Emirates Arena

Catching a Glasgow Rocks basketball game at the Emirates is a great experience. Family-​friendly, state of the art facilities and conveniently located next to two train stations on the lower level line.
The atmosphere during the Rocks games is amazing too! So loud! The food isn’t great — bog standard nachos and hot dogs but it does the job I suppose.
At £10 for an adult ticket (kids & family discounts available), it’s a great way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon.

This has to be the worst gym I have ever visited. Impressive building from the outside and I’m sure they haven’t cut costs on the sports halls or velodrome. However, the gym is appalling. Small, lacks a ton of equipment and is filled with (near) useless machines. You would think that such a venue would house a world class gym. Sadly it is quite the opposite.
Disappointment/​5

Great gym at a world class venue. also worth knowing about is the refresh spa which is well worth a visit.

I go to the Emirates on a Monday to do a shabam class (dance fitness class) the arena is on the other side of the city from where I live but the teacher who takes the class is crazy and total keeps you going.
The centre is big spacious and modern. Lots of changing rooms and plenty of access for disabled people.
I was also lucky enough to get tickets to the velodrome during the commonwealth games (where we saw sir Chris Hoy, I couldn’t take my eyes of his thighs) I was warned before going about the extreme temperatures and wore light clothing and took a fan, which was much needed. It was an amazing experience, I didn’t have a clue of the rules but it was exhilarating to watch and believe me the New Zealand team in lycra was an added treat. Would highly recommend.

My boyfriend is a huge basketball fan, so it only seemed natural to buy us tickets to see The Rocks play. Even more, we were just in Manchester, so how perfect was it that we saw The Rocks play the Manchester Giants? So perfect.
Emirates Arena is pretty massive. As we walked up to the building, you realise how huge it is when you see that Glasgow Gym has a location located in the building. Not only that, but the Velodrome is also housed in the Emirates Arena, and it so happened that a high school athletics competition was going on in the Velodrome portion of the Arena last night when we were there. We were a bit early, so we were able to check out the competition a bit.
For as huge as it is, the Emirates Arena is pretty clean, aside from the lack of toilet paper in the womans toilet, everything else seemed to be pretty clean for how many people were there.
There is a consession area where we were able to buy drinks during half time. We were pretty hungry, but didn’t buy in to the overpriced hot dogs or nachos (although the only reason we didn’t, is because we had plans for dinner after). If waiting in line for food isn’t your thing, there are loads of vending machines all around the Arena stocked full of crisps and sweets, juice and water!
We had pretty perfect seats. Mid Court, half way up. Not sure if that makes sense, but I was pretty pleased with my choice having no idea how to choose seats or how far away we’d be. The seating was a bit of a tight squeeze with everyone’s winter coats about, but no worries, everyone was having a blast, and the buzz kept everyone going.
We’re going to come back for some cycling events, which should be pretty awesome! This place is pretty neat!

Wonderful building with a Gym, Sports Halls, Refresh SPA and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Great for events such as Glasgow Rocks or Velodrome.
There is also a Nextbike Station so it is handy to get to or from if you are a member of the scheme.

How has no one reviewed this yet?! So I’ve been to Emirates a few time now and seen the basketball twice (Go Rocks) as well as cycling at the velodrome. I know there’s more to Emirates than that, but I feel like I’ve properly experienced sporting events here and the arena. And wow, it is amazing.
It’s new, shiny, clean and pretty industrial looking but without an unpleasant cold feeling to it. The events I’ve been to here are well organised, there are always lots of staff around who are friendly and helpful.
On our most recent visit we got a Clyde souvenir for my nephew back in Australia from the gift shop, the guy working there was really friendly and had good chat. I didn’t even mind that they don’t have card facilities here yet (it’s been open at least 6 months) so you get your card put through the old-​school manual machines. It made me laugh to be honest, I did feel sorry for him though as he seemed a bit embarrassed.
The velodrome has great seating and is a brilliant place to watch cycling — a sport I previously had no interest in whatsoever, but we thought we’d head along to check it out. The basketball is also really good and has great facilities for disabled seating, you still get a really great view even though you’re at the back on the top level.
The food and drink is reasonably priced too, not like most other sporting events you go to. I can’t wait for the Commonwealth Games and will be vying for tickets to as many events as possible, especially here at the Emirates.
I noticed when we were leaving the cycling that they had buses to take people back into town. I have no idea if these are free, but they must be quite handy as Emirates could be difficult to get to otherwise (unless by car).
Looking at the website, there is also a Glasgow Life gym here and a spa. It pretty much has everything … apart from card facilities and a cash machine!