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AREA GUIDE<br />
The O2<br />
Since opening in 2007, The O2 has established itself<br />
as the world’s most popular music and entertainment<br />
venue, transforming the then ‘Millennium Dome’ in to<br />
a state of the art concert arena which now welcomes<br />
the biggest names in rock, pop and classical music.<br />
The world’s most<br />
popular music and<br />
entertainment venue<br />
It is the world’s most popular music venue as well as the<br />
second largest in Europe, with a circumference of one<br />
kilometer. The O2 was also an Olympic venue and in 2012<br />
it was transformed into the North Greenwich Arena, holding<br />
the basketball finals and the gymnastics.<br />
The O2 arena has also hosted some of the globe’s biggest<br />
artists from The Rolling Stones to One Direction, as well as<br />
other non-music events such as the Brits, National Television<br />
Awards, NBA’s and the Barclays ATP World Tour Final.<br />
Visit the British Music Experience, an interactive museum<br />
celebrating British music.<br />
The venue hosts a range of high profile exhibitions<br />
throughout the year and visitors can browse the cases of<br />
historical musical items and memorabilia ranging from Ziggy<br />
Stardust’s outfits to The Stone Roses’ record collection.<br />
AREA GUIDE – The O2