Swansea Arena
Arena Abertawe | |
| Address | Oystermouth Road, Swansea, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°36′58″N 3°56′33″W / 51.6160°N 3.9424°W |
| Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Owner | City and County of Swansea Council |
| Operator | ATG Entertainment |
| Capacity | 3,500 (concerts) 2,196 (theatre) 788 (conference) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 2019 |
| Opened | 3 March 2022 |
| Years active | 2022–present |
| Construction cost | £48 million |
| Architect | ACME |
| Project manager | Padstone |
| Structural engineer | Curtins |
| Main contractors | Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd |
| Website | |
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Swansea Arena (Welsh: Arena Abertawe), called Swansea Building Society Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that can hold up to 3,500 people located in Swansea, Wales. Part of a £135 million regeneration project, construction began in 2019 and the venue opened in March 2022. The arena has a gold-coloured facade and features a wraparound display made of 93,000 LEDs, making it the largest digital facade in the United Kingdom.
Phase one of the wider Copr Bay project also included a new gold-painted footbridge over Oystermouth Road which links the arena site to a new apartment complex and the city centre, an adjacent coastal-themed public park with a pavilion-style cafe restaurant and multi-storey car park underneath it, retail units on Cupid Way and a proposed hotel with a rooftop bar sited between the arena and LC, Swansea leisure centre.