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'{{Short description|Multi-purpose indoor arena inside the O2 complex, London, England}} {{About|the indoor arena located in London||O2 Arena (disambiguation){{!}}O2 Arena}} {{Use British English|date=May 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox venue | stadium_name = 324020340240820423940234023984092840298403298402984029384029384092384092840932092840923409842340 | nickname = england oxygen | logo_image = [[File:The O2 Arena (London) logo.svg|180px]] | image = [[File:O2 Arena.jpg|250px]] | caption = The O2 Arena, view from S W India Dock Entrance, January 2013 | fullname = The O2 Arena | location = [[Greenwich Peninsula]]<br />[[London]], [[SE postcode area|SE10]] | coordinates = {{coord|51.5029|N|0.0032|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = United Kingdom London Greenwich | broke_ground = | built = 2003–2007 | opened = 24 June 2007 | renovated = | expanded = | owner = [[Homes and Communities Agency]] | operator = Ansco Arena Limited ([[AEG Live]]) Europe | capacity = 20,000<ref name="telegraph2008" /> | surface = Versatile | former_names = North Greenwich Arena (during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Paralympic Games|Paralympics]]) | architect = [[Populous (company)|HOK Sport]] Now POPULOUS <ref name="architect">{{cite web|title=Transforming a tent into the World's favourite venue|url=https://populous.com/project/the-o2-london/|website=Populous|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref><!-- Please do not remove the HOK Sport name for Populous-designed projects from the company's 2009 renaming --> | structural engineer = [[Buro Happold]] | services engineer = M-E Engineers Ltd.<ref>[http://www.me-engineers.com/arenas.htm# O2 Arena – ME Engineers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124040655/http://www.me-engineers.com/arenas.htm |date=24 November 2017 }}</ref> | general_contractor = [[Sir Robert McAlpine]] | project_manager = | main_contractors = | tenants = {{ubl|[[2012 Summer Olympics]] (2012)|[[2012 Summer Paralympics]] (2012)|[[ATP Finals]] (2009–2020)}} | dimensions = | website = {{URL|theo2.co.uk}} | publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|North Greenwich}} }} '''The O2 Arena''', commonly known as '''the O2''' (stylised as '''The O₂ arena'''), is a multi-purpose indoor [[arena]] in the centre of [[the O2]] entertainment complex 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.<ref name="telegraph2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/2788214/The-lemon-Dome-that-was-transformed-into-O2s-concert-crown.html |title=The Lemon Dome That Was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown |last=White |first=Dominic |date=15 April 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> The arena was built under the [[Millennium Dome]], 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 O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company [[O2 (UK)|O2]], a subsidiary of [[Virgin Media O2]]. ==History== Following the closure of the [[Millennium Experience]] at the end of 2000, the [[Millennium Dome]] was leased to Meridian Delta Ltd. in December 2001, for redevelopment as an entertainment complex. This included plans for an indoor arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1717280.stm|title=New life for Millennium Dome|publisher=BBC News|date=18 December 2001|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> 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 [[Crisis (charity)|Crisis]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4129855.stm | publisher = BBC News | title=Dome sleeps 700 over festive week | date=28 December 2004 | access-date=27 January 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="architect" /> 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. The seating arrangement throughout the whole arena can be modified, similar to the [[Manchester Arena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiencesystems.net/admin/presscentre/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=15 |title=wins contract at O2 Arena |publisher=Audience Systems |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> The ground surface can also be changed between ice rink, basketball court, exhibition space, conference venue, private hire venue and concert venue. The arena was designed to reduce echoing, a common problem among London music venues.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6225452.stm | publisher = BBC News | title=Dome's hi-tech refit for The O2 | date=21 June 2007 | access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref> [[File:Damage to The O2 Arena's tent caused by Storm Eunice.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Damage caused to the tent of the O2 Arena by Storm Eunice]] On 18 February 2022 during [[Storm Eunice]], large sections of the arena's fabric roof were shredded, causing the evacuation of 1,000 people, and the venue to close.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Halliday |first1=Josh |last2=Morris |first2=Steven |last3=Rodrigues |first3=Jason |last4=Greenfield |first4=Patrick |title=Storm Eunice live: winds of up to 122mph as millions urged to stay inside after Met Office red weather warning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/feb/18/storm-eunice-london-added-to-red-weather-warning-as-met-office-urges-millions-to-stay-indoors-live-news-updates |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=18 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Hubbard |first=Ben |author-link= |user=BJFHubbard |number=1494660067848773632|date=18 February 2022 |title=Dome update - six panels shredded and counting ! |access-date=18 February 2022}} (includes video footage)</ref> It was later announced that repair works would take place and that the arena was likely to reopen on 25 February 2022, for a UB40 concert.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60462291 |title=Storm Eunice: O2 arena remains closed due to damaged roof |date=21 February 2022 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> ==Events== {{Main|List of events at the O2 Arena}} [[File:The O2 Arena, Prince.jpg|left|thumb|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s stage for his sold-out performance of 2007]] In August 2007, rock star Prince began a series of 21 sold-out nights at the O2 Arena.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prince at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/prince-at-the-o2-1408965 |website=NME |access-date=23 March 2021 |date=16 October 2008 |quote=Caption, pic 2: Prince on his way to an aftershow party following one of his 21 sold-out nights at the O2.}}</ref> The record-breaking run featured many of his hits while the set list changed every night so no two shows would be the same.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thorne |first=Matt |title=Prince makes history with O2 shows |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3668073/Prince-makes-history-with-O2-shows.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 March 2021 |date=22 September 2007}}</ref> Beginning in July 2009, [[Michael Jackson]] was scheduled to hold a 50-show [[Concert residency|residency]] at the arena, titled [[This Is It (concert residency)|This Is It]].<ref name="Rolling Stone 50 dates, 1 million tickets">{{cite magazine |first=Daniel|last=Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/michael-jacksons-this-is-it-tour-balloons-to-50-show-run-stretching-into-2010-80233/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313050408/http://www.rollingstone.com//rockdaily//index.php//2009//03//12//michael-jacksons-this-is-it-tour-balloons-to-50-show-run-stretching-into-2010// |archive-date=13 March 2009 |title=Michael Jackson's 'This Is It!' Tour Balloons to 50-Show Run Stretching Into 2010 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7941221.stm|title=Michael Jackson tickets sell out |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=18 August 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, [[Death of Michael Jackson|he died]] on 25 June, eighteen days before the first scheduled show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sherwin |first=Adam |title=O2 arena counts cost as curtain closes on the greatest show of all |url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/o2-arena-counts-cost-as-curtain-closes-on-the-greatest-show-of-all-fhfn8vnmgr3 |newspaper=The Times |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> [[File:ATP World Tour Final Tennis at The 02 Arena London.jpg|thumb|O2 Arena hosting a tennis match at the [[ATP World Tour Finals]]]] The arena hosted the [[ATP World Tour Finals]] between 2009 and 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/48036923 |title=ATP Finals moving from London to Turin from 2021 to 2025 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=24 April 2019 |access-date=16 February 2022 }}</ref> During the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]], the venue was referred as the '''North Greenwich Arena''' due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/O2-Arena-forced-Olympic-rebrand-following-sponsor-clash/941349|title=O2 Arena forced into Olympic rebrand following sponsor clash |last=Quilter |first=James |date=7 December 2021 |work=Campaign}}</ref> Since March 2013, the arena has hosted [[C2C: Country to Country]], Europe's largest [[country music]] festival, which annually attracts over 20,000 fans. UK and Irish acts, as well as up-and-coming American acts, perform sets several times across various pop-up stages in and around the arena, with the main stage accessible only to ticket-holders. The seventh C2C was held on 8–10 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gage |first=Jeff |date=2019-01-28 |title=Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban to Headline 2019 C2C Festival |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/c2c-festival-lineup-chris-stapleton-keith-urban-785513/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ariana Grande]] was scheduled to perform on 25 and 26 May 2017 as part of her [[Dangerous Woman Tour]], but the event was cancelled after the [[Manchester Arena bombing]] on 22 May. The event was not rescheduled. Grande, however, held five concerts at the arena for her [[Sweetener World Tour]] on 17, 19, and 20 August 2019 as well as 15 and 16 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Phull |first=Hardeep |date=2019-12-23 |title=Ariana Grande Closes Sweetener World Tour in Los Angeles With Tears and Hits Aplenty |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/last-show-ariana-grande-sweetener-tour-recap/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> On 30 November 2019, [[JoJo Siwa]] became the youngest person to perform in the O2 Arena at the age of 16, as part of her [[D.R.E.A.M. The Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-06 |title=JoJo Siwa Becomes Youngest Artist To Perform at London's O2 Arena |url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2019/11/jojo-siwa-becomes-youngest-artist-o2-arena/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=TicketNews |language=en-US}}</ref> On 14 May 2022, [[Little Mix]] held their The Last Show (For Now) in the O2, which was their last show before their indefinite hiatus. Along with performing there live to 20,000 they also livestreamed the show live to millions for those who could not attend [[The Confetti Tour]]. On 15 October 2022, the O2 hosted a boxing match between [[Claressa Shields]] and [[Savannah Marshall]] that was the first time two female boxers headlined at a major venue in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claressa Shields beats Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision in undisputed middleweight title fight |url=https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12720944/shields-reigns-supreme-over-marshall-in-epic-undisputed-clash |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sensational Shields beats Marshall in epic |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/63273495 |access-date=2022-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/14/claressa-shields-and-savannah-marshall-lead-historic-night-of-uk-womens-boxing|title=Shields and Marshall lead historic night of UK women’s boxing|date=14 October 2022|website=the Guardian}}</ref> Shields won, and the fight headlined the first all-female boxing card in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-10-15/savannah-marshall-loses-grudge-match-against-claressa-shields-in-close-battle|title=Savannah Marshall loses grudge match against Claressa Shields in fierce battle|date=16 October 2022|website=ITV News}}</ref> ==Ticket sales records== Despite being open for only 200 days per year (the equivalent of seven months), the venue sold over 1.2&nbsp;million tickets in 2007, making it the third most popular venue in the world for concerts and family shows, narrowly behind the [[Manchester Arena]] (1.25&nbsp;million) and [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City (1.23&nbsp;million). As of 2021, the O2 Arena was still the busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pollstar.com/News/2017-year-end-special-features-top-tours-promoters-venues-grosses-134154 |title=2017 Year End Special Features: Top Tours, Promoters, Venues, Grosses |date=1 May 2018 |website=[[Pollstar]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |+ World's busiest arenas, 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pollstar.com/Chart/2018/01/2017YearEndWorldwideTicketSalesTop200ArenaVenues_628.pdf|title=Top 200 Arena Venues 2017|date=31 December 2017 |website=[[Pollstar]]}}</ref> |- !scope="col"| Venue !scope="col"| Number of tickets sold |- !scope="row"| The O2 Arena, London, England, UK |1,443,232 |- !scope="row"| [[Madison Square Garden]], New York City, New York, US |1,167,544 |- !scope="row"| [[Manchester Arena]], Manchester, England, UK |1,072,079 |- !scope="row"| [[OVO Hydro]]<!--Don't change to SSE Hydro-->, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |1,028,934 |- !scope="row"| [[Barclays Center]], Brooklyn, New York, US |936,794 |- !scope="row"| [[Lanxess Arena]], Cologne, Germany |931,394 |- !scope="row"| [[Arena Monterrey]], Monterrey, Mexico |906,290 |- !scope="row"| [[Mexico City Arena]], Mexico City, Mexico |881,665 |- !scope="row"| [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum]], Inglewood, California, US |790,728 |- !scope="row"| [[Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid|WiZink Center]], Madrid, Spain |784,699 |} ==Prizes and awards== *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 ==See also== *[[The O2]] *[[Millennium Dome]] *[[Live at the O2 Arena]] *[[List of tennis stadiums by capacity]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|The O2 Arena}} * {{Official website}} * [https://archive.today/20121209051745/http://www.london2012.com/venue/north-greenwich-arena/ London 2012 Olympics profile] {{S-start|header={{S-sta|et}}}} {{Succession box| title=[[ATP Finals|ATP Year-end Championships]]<br>Venue| before=[[Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena]] <br>Shanghai | after=[[Pala Alpitour]] <br>Turin| years=2009–2020 }} {{succession box | title=[[Euroleague]]<br>[[Euroleague Final Four|Final Four]]<br>Venue| before=[[Sinan Erdem Dome]]<br>Istanbul | after=[[Mediolanum Forum]]<br>Milan | years='''[[2012–13 Euroleague|2013]]''' }} {{end}} {{Navboxes|list1= {{O2 Venues}} {{navboxes |title= Olympic venues |bg = |fg = |bordercolor = |list1 = {{2012 Summer Olympics venues}} {{2012 Summer Paralympics venues}} {{Olympic venues basketball}} {{Olympic venues gymnastics}} }} {{EAA members}} {{Indoor arenas UK}} {{London landmarks}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:O2 Arena}} [[Category:O2 (UK)|Arena]] [[Category:Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic basketball venues]] [[Category:Olympic gymnastics venues]] [[Category:2012 Summer Paralympic venues]] [[Category:Boxing venues in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Basketball venues in England]] [[Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in England]] [[Category:Indoor arenas in London]] [[Category:Sports venues in London]] [[Category:Tennis venues in London]] [[Category:2007 establishments in England]] [[Category:Sports venues completed in 2007]] [[Category:Music venues completed in 2007]] [[Category:Music venues in London]] [[Category:Sport in the Royal Borough of Greenwich]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in the Royal Borough of Greenwich]] [[Category:Netball venues in England]]'