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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Jon Robinson

Co-op Live: Full list of investors including Harry Styles, Manchester City and Spice Girls promoter

The full list of investors in Manchester's new £365m Co-op Live arena has been revealed for the first time.

Newly-filed documents with Companies House also show the scale each party's investment in the development.

The scheme is currently being constructed by Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and is expected to be completed by December.

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The 23,500-capacity arena is being built by BAM Construct UK and is being led by a joint venture between City Football Group and Oak View Group.

Pop star Harry Styles was also announced as an investor in October 2020 but the scale of his backing has not been revealed until now.

The new documents also confirm how many shares concert promotors Simon Moran and Denis Desmond both hold in the project.

Oak View Group (OVG), which is behind a range of entertainment venues in the US, holds 7,865 shares in Co-op Live's holding company while City Football Group has the same amount.

The next largest shareholder is Harry Styles' Erekine Records, whose only other director is Emma Spring.

Erekine Records, which is the label launched by the pop star in 2016, holds 365 shares in the holding company.

The new documents also show the scale of the involvement of Simon Moran's gigs promotor which has worked with acts including Take That, Spice Girls, Foo Fighters and Stormzy.

SJM Holdings, which is the holding company of both SJM Concerts and rugby league club Warrington Wolves, has 182 shares.

It is the same total as Gaiety Investments UK, the business run by Irish concerns promotor Denis Desmond.

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