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The O2 Arena

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. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena.[1] 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).

This article is about the indoor arena located in London. For other uses, see O2 Arena.

Full name

The O2 Arena

North Greenwich Arena (during the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics)

Ansco Arena Limited (AEG Live) Europe

20,000[1]

Versatile

2003–2007

24 June 2007

HOK Sport Now POPULOUS [2]

M-E Engineers Ltd.[3]

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 The O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2.

2016 Pollstar International Venue of the Year

2016 Billboard Touring Awards: Top Arena

2016 The London Venue Awards: Best Music Venue

2016 The Drum UK Event Awards: Large Venue of the Year

2017 Pollstar International Venue of the Year

The O2

Millennium Dome

Live at the O² Arena

List of tennis stadiums by capacity

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Official website

(archived 9 December 2012)

London 2012 Olympics profile