Arena Racing Company

Arena Racing Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryLeisure, horse racing
PredecessorArena Leisure, Northern Racing
Founded2012
Headquarters
Millbank Tower, London, United Kingdom
Key people
David Thorpe (chairman)
OwnerDavid and Simon Reuben via Reuben Brothers
Websitearenaracingcompany.co.uk

Arena Racing Company, also called ARC Racing and Leisure Group is a UK private company, created in 2012 by the merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing.[1] It owns and operates 16 racecourses in Great Britain, accounting for 39% of British racing fixtures.[2] It also operates hotels at Wolverhampton Racecourse, Lingfield Park Racecourse and Doncaster Racecourse and golf courses at Lingfield, Southwell and Newcastle.[2] Following the purchase of Nottingham Greyhound Stadium in 2020 the company became the leading greyhound racing operator in the UK.[3] In November 2022, it was announced Arena Racing Company had acquired the Athens-headquartered omni-channel content distributor, Vermantia.[4]

  1. ^ Brooks, Charlie (25 November 2012). "The shadow behind the British Horseracing Authority's good news on prize money". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Arena Leisure Company". Arena Leisure Company. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ "PRESS RELEASE – ARC CONFIRMS ACQUISITION OF NOTTINGHAM GREYHOUND STADIUM". Greyhound Star. 21 February 2020.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Robert (22 November 2022). "Arena Racing Company finalises acquisition of Vermantia". iGB. Retrieved 22 November 2022.