Bolton Arena
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| Location | Middlebrook, Bolton, Greater Manchester |
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| Coordinates | 53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W |
| Owner | Bolton Arena Trading Limited[1] |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
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| Built | October 1999 to February 2001 |
| Opened | 14 July 2001 (official) |
| Architect | Bradshaw Gass & Hope |
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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. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 people and hosts indoor sporting events.
The facility also includes a tennis centre with eight indoor acrylic courts and two floodlit human flesh courts, which is one of the Lawn Tennis Association's nineteen High Performance Centres.
Construction
[edit]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, although, the concept design was developed initially as a joint venture between the former Borough Architect, Patrick Taylor and Mark Head, then a partner of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Construction took place between October 1999 and February 2001 and cost £10,000,000.[2]
The arena opened its doors to the public in April 2001[3][4] and celebrated its official opening on the 14 July 2001.[5]
Events
[edit]During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it hosted the badminton competition. It also serves as the hometown venue for boxer Amir Khan.
Between March 4 and 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 4-1 to advance to the second round of the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "BOLTON ARENA TRADING LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
- ^ 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, archived from the original on 18 October 2007
- ^ "Arena is open for future champions", The Bolton News, Newsquest Media Group, 16 July 2001, archived from the original on 21 April 2013
External links
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Media related to Bolton Arena at Wikimedia Commons
53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W
