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John Charles Centre for Sport is a major multi-purpose sports and hospitality complex located on Middleton Grove in south Leeds. The centre combines extensive sporting facilities with a range of hospitality and meeting spaces, making it considerably more versatile than a conventional conference venue. The complex includes the South Leeds Stadium, aquatics centre, tennis centre, indoor athletics facilities, indoor bowls and multiple outdoor sporting areas. Its hospitality offering is particularly suitable for business and social events. The Parkside Suite can accommodate up to 180 delegates theatre-style or 150 for dinner, while the Grandstand Suite can accommodate up to 100 theatre-style or 70 for dinner. Both have fully fitted bars and views across the main pitch and athletics facilities. For smaller meetings, the Denison Suite accommodates up to 50 theatre-style or 20 boardroom, while the Bowls, Tennis and Lecture meeting rooms provide smaller spaces for groups of approximately 8–25. The centre also promotes team away-days, where meeting facilities can be combined with sporting and team-building activities. Its Dug Out Bar can be used for post-match drinks, buffets, small parties and presentation events. For large-scale events, venue directories report capacity reaching 2,400 reception and 1,500 theatre, although these figures relate to the wider event/sports facilities rather than a single conference room.
Parkside Suite is a large, flexible hospitality and event space overlooking the main sports pitch and athletics facilities. It can host conferences, dinners, exhibitions, weddings, auctions and corporate functions. Its dedicated bar and room for a dance floor make it particularly suitable for larger social and corporate events.
The Grandstand Suite is a flexible hospitality space with views over the stadium and athletics facilities. It works well for conferences, dinners, receptions and corporate events. Its connection with the Parkside Suite allows the two spaces to operate together for larger functions or separately as a breakout or buffet area.
Denison Suite is a bright and flexible meeting room within the Aquatics Centre. It is designed for conferences, presentations, training and corporate meetings and includes an integrated projector and speaker system. Its ability to divide into two smaller rooms makes it useful for breakout sessions or simultaneous small-group meetings.
The Bowls Meeting Room is one of the centre's smaller meeting facilities, designed for intimate business discussions, interviews, consultations and small team meetings. Its compact size makes it appropriate for groups requiring a private meeting environment rather than a large presentation or conference setting.
The Tennis Meeting Room is a small business meeting space within the wider tennis facilities. It is appropriate for small team meetings, interviews, planning sessions and discussions. Its size makes it best suited to intimate groups rather than large conferences or presentations.
The Lecture Meeting Room provides a slightly larger small-group setting for meetings, presentations, training and discussions. With capacity for approximately 25 people in boardroom configuration, it fills the gap between the centre's intimate rooms and its larger Denison, Grandstand and Parkside suites.
The Dug Out Bar is a casual hospitality space designed for informal events and social gatherings. It can be used for post-match refreshments, after-work drinks, small parties, presentation evenings, race nights and buffet functions. It provides a less formal alternative to the centre's conference and hospitality suites.
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