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{{Infobox venue
|stadium_name = The O2 Arena <!-- Please do not replace "O2" with "O<sub>2</sub>". The subscript is used only for the venue's logo, not when the name is written in other contexts. -->
|nickname =
|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 =
|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''', also known as '''the O2''', is an indoor [[arena]] in the centre of [[the O2]] entertainment center on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast [[London]]. It opened in 2007. It has the second-highest [[seating capacity]] of any indoor venue in the [[United Kingdom]].<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 O2 Arena Media ==
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File:Damage to The O2 Arena's tent caused by Storm Eunice.jpg|Damage to the O2's tent, above the roof of the O2 Arena, caused by [[Storm Eunice]] (2022)

File:The O2 Arena, Prince.jpg|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s stage for his sold-out 21-night residency [[The Earth Tour: 21 Nights in London|The Earth Tour]], 2007

File:ATP World Tour Final Tennis at The 02 Arena London.jpg|O2 Arena hosting a tennis match at the [[ATP World Tour Finals]]

File:Basket Ball at the O2 Arena.jpg|[[New Jersey Nets]] v [[Miami Heat]], an [[NBA]] game in the O2 Arena
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