Competition T&C's

Competition T&C's

Manchester Arena Competition Rules

Please take a few moments to read through these Competition Rules ("Rules").

1. By entering and participating in any Manchester Arena contest or competition ("Competition") all entrants to are bound by and agree to participate in the Competition in accordance with these Rules. All entry instructions form part of these Rules. If you do not agree to these Rules, please do not enter the Competition.

2. We reserve the right to cancel or modify any Competition or these Rules at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective once posted on this site. A copy of the Rules may also be obtained by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope addressed to: Competition Rules, Manchester Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3 1AR.

3. Our decisions on all matters relating to any Competition including disputes and results will be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.

4. Competitions may be organised and operated by SMG (UK) Ltd and/or any of its sponsor(s).

Entry to Competitions

5. All entrants to any Competition must be resident in the U.K. Multiple entries to a Competition are allowed. No purchase is necessary to enter a Competition. We may disqualify any entrant if we have reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of these Rules.
6. No employees (including family members) of SMG (UK) Ltd, any connected or group company or any company involved in the Competition, are eligible to enter the Competition. We reserve the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants.
7. Competitions may have their own requirements as to eligibility. Age restrictions may apply to Competitions. You may be asked to provide written proof of age.
8. By entering any Competition, you represent and warrant to us that information submitted by you is truthful and accurate.
9. By entering any Competition you represent and warrant to us that you have legal capacity to enter the Competition or that you have parental consent to your entry of the Competition.
10. Competition entries are free unless otherwise specified and will be accepted by entry online at http://www.mcr-arena.com or via our Wi-Fi portal available within the venue. 
11. Where entry to a Competition involves using a premium rate text number, calls will normally cost a premium charge as specified plus the standard rate for you mobile network provider. You should check with your service provider for details. Cost of calls from different mobile phone service providers may vary.
12. We can accept no responsibility for, and reserve the right to refuse, entries which are corrupt, incomplete, lost or damaged or fail to arrive by the closing date.

Prizes

13. Winners will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours. Only one prize per entrant will be awarded. 
14. Please note, the closing date for the JD Sports win-a-pair-of-trainers competition is at the end of each calendar month. Winners will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours. Only one prize per entrant will be awarded. Claims for prizes must be made by e-mail to event.marketing@smg-europe.com within 24 hours of receiving notification.
15. Closing dates and draw dates for Competitions shall be as specified. Prizes are allocated randomly from correct entries received unless stated otherwise for the particular Competition. Prizes are as specified on the Competition pages.
Winners of Competitions will be notified by e-mail or text. If we are unable to contact you we may select an alternate winner.
16. Failure to claim a prize within 7 days (or as specified) of notification may result in disqualification.
17. Prizes are not transferable and there is no cash alternative. We may exchange any prize for one of the same or greater value.
18. Prizes will be delivered to winners via the postal service or may be collected from Manchester Arena box office. We do not accept any liability for prizes which are lost, delayed or damaged in the post or otherwise not received.
19. Prizes may be for events and we will not replace a prize if the event has been is cancelled or postponed.
20. You may not commit SMG (UK) Limited to any expense or other obligation unless approved by us in writing.
21. In the event of disqualification of a winner for any reason, we may decide in our sole discretion to select another winner. In this event, a further entrant will be selected on the same criteria and subject to these Rules. A list of winners for a Competition can be obtained by writing to us at Manchester Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3 1AR, naming the competition and including a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Intellectual Property Rights and Data Protection

22. All rights of whatever nature in any Competition and Competition entries vest exclusively in SMG (UK) Ltd and/or its sponsor(s).  
23. Any and all information that you submit must not infringe the intellectual property rights or any rights to privacy or other rights of any third party. Entries must not contain anything, which is libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, harassing or threatening.
24. You may be requested to take part in promotional activity and we reserve the right to use the names of winners, including their images, photographs and other media recordings in publicity materials in any media (including on our websites and those of any competition partners) anywhere in the world.
25. Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Liability

26. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials relating to the Competition.
27  SMG (UK) Ltd shall have no liability whatsoever in respect to competitions operated on behalf of third parties, e.g. any of our sponsors.

General

These Rules, any materials relating to any specific Competition, our General Terms of Use and Privacy Policy contain all the terms applicable to the Competition.
29 he Competition and these Rules will be governed by English law and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Contacting us

You can contact us in relation to any Competition by writing to Competitions, Manchester Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3 1AR.