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The O2 Arena

Indoor arena in London, England

Field	Value
name	The O2 Arena
logo_image	[[File:The O2 Arena (London) logo.svg	180px]]
image	[[File:BRIT Awards 2020 Red Carpet.jpg	250px]]
caption	Entrance to the arena in 2020
fullname	The O2 Arena
location	Greenwich, London, SE10
coordinates
pushpin_map	United Kingdom London Greenwich
built	2003–2007
opened	24 June 2007
owner	Homes England
operator	Ansco Arena Limited (AEG Live) Europe
capacity	20,000
surface	Versatile
former_names	North Greenwich Arena (during the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics)
architect	HOK Sport Now POPULOUS
structural_engineer	Buro Happold
services_engineer	M-E Engineers Ltd.
general_contractor	Sir Robert McAlpine
tenants
website
public_transit

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the indoor arena located in London

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.

The arena and broader complex were built within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building intended for an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium. 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). It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2. The nearest tube station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line.

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.

Construction of the arena started in 2003, and finished in 2007. In December 2004, after the interior of the dome had been largely cleared and before building work inside began, the dome was used as the main venue for the annual Crisis Open Christmas organised by the London-based homelessness charity Crisis.

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.

The seating arrangement throughout the whole arena can be modified, similar to the AO Arena in Manchester. 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 problem common among older arenas used for concerts.

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. 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. The repairs took place as planned, with the O2 Arena reopened as scheduled.

Events

Main article: List of events at the O2 Arena

The O2 Arena has hosted a variety of events, including but not limited to: sports events, concerts, music festivals, comedy shows, conferences, and the Olympics.

Musical artists such as Beyoncé, Prince, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, JoJo Siwa, Blondie, Little Mix, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Olivia Rodrigo, The Killers, Linkin Park, Diljit Dosanjh, Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, Twenty One Pilots, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, TWICE, McFly, Busted, Five, Def Leppard, and Billie Eilish have headlined concerts at the venue. Beginning in July 2009, American singer Michael Jackson was scheduled to hold a 50-show residency at the arena, titled This Is It. However, he died on 25 June, eighteen days before the first scheduled show.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the venue was referred as the North Greenwich Arena due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.

The arena hosted the ATP World Tour Finals between 2009 and 2020.

O2 Arena hosting a tennis match at the [[ATP World Tour Finals

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.

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. Shields won, and the fight headlined the first all-female boxing card in the United Kingdom.

On 1 July 2023, the O2 Arena hosted WWE Money In The Bank, as well as the 30 June 2023 go-home episode of Friday Night SmackDown beforehand, which was the first time the show aired live on BT Sport (Now known as TNT Sports).

On 2 November 2024, the O2 Arena hosted the finals of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship. T1 of the League of Legends Champions Korea claimed their fifth title against Bilibili Gaming of China's League of Legends Pro League.

On 30 May 2025, heavy metal band Babymetal became the first Japanese artist to headline, and sell out, a show at the O2 Arena.

On 26 August 2024 at All In, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced that the 2025 Forbidden Door will take place at The O2 Arena on 24 August 2025. The event broke the arena's record attendance for a professional wrestling event with 18,992 fans.

On February 18th 2025, the O2 Arena hosted the first ever combined car launch for the 2025 Formula 1 season. It was called F1 75 live, which also let the participating teams, tell their history, since the event marked the 75th year that the sport hit the screens and tracks. It was hosted by the english comedian and actor Jack Whitehall. Besides that, the event had entertainment from singer mgk, Kane Brown, Brian Tyler and the british band Take That

Ticket sales records

Despite being open for only 200 days per year (the equivalent of seven months), the venue sold over 1.2 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 million) and Madison Square Garden in New York City (1.23 million).

As of 2023, the O2 Arena was the third busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales.

World's Busiest Arenas – 2023	Venue	Ticket sales
Madison Square Garden, New York City, US	1,985,832
Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile	1,451,098
The O2 Arena, London, UK	1,264,882
WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain	1,191,860
Accor Arena, Paris, France	1,134,237
Kia Forum, Inglewood, US	1,100,855
Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, US	1,015,253
OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK	1,012,333
Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany	1,004,777
3Arena, Dublin, Ireland	975,640

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

References

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(18 February 2022). "Storm Eunice live: winds of up to 122mph as millions urged to stay inside after Met Office red weather warning". The Guardian.
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(13 March 2009). "Michael Jackson tickets sell out". BBC News.
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Quilter, James. (7 December 2021). "O2 Arena forced into Olympic rebrand following sponsor clash". Campaign.
(24 April 2019). "ATP Finals moving from London to Turin from 2021 to 2025". [[BBC]].
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(16 October 2022). "Claressa Shields beats Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision in undisputed middleweight title fight".
(15 October 2022). "Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall: American produces career-best performance in historic fight". BBC Sport.
(14 October 2022). "Shields and Marshall lead historic night of UK women's boxing".
(16 October 2022). "Savannah Marshall loses grudge match Claressa Shields in first ever all-female UK boxing card".
(5 January 2023). "Money in the Bank headed to The O2 in London on Saturday, July 1".
(9 February 2023). "Friday Night Smackdown® Headed to the O2 in London the Night Before Money in the Bank". WWE.com (Corporate).
"2024 World Final Set for The O2 in London".
(2 June 2025). "日本人アーティスト史上初！約2万人を動員するロンドン・O2アリーナ単独公演をSOLD OUTで完遂！ロサンゼルス・INTUIT DOMEでの単独公演も発表！". Universal Music Japan.
(24 August 2025). "Tony Khan Announces AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Breaks O2 Arena Wrestling Attendance Record, Martha Hart And Oje Hart Appear".
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(12 December 2023). "TOP 200 ARENA VENUES 2023, pollstar twitter account".

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