The London O₂ arena - Chauffeur driven Cars in London

The O₂ arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located at the centre of The O2, a large entertainment complex on the Greenwich peninsula in south-east London, England. It is the first American style arena in London. With a capacity of up to 20,000 depending on the event, it is one of the largest indoor arenas in Europe.

The O₂ Arena
Peninsula Square
London, SE10

Background to the arena

Construction of the arena started in 2003 and finished in 2007. Due 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 luxury chauffeur driven vehicle 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 whole chauffeur driven arena building takes up 40% of the total dome structure.

The seating arrangement throughout the whole arena can be modified, similar to the Manchester Evening News Arena. The ground surface can also be luxury chauffeur driven vehicle changed between ice rink, basketball court, exhibition space, conference venue, private hire venue and concert venue.

The arena was built to reduce echoing which has previously been a problem in many London chauffeur driven music venues. The luxury chauffeur driven vehicle sound manager for U2, Joe O'Herlihy, worked with acoustic engineers to introduce measures such as sound absorbing material on the arena roof and the bottom of strategically placed seats to reduce echoing.

Musical events

Tina Turner is scheduled to perform at the O2 on March 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, and 11th 2009. This will be the first time Tina has played the U.K. in nine years. These dates are part of her Tina: Live in Concert Tour.

Christina Aguilera will make her debut at the arena during summer 2009

Sports events

An NBA exhibition match between the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves took place at the arena on October 10, 2007. The game sold out more than three months beforehand. The arena is expected to also host the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets (NBA) pre-season games for the 2008-09 season. Just like the previous NBA exhibition game, Tickets for the game sold out three months beforehand. From 2009 until 2012 it has been selected as the venue for the Tennis Masters Cup (to be renamed ATP World Tour Finals), and will be used for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships.

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), have also used the o2 Arena to host its television shows Monday Night Raw, Friday Night Smackdown!, and ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). With the taping of Monday Night Raw and an episode of the luxury chauffeur driven vehicle now defunct Heat broadcast on Monday 14th April 2008, with Smackdown! and ECW being taped the following night, Tuesday April 15th. It has been announced that WWE are bringing the TV tapings back to the o2 next April, following a Smackdown! House show at the arena this November. Raw is slated to be taped Monday April 20th 2009, with Smackdown! and ECW the night after, Tuesday April 21st 2009.

During the 2012 Summer Olympic Games it is scheduled to be the venue for the artistic gymnastics, for which it will have a spectator capacity of 16,500, and for basketball finals, for which it will have a capacity of 20,000. Due to IOC sponsorship regulations, it will officially be known as North Greenwich Arena 1 during the games. The rest of the basketball competition will take place at one of the arenas in the Olympic Park. A 6,000 seat temporary venue called North Greenwich Arena 2 will be built nearby and will stage the badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events.

The luxury chauffeur driven vehicle arena has been mooted as a continued sports venue after the Olympics, and may host London Towers basketball games. There were also whisperings in 2002 of the London Knights ice hockey team relocating to the O2 following the closure of the Docklands arena. However no firm plans to host a sports team have been announced.

Other Events

There are other events held inside the luxury chauffeur driven vehicle arena, which are not either musical or sports events. These include Disney On Ice and High School Musical On Ice. Other such events include Viva La Diva, Strictly Come Dancing live tour.

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