the full arena, so one address covers two very different capacities and the layout in use is set by the event.
Was bp pulse LIVE called Resorts World Arena?
Yes. bp pulse LIVE was Resorts World Arena until 1 September 2024, when it took its current name under a sponsorship deal. Both names describe the same building on the same campus, so an older listing or set of directions under the previous name still points to this arena.
Which boxing world titles are on the line at bp pulse LIVE on 29 August 2026?
bp pulse LIVE hosts world-title boxing on Saturday 29 August 2026. Mikaela Mayer vs Chantelle Cameron is the 10-round super-welterweight unification main event, putting the WBA and WBC titles held by American Mikaela Mayer against the WBO title held by Britain's Chantelle Cameron. In the co-main, London's Caroline Dubois defends unified WBC and WBO lightweight titles against American Amelia Moore.
The fight has its own page, Mikaela Mayer vs Chantelle Cameron. Prestige Corporate Events arranges corporate hospitality around selected events at the arena.
Accessibility at bp pulse LIVE
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bp pulse LIVE is a single arena building. The National Exhibition Centre, shortened to the NEC, is the much larger exhibition campus at Marston Green, Birmingham, that the arena stands on. So the NEC is the site a group travels to and bp pulse LIVE is the building the event happens in. The names sit together on the same campus but they do not mean the same thing.
bp pulse LIVE has a capacity of 15,685 in its full arena layout. The academy configuration, a reduced layout of the same arena bowl, holds around 5,684, and the venue uses it for events that do not need the full arena. The building is not in the same layout every night, so the figure that matters is the one for the layout a given event uses.
The address for bp pulse LIVE is Perimeter Rd, Marston Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B40 1NT. Marston Green, not Birmingham city centre, is the part of that address that matters most, because the arena stands on the National Exhibition Centre campus there. The full postcode, B40 1NT, is what a driver or a hotel booking needs for an event at the arena.
The arena became bp pulse LIVE on 1 September 2024, under a sponsorship deal, having been called Resorts World Arena until that day. bp pulse LIVE is the correct current name, written by the venue with a lower-case 'bp pulse' and a capitalised 'LIVE'. Resorts World Arena is now only the historic name for the same building on the National Exhibition Centre campus.
Mikaela Mayer vs Chantelle Cameron is held at bp pulse LIVE, Perimeter Rd, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, on Saturday 29 August 2026. It is a 10-round super-welterweight unification bout, with Mikaela Mayer holding the WBA and WBC titles and Chantelle Cameron holding the WBO title. The arena stands on the National Exhibition Centre campus, not in Birmingham city centre.
No. bp pulse LIVE sits on the National Exhibition Centre campus at Marston Green, under the postcode B40 1NT, which is not Birmingham city centre. The arena's address is a Marston Green address, not a city-centre one, so B40 1NT is the postcode every arrangement for an event at the arena should start from, including travel and overnight rooms.