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Also known as North Greenwich Arena, O2 Arena, The O2

indoor arena in the O2, London

Key facts

Full name
The O2 Arena
Former names
North Greenwich Arena (during the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics )
Location
Greenwich , London , SE10
Owner
Homes England
Operator
Ansco Arena Limited ( AEG Live ) Europe
Capacity
20,000
Surface
Versatile
Public transit
North Greenwich
Built
2003–2007
Opened
24 June 2007
Architect
HOK Sport (now Populous)
Structural engineer
Buro Happold
Services engineer
M-E Engineers Ltd.
General contractor
Sir Robert McAlpine

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
stadium
Named after
O2
Sport
tennis
Official website
www.theo2.co.uk
Image
O2 Arena.jpg
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architect
Populous
native label
The O2 Arena
Commons category
The O2 Arena
maximum capacity
20000
structural engineer
Buro Happold Engineering
date of official opening
2007-06-24
different from
O₂ arena
social media followers
160066
inception
2007-06-24
associated electoral district
Greenwich and Woolwich
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Encyclopedic overview

The O2 Arena, locally referred to as the O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London, England. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the third-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind Co-op Live and Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena.

The arena and broader complex were built within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building intended for an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium. As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a height of 52 metres (57 yards). It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2. The nearest tube station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The O2 Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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