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The O2 (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, restaurants, and a guided tour to the top of the O2.
The O 2 Arena, commonly known as The O 2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007.
The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the cinema was closed, the venue re-opened as an Irish dance hall. In the 1980s, it changed directions from a bingo hall, to a dance hall and then to a live music venue under the name Town & Country Club. [1]
Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O 2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O 2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton.
The O2 Centre is an indoor shopping and entertainment centre located on Finchley Road in north-west London, near Hampstead, England. Designed by HOK International and opened in 1998, [ 1 ] it is now owned by Landsec . [ 2 ]
Its original purpose was as a multi-purpose cinema and variety hall and was opened on 29 August 1938 by actress Margaret Lockwood. [6] It was taken over by Associated British Cinemas in 1943, but it began to host pop concerts in the 1960s. [6] The Beatles performed at two shows at the ABC Ardwick on 20 November 1963 which were filmed, in colour ...
The O2 Arena hosted Andrew Reynolds Entrepreneurs Bootcamp [30] – the largest conference event held to date at the venue. Andrew Reynolds Bootcamp broke a UK record with its innovative High Definition projection screen – not only the largest ever used at the O2 Arena – but also the largest indoor screen in the UK. Measuring around 34.5 ...
The BFI retained power over the cinema's operation however, including parts of the film schedule, the name and the technical operation. [ 7 ] To start this move to mainstream cinema, the BFI London IMAX theatre celebrated by having sold 66,000 pre-booked tickets for The Dark Knight Rises in just 5 weeks, giving a total sale in tickets of £ ...