The O2 Arena
The O2 entertainment complex, which houses the arena | |
| Full name | The O2 Arena |
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| Former names | North Greenwich Arena (during the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics) |
| Location | Greenwich, London, SE10 |
| Coordinates | 51°30′10″N 0°00′12″E / 51.5029°N 0.0032°E |
| Public transit | North Greenwich |
| Owner | Homes England |
| Operator | Ansco Arena Limited (AEG Live) Europe |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Surface | Versatile |
| Construction | |
| 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 |
| Tenants | |
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| Website | |
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The O2 Arena, commonly known 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. 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).
The arena was built under the Millennium Dome (renamed The O2), a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2.
The nearest tube station to the arena is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line.