Wembley Arena
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indoor arena adjacent to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London
Key facts
- Former names
- Empire Pool (1934–1978) Wembley Arena (1978–2014) SSE Arena Wembley (2014–2022)
- Location
- Arena Square, Engineers Way, Wembley Park, Wembley , HA9 0AA
- Owner
- Quintain
- Operator
- Anschutz Entertainment Group / ASM Global
- Capacity
- 12,500
- Public transit
- Wembley Park Wembley Stadium Wembley Central
- Official name
- Wembley Arena (formerly The Empire Pool)
- Designated
- 9 October 1976
- Groundbreaking
- November 1933
- Opened
- 25 July 1934 ( 1934-07-25 )
- Renovated
- 2005–2006
- Reopened
- 2 April 2006
- Architect
- Arthur Elvin Sir Owen Williams (engineer)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Brent
- Operator
- Anschutz Entertainment Group
- Sport
- badminton
- Official website
- www.ovoarena.co.uk
- Image
- Wembley Arena.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- TQ1914285752
- social media followers
- 33373
- Commons category
- Wembley Arena
- maximum capacity
- 12500
- date of official opening
- 1934-07-25
- historic county
- Middlesex
- different from
- Wembley Stadium
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Encyclopedic overview
Wembley Arena (/ˈwɛmbli/) (originally the Empire Pool, currently known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, Greater London, England. The 12,500-seat facility is Greater London's second-largest indoor arena after the O2 Arena, and the ninth-largest in the United Kingdom.
The Empire Pool (also known as Empire Pool and Sports Arena) was built for the 1934 British Empire Games by Arthur Elvin. As its original name suggested, it was where the games' swimming events were held. The pool was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics. The modern arena is now used as a venue for music, comedy, family entertainment and sport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wembley Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.