OdysseyArenaTheOdysseyArena,ownedbyOdysseyTrust,isalargesportsandentertainmentcentresituatedinTitanicQuarterandtheWaterfront,Belfast,NorthernIreland.ItwasjointlyfundedbytheMillenniumCommission,theLaganside
OdysseyArena
The OdysseyArena,ownedbyOdysseyTrust,isalargesportsandentertainmentcentresituatedin TitanicQuarter andtheWaterfront,Belfast,NorthernIreland.Itwasjointlyfundedbythe MillenniumCommission,the LagansideCorporation,the DCAL,theSheridanGroupandtheSportsCouncilforNorthernIreland.TheArenaopenedin2000withthePavilionlateropeningin2001.TheOdysseyissaidtohavecost£120 milliononcompletion.In2011TheOdysseyPavilionwhichwasownedbyTheSheridanGroupwentintoadministration,thebuildingisnowundercontrolofKPMGuntilanewownerisfound.
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Sinceopening,theOdysseyArenahashostedsomeoftheworld’sbestknownbandsandartistsfromaroundtheworld.
Ithasalsohostedanumberof WorldWrestlingEntertainment liveeventsincludingRAWand SmackDown!.WWEvisitstheOdysseyatleastonceayear.
Since2008,ithasplayedhosttothe PremierLeagueDarts(标枪).
Aswellasthesehigh-profilesportingevents,theOdysseyArenahasalsohostedconcertsbysomeofthebest-sellingmusicartistsintheworldandit’salsohomeoftheBelfastGiants.
JanetJackson wasscheduledtoperformduringher AllforYouTour on14December2001,buttheshowwascancelled,duetothe 11September2001attacks.
On2October2010,the BostonBruins facedthe BelfastGiants Selectsinan NHLChallenge match.
TheOdysseywasshort-listedfor‘InternationalLargeVenueoftheYear’(OutsideofNorthAmerica)inthe2005PollstarConcertIndustryAwards,makingitoneofthetopsixmajorconcertvenuesintheworld.
Thecomplexfeatures:
TheOdysseyArena-NorthernIreland’s biggestindoorarenahostsconcertsandsportingeventssuchas BelfastGiantsgames.
W5-standsfor“Who,What,Where,When,Why”.W5isanaward-winningscienceexhibitioncentredemonstratingthepowersofscience.
TheOdysseyPavilion-containsbars:RockiesSportsBar,ChicShedBar.Restaurants:SodaJoes,PizzaHut,IndianOcean,TheStreat,RedPanda.Nightclubs:BoxNightclub,BeachClub.TheOdysseyBowlandOdysseyCinemas(formerlyStormcinema,Vue)12-sc