O2 Arena

<p><b>The O2 Arena</b> is a multi-purpose indoor <a href="/pages/w/105986246098810">arena</a> located in the centre of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O2_" class="wikipedia">The O2</a>, a large entertainment complex on the <a href="/pages/w/108257109198764">Greenwich Peninsula</a> in London. It is named after its main sponsor, the telecommunications company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_" class="wikipedia">O2</a>. The O2 Arena has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the UK, behind the <a href="/pages/w/327678183932640">Manchester Arena</a>, but took the crown of the world's busiest music arena from the Manchester Arena, a title which it had held since 2001. The closest underground station to the venue is the <a href="/pages/w/138832246134986">North Greenwich station</a> on the <a href="/pages/w/106556469381063">Jubilee line</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p>Following the closure of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Experience" class="wikipedia">Millennium Experience</a> at the end of 2000, the <a href="/pages/w/107218972646950">Millennium Dome</a> was leased to Meridian Delta Ltd. in 2001, for redevelopment as an entertainment complex. This included plans for an indoor arena.</p><p>Construction of the arena started in 2003 and finished in 2007. After the interior of the dome had been largely cleared and before building work inside began, in December 2004, the dome was used as the main venue for the annual Crisis Open Christmas organised by the London-based homelessness charity <a href="/pages/w/138435152853307">Crisis</a>.</p><p>Owing to the impossibility of using cranes inside the dome structure, the arena's roof was constructed on the ground within the dome and then lifted. The arena building's structure was then built around the roof. The arena building, which houses the arena and the arena concourse, is independent from all other buildings in the O2 and houses all the arena's facilities. The arena building itself takes up 40% of the total dome structure.</p>

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O2 Arena

Chelmsford
United Kingdom
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http://www.theo2.co.uk/

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O2 Arena is Chelmsford based place and this enity listed in Concert Venue category.

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