Bolton Arena
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| Location | Middlebrook Leisure Park Arena Approach Horwich Bolton Greater Manchester BL6 6LB England |
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| Coordinates | 53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W |
| Owner | Bolton M.B.C. |
| Type | Indoor Arena |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
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| Built | Oct 1999 to Feb 2001 |
| Opened | Saturday, 14 July 2001 (official opening) |
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The Bolton Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located at Middlebrook on the boundary between Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
The arena was designed for Bolton Council and its partners Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association by Bolton architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope who also acted as lead consultants and Structural Engineers to the project. Construction took place between October 1999 and February 2001 and cost £10,000,000.[1] The arena opened its doors to the public in April 2001[2][3] and celebrated its official opening on the 14 July 2001.[4] It has a seating capacity of 6,000 people and hosts indoor sporting events. During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it hosted the badminton competition. It also serves as the hometown venue for boxer Amir Khan.
The facility also includes a tennis centre with eight indoor acrylic courts and two floodlit clay courts, which is one of the Lawn Tennis Association's nineteen High Performance Centres. [1]
Between Friday March 4 and Sunday March 6 of 2011, it played host to Great Britain's 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II First Round Match against Tunisia. Great Britain won 3-2 to advance to the second round of the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. [2]
| Home team | Score | Visiting team | Date | Matches |
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 Great Britain
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4 - 1 |  Tunisia
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Friday March 4 | Malek Jaziri bt. Jamie Baker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 James Ward bt. Sami Ghorbel 6–0, 6–2, 6–0
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| Saturday March 5 | Colin Fleming / Jamie Murray bt. Slim Hamza / Malek Jaziri 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
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| Sunday March 6 | James Ward bt. Malek Jaziri 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6 Jamie Baker bt. Slim Hamza 6–1, 6–4
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References
- ^ Bradshaw Gass & Hope, Bradshaw Gass & Hope, retrieved 28 February 2011
- ^ Bolton Arena (official website). URL accessed 14 November 2007.
- ^ "Major asset in public arena", The Bolton News, Newsquest Media Group, 6 April 2001
- ^ "Arena is open for future champions", The Bolton News, Newsquest Media Group, 16 July 2001
External links
- Bolton Arena (official website). URL accessed 14 November 2007.