St Helens rugby league ground is one of ten new vaccination centres opening its doors today in what is being described as "the biggest immunisation programme in health service history."
The Totally Wicked Stadium joins a racecourse, food court and cathedral among the new vaccine hubs, capable of jabbing thousands of people a week.
It means there are now 17 vaccination centres offering people an alternative to GP-led and hospital services, with more to be announced.
The NHS said it had delivered more than 3.79 million jabs so far, including vaccinating more than one in three people aged 80 and over.
A total of around 1,200 hospitals and GP-led services are already in operation, it added.
Last week, the NHS in England vaccinated 140 people every minute, it claimed.
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s medical director, said: “The NHS vaccination programme has got off to a strong start with our hard-working staff delivering more than three million vaccinations while also dealing with the latest wave of coronavirus infections.
“This is accelerating as more vaccine supplies come on stream with more sites opening all the time so that we can protect as many people as swiftly as possible.
“The rapid progress we have already made is testament to NHS staff who are pulling out all the stops to vaccinate the most vulnerable while caring for so many people who are seriously ill with Covid.
“In the most challenging of circumstances we are seeing the very best of the NHS.”
Joining the St Helens stadium as new large-scale vaccination sites are Bournemouth International Centre, Taunton Racecourse, Blackburn Cathedral, Salt Hill Activity Centre in Slough and Norwich Foodcourt.
The Lodge in Wickford, Princess Royal Sports Arena in Lincolnshire, park and ride at Askham Bar, York and the Olympic Office Centre in Wembley.
More than a million letters have gone out to people aged 80 and over inviting them to make an appointment at a vaccination Centre or pharmacy service.
Appointments are staggered to allow for social distancing and people are urged not to turn up early to avoid queues.
The new vaccine centres will each be capable of delivering thousands of jabs each week but scaling up and down according to vaccine supplies and demand.
Maggie Keenan became the first person in the world to be protected against coronavirus outside of a clinical trial when she received the Pfizer vaccine at Coventry Hospital December 8.
The NHS was also the first health system to deliver the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine when Brian Pinker, 82, was jabbed earlier this month.
