Anything to do whilst waiting at the NEC / Genting Arena

[kennysarmy]

Next week my daughter is training it up to Birmingham from Gloucester to see Jack Whitehall at the Genting Arena in the evening.

 

There are no trains back that late so it's Dad's taxi to go do the pickup.

 

I don't know the area/layout at all so would I be able to park and wait for free or is there anything to do whilst I wait? Is there a pub anywhere near where I could watch Man Utd v St Etienne and then go do the pickup?

 

Cheers

[Disaster]

Resort World is right by it...

 

https://www.resortsworldbirmingham.co.uk/

 

 

Edit: Got a casino, get on that roulette table!!! ha

[kennysarmy]

Resort World is right by it...

 

https://www.resortsworldbirmingham.co.uk/

 

 

Edit: Got a casino, get on that roulette table!!! ha

 

uh–oh - dangerous!

[CAM]

One of the hotels near the airport (not sure if it's Travelodge or Premier Inn) show football. You can take a free monorail between the NEC station concourse and departure lounge.

 

Parking....not sure. It's near an airport so I'd expect waiting restrictions or charges everywhere. Last time I visited was for a hotel-based convention where the organisers had arranged free parking for attendees in the hotel car park.

[manc_techie]

There's a Subway and Wetherspoons in there from memory or plane-spotting

[Willott]

If you're willing to wait slightly away from there, there's a couple of pubs just up the A45 towards brum (watch out for the speed cameras), or you could head towards Solihull or Knowle for pubs to sit in. Thinking about it, I think there's a toby carvery on the A45 the other way at the next island from the motorway - stonebridge island