Arena Leisure Plc 

Arena Leisure Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (ARE) under the sector Travel & Leisure and sub sector recreational services.  since June 1997.

Arena Leisure Share Price

Arena Leisure is the Uk's largest racecourse operator with over 25% share of the UK racing fixtures, Arena owns the following UK racecourses, Doncaster, Folkestone, Lingfield Park, Royal Windsor, Southwell, Wolverhampton, and Worcester.
It is also a major shareholder in At The Races the award winning horseracing broadcaster and can be found on Sky Digital, NTL home channel and Telewest
It also has online operations with Attheraces.com with live UK Ireland and USA horseracing.

Arena Leisure Plc Company Announcements
6th March 2008
Announced results to year end 31st December 2007, Revenue increased by 28.0% to £57.9m (2006 £45.3m), Profit before interest and tax increased by 6.9% to £6.0m (2006 £5.6m), Earnings per share increased by 1.2% to 1.63p (2006 1.61p), Final dividend of 0.30p per share, 347 fixtures held in the year (2006 353), representing 26% of all UK fixtures. Arena was unable to stage 19 scheduled fixtures (2006  4). Successful creation of an 'in-house' catering business to direct, manage and operate all catering activities across Arena's racecourses.
9th January 2008.
In a trading statement announce that performance during this period has been in line with market expectations.  Also announces an increase in its racecourse portfolio through the signing of an initial one-year contract  at the brand new Great Leighs Racecourse at Chelmsford in Essex
14th September 2007
Arena is pleased to announce that the 2007 St Leger Festival has commenced as planned following the 20 month redevelopment programme that encompassed a £34 million investment in Doncaster Racecourse.
7th September 2007
Announced it has received planning permission to create Britain's first 'racino' at Wolverhampton racecourse. Wolverhampton City Council has received confirmation from the Government Office for the West Midlands that the planning application for the redevelopment of the racecourse will not be called-in for determination by the Secretary of State.As a consequence, planning permission has now been secured, subject to finalising legal agreements with the council has received confirmation from the government offices 
1st August 2007
Announced Interims to 30th June 2007 Turnover £25.3m (2006 £21.9m), Profit before tax of £2.3m (2006 £2.2m), Earnings per share of 0.65 pence (2006 0.60 pence), Dividend of 0.25 pence per share (2006: 0.25 pence per share).

14th March 2007  Arena Leisure Plc announce that Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has granted detailed planning permission for a combined hotel and residential development at Doncaster Racecourse. The development will incorporate a 120-bedroom four-star hotel , The  cost of the development is estimated at around £17.5 million which, after the sale of the residential apartments, is expected to result in a net cost of around £10.5 million. The operator of the new hotel is Millennium & Copthorne.