I say the words BT Convention Centre, and I imagine you're not exactly wetting your pants with…read moreexcitement. Still, this is a pretty darn impressive building, designed most thoroughly and actually one of the most eco-friendly ones you'll have the pleasure of visiting. Oh yes, this one's with the times. It's all about being green and watching your carbon footprint these days is it not, and this place has a conscience. Which is nice to know. On the waterfront of the River Mersey, you can't argue with its exceptional location and the whole BT thing is only part of it. The name stands for Arena and Convention Centre, and the Echo Arena forms part of this. It's actually one of the largest venues of its kind you'll find on these shores, and it has the utmost in technological wizardry at its forefront. Plus, that size. Well, we all find size impressive. I'm talking about BUILDINGS! If you do get the chance to catch something here, and I'm guessing that'll be a concert rather than a conference, do give it a go. It's mighty awe-inspiring and a great place to visit, plus you're still very central and the transport links are therefore rather sharp. Excellent.

Attended for a conference so was there during the day for several days. Venue staff are lovely and…read moreaccess was excellent. Food prices were quite reasonable and the food I did buy was good. But by far the cloakroom was my best experience - excellent value service and the staff were the best in the building.

This review is only for the Boot Room Cafe. I was not that hungry so I wanted to just get a beer…read more You cannot do that: you have to order food with a beer. You also cannot order a yummy hot dog...unless you are under 16 years old! We ordered chips and they were very good. My friends ordered the cheese sandwich and it came out cold. They were kind enough to heat it up so it melted a little. You also have to wait at dining tables before you can sit in another area to order food and drinks.

It is functional stadium with four different stands but no decent LED display like Santiago…read moreBernabeu or Etihad Stadium. Anfield is a cramped style venue like Stamford Bridge but this issue is not compensated for by football nostalgia !

A seriously dated stadium which has one more season in it before they move to Bramley-Moore. Would…read morehave been spot on during the seventies.

If you give birth to both Darth Vader and Han Solo, then you basically have a son who is a goodie,…read moreand a son who is a baddie. Your Goodie Son is the one I'm reviewing now. By the way you may want to re-teach him how to drive, specifically parallel parking. I'm not trying to be mean, but I can barely watch your Goodie Son Park. First-Hand Experience: It's half a mile from my fave stadium in the world. I've seen them play here against the Toffees, I've been here on about 10 other occasions, and one of my Yelp profile pix was taken at this stadium, actually. I've been to virtually every significant stadium in the UK & US, due to a lifelong obsession with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born and raised in England, I followed Oxford United (my hometown team) to many stadiums all over the country at away games, and later followed Liverpool (my fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from personal experience at these stadiums from multiple visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited these stadiums then, also. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in the UK for 3 months, I visited all of the stadiums as I travelled around the country. I have pictures of many of them which I will post in future. Also, when I'm back in the UK I plan to take more pictures, and add more stadiums too! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** This stadium needs a facelift and a revamp, in parts it's falling apart, and the team keeps talking about moving to a new stadium... but I don't care! It's one of the best stadiums in the country, it's got an intense, rabid atmosphere, it's in a poor area and still represents the common people that have been coming here for, now, centuries. Absolutely fantastic place to play and watch football. The fact that it's just across the park from Liverpool's Anfield just makes it more fun. These rivals are literally next door neighbours. The stadium can hold 40k and was built for football. It opened in 1892 and Everton have played here ever since. A FA Cup Final and several 1966 World Cup Games were held here. A World Cup Semi Final was held here. Your goodie son has really done well for himself, then. How is the baddie son doing?

Not just home to Liverpool Cricket Club, the ground lends itself to all sorts of uses for the south…read moreLiverpool community. Although small, the stately old pavillion on Aigburth Rd is an impressive ground for an amateur sporting club and hosts first class cricket for Lancashire at least a couple of times a year and on a sunny afternoon it is easy to see why cricket is the perfect summer sport. Because of its size you can also rub shoulders with some of the players should there be any of the big names playing. However, the ground is also a venue for local car boot sales and you can find out when these take place on the clubs website. I have been here a few times for family parties and wedding receptions and it makes a good venue amidst the leafy green setting and cricket pitch stretching out in front of the main hall/pavillion.

I would give 0 if I could…read more While the building is accessible, their policies are not. Do not bother if you are a wheelchair user and need reasonable adjustments. Their answer is no. I needed to take an umbrella large enough to cover myself and powered wheelchair in torrential rain (for comfort and safety due to it being electric). Their answer - no. I needed to take water so I could take medication. Their answer - no (I spent £8 on tiny cans of water so I had enough to do this). There was just ONE accessible toilet (other was out of order). The queue in the interval was full of non-disabled people who openly said they were using it so they didn't have to bother queuing for the ladies. This meant the only 2 wheelchair users at the back of the queue didn't even use the toilet until the show started again after the interval. The seats have ok viewing, but it is hugely ruined by teams of security marching past like prison guards in gangs constantly brushing past you. Very intimidating and unpleasant. When people got out their phone (even to check the time) staff hit/banged them on their heads to stop! Food - it says there will be food served. There were a couple of bars of nestle chocolate (£2.50 a bar!), and munchies, and mint aero balls. If you can't eat nestle - you can't eat anything. The whole ordeal was horrible. I tried to ring numerous times for reasonable adjustments and the phones were off. I contacted the box office via email and they were unhelpful throughout, refusing to make any reasonable adjustments and saying the security might make reasonable adjustments for your disability and safety - but they might not, and if not you will be sent away. The whole thing was AWFUL. Worse experience I have ever had at a venue. They openly breach the Equality Act and don't care at all. I tried to complain and they didn't care - and reaffirmed they don't make reasonable adjustments for disabled people (and if they do this will only be done on arrival at the securities discretion - and they might say no). 0/10.

I went here for Eurovision, and the staff were amazing. I left my phone in the arena, and started…read moreto panic because my glucose reader app was on there! Not only did they let my friend and I wait in our section after the show while they looked, but they also offered up the glucose kit in their first aid kit! Will definitely go back :)

Geri Halliwell and Indiana Jones opened this stadium while having a wild stormy affair, sounds hot,…read moreright? Well the weather up here is not at all. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - other than sleeping here (I'll get to that in a minute), I've done a little tour of the stadium on a few occasions. Warrington was always a city that I skipped, and until I saw it with my own eyes, I had no clue that this city had such a fantastic stadium. It scores 4 only because they still have difficulty filling it, and I have yet to see a full match here, but it really is a credit to the city and a fantastic facility. I was last here in 2014. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** I slept right across the street from this stadium and then visited the large superstore as well. Good times, good memories. It's a very imposing, grand, fantastic stadium for rugby, and it's just as amazing on the inside, it looks like it houses a lot more than 14k people. I would have given it a 5 if it was also for a football team, but I'm biased against Rugby ;) My concert in Warrington wasn't great, especially not the text messages I received later, but all that aside, this is an amazing stadium.

A nice new stadium, built for the wolves when they moved from Wwilderspool. The stadium provides a…read morestate of the art sporting venue and is a focal point for community activity, incorporating the Warrington Wolves Foundation learning floor and a brand new NHS walk-in centre. The Halliwell Jones Stadium sports a capacity of 14,206 through an innovative mix of seated and traditional terraced spectactor accomodation. The stadium comprises standing and seating on each side and end, offering supporters unrivaled flexibility. With a pitch size of 120m x 74m, it is designed for expansive and exciting rugby league.

Not a bad venue…read more Home of the Tranmere Rivers, Prenton Park served the match between the Lady Reds (LFC) and the Lady Devils (MAN) tonight. It was a low key affair, both sides put up a fight, but the Lady Devils triumphed despite the second half attempts of the Lady Reds. The match was good. The staff and fans were super friendly. The concessions offered burgers, dogs, soft and hot drinks during the game. They must not believe in piping hot, because the hottest I could get the coffee was warm. That said, the bathrooms were clean, and the game. Traffic in and out was tight considering this was a local and smaller game, but our group was able to mount our buses without issue at the opposite end of the stadium. Good times. We'll get 'em next time Lady Reds.

Prenton Park is where you go when you have documents that need Prenton. It's also where they filmed…read moreThe Apprenton starring Donald Trump. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - Most Liverpool fans are also to some degree Tranmere fans. I'm an enormous LFC fan so I also love Tranmere. I've been to Prenton Park 4 times in total to see games, and a few more just as a tourist. Most of my visits were when I was younger, and Tranmere were in their heyday with John Aldridge and such. The most recent trip for a match was 2007. Prenton is as loud and intense and amazing as it ever was. It's a truly fantastic lower tier ground. You can't get a much louder or more intense in the lower leagues than this, and the stadium is much bigger than you'd think, as well. It's "the team" of The Wirral really, which is sort of like if Brooklyn had its own NFL team or something. For the Americans reading. I can't wait to come back and see another game at Prenton soon. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It's a historic, electric and amazing ground in the heart of a neighborhood in Birkenhead, and it's like a mini version of Goodison or Anfield in some ways. The passion here reaches fever pitch and it's really sad to have lost this team from the league proper, and hopefully they'll be back soon. If they still had Aldridge things would be different. Of course, Tranmere Rovers play here. Two of the stands are enormous... if they ever get back up near the Prem, hopefully they can rebuild the smaller stands to match the rest and have a super-stadium. It's going to be the best stadium in the non leagues, easily. Also, Liverpool FC Reserves play here, which just makes it more amazing.

Chesthair is becoming a thing of the past, and so did the team, but the new one replaced it and is…read morerising, currently just outside the football league and coming up. Chester City, the previous team in the area, went bankrupt, and Chester FC were born in the rubble. They play in blue and white. First-Hand Experience: I saw them play at their new stadium not long after it first opened, and I've been back as a tourist a couple of times. I've also seen them play away from home and their fans away are excellent, as are the club in general. I give them a 5 star rating for that and other things I will mention in the next paragraph. I will see them again soon since it's been so long. Their stadium, the Deva, now known as Exacta, holds over 5k people but is a bit soul-less and generic. However the team is supporter-owned and that is a really wonderful thing, and for that, the team gets 5 stars. It's been winning a lot of titles and soaring up through the divisions and long may it continue. I'm a big supporter of fan owned teams. The original team, Chester City, were founded in 1885 and they are missed, but their spirit lives on in this fan-owned team. Even if the supporters do all love Chesthair, they're still cool.

This buisness is fantastic, considering we came back from a bankruptcy it seemed impossible to come…read moreback from. (Yes, we still do good Cornish Pasties!) We are now in a league called "EVO-STIK™". We're doing well, in 1st place, and the lowest place the team can get in the next game is 3rd, and even then, we'll have to lose at least 2-0, and both teams will have to win at least 2-0 (correct at time of publishing) But, the team in 4th have 3 games in hand. Even so, it'll take a miracle, for THEM to win. Discuss.

Showboat is one of many tiny gambling arcades based in and around the city centre and often…read morefrequented by pensioners. This is one of the bigger ones and has bingo machines, roulette machines, fruit machines and digital slot machines. The biggest jackpot's that you can win here are £500 on the digital machines and £70 on the fruit machines. They offer various promotional offers from time to time to entice customers to stay longer in the hope of winning free plays. It's quite dark and dingy in here and quite disheartening that these places are dotted all over the city, especially given a time of recession. That said, I suppose this offers certain groups of people a community where they can gamble at their leisure without joining a casino. They offer free hot drinks and snacks to anyone using their machines, and the staff are friendly and obliging throughout!