Help needed please

As someone with bad knees who was at Wembley in 2016 i can honestly say it's not very handicapped accessible. No railings on the steps. I think entrance wise it's ok. Renny i would call them now to see if there is something they can do for both of you. I wish you both well. I think venues should think more carefully about people with physical issues.

And.....just been told by ovo arena wheelchairs are not allowed in the arena unless in a designated area. Crushed!

I'll ask. They're coming back to me next week if they have any room in the disabled section. This is disastrous.

renny , as someone who unfortunately depends on disabled access I hope this gets straightened out for you. Disabled access varies wildly with venues. When I went to Roger Waters a few weeks ago evidently they didn't sell any ADA access seats. You had to ask customer service when you got in. I got there early & it worked out well. I ended up with better seats than what I bought. & a bit before then I went to 2 NIN shows in Oregon. In Portland, the ADA seating was terrible. The stage was too low & the ADA section was at the back. Could only catch glimpses of the band. The second show I went to in Bend I bought a GA seat from Stubhub. I contacted the venue & they were fantastic. The customer service manager called me (!) & told me she would take care of me. & did she ever! The ADA area was close to the stage & slightly elevated. I could see the band clearly through the whole show. The ADA parking was right outside the gate. I walked over to the gate during the last song, left as soon as it was over & was back at my hotel in 15 minutes. Fantastic venue! Again, I hope they take care of you & your wife. I totally get your dilema as there's a good chance (bad) that I'm going to be in a wheelchair soon. It's bad enough having to use a cane & I can't imagine having to deal with a wheelchair & going to shows.

Fingers crossed they can sort this out for you.
I think the insistence on the disabled section restriction is more about safety than anything else. I would imagine there are emergency exit protocols etc. they need to follow for all different venue areas.

You're absolutely right about that @notkristie . Early on when I first started using a cane the staff at the baseball stadium were the ones that suggested that I should use the ADA seats. They had visions of me falling down stairs & the ensuing lawsuit. Actually the staff at the baseball stadium are fantastic about the ADA stuff. They're willing to bend stadium rules to help out, such as allowing use of restrooms in the hoity toity section to make things easier. Relating to shows the clubs are where things get really dicey. Some are great, some basically non existent or not that great. When I got tackled at Amyl & the Sniffers where it wasn't so great. I would give anything not to have to use that seating & ADA parking. Now things are much worse & even with the help it's getting very difficult to go to shows & games. I've reduced the amount of events I go to greatly. It's getting close to the point where I basically won't be able to go at all. I'm trying to keep going as long as I can but I can clearly see an end. MRI today & results in a week & a half are going to tell a story. It's looking to be in the Stephen King realm at this point. Hopefully not but things have been worse now than they were when I had the first back surgery 4-5 years ago. I hope renny gets sorted for his Cure show.