Location | Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, Scotland |
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Capacity | 8,500 |
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edinburghparkarena |
Edinburgh Arena, also known as Edinburgh Park Arena, is a proposed indoor arena to be built in Edinburgh Park, Scotland. The venue would have a capacity of 8,500 seats.
Edinburgh is one of few European capital cities without a large capacity indoor arena. [1] The OVO Hydro in Glasgow hosts a maximum capacity of just over 14,300, and Aberdeen's P&J Live once hosted an event with 15,000 attendees. [2]
In 2019, Lothian Leisure Development and NEC Group published a proposal to build a large music venue and conference space in the city. [3] The location of the original proposal for an 'Edinburgh Arena', which would also include a conference centre, retail and leisure space, a cinema and two hotels, was a 30-acre site in greenbelt land near the Edinburgh City Bypass in Loanhead. [4] [5]
On 20 November 2023, entertainment company and operator of The O2 Arena in London, Anschutz Entertainment Group submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for the construction of an 8,500 capacity music arena on a site in Edinburgh Park. [6] [7] If approved by the council, construction work for the arena could begin in early 2025 for a planned opening sometime in 2027. [8]
Location | Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, Scotland |
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Capacity | 8,500 |
Website | |
edinburghparkarena |
Edinburgh Arena, also known as Edinburgh Park Arena, is a proposed indoor arena to be built in Edinburgh Park, Scotland. The venue would have a capacity of 8,500 seats.
Edinburgh is one of few European capital cities without a large capacity indoor arena. [1] The OVO Hydro in Glasgow hosts a maximum capacity of just over 14,300, and Aberdeen's P&J Live once hosted an event with 15,000 attendees. [2]
In 2019, Lothian Leisure Development and NEC Group published a proposal to build a large music venue and conference space in the city. [3] The location of the original proposal for an 'Edinburgh Arena', which would also include a conference centre, retail and leisure space, a cinema and two hotels, was a 30-acre site in greenbelt land near the Edinburgh City Bypass in Loanhead. [4] [5]
On 20 November 2023, entertainment company and operator of The O2 Arena in London, Anschutz Entertainment Group submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for the construction of an 8,500 capacity music arena on a site in Edinburgh Park. [6] [7] If approved by the council, construction work for the arena could begin in early 2025 for a planned opening sometime in 2027. [8]