THE ARENA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.

200 Vesey Street, 24^th Floor

New York, New York 10281

 

May 1, 2023

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Technology

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Attention:

Office of Technology

 

	Re:	The Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
		Registration Statement on Form S-3
		Filed April 13, 2023
		File No. 333-271240

 

Via EDGAR - Acceleration Request

 

Requested Date: May 3, 2023

 

Requested Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to make the above-captioned Registration Statement effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Registrant hereby authorizes Robert A. Freedman or Jennifer J. Hitchcock, both of whom are attorneys with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenwick & West LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.

 

 

	Sincerely,
	THE ARENA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Douglas B. Smith
		Douglas B. Smith
		Chief Financial Officer

 

cc:	Ross Levinsohn, Chief Executive Officer
	Julie Fenster, General Counsel
	The Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
	Robert A. Freedman, Esq.
	Jennifer J. Hitchcock, Esq.
	Fenwick & West LLP