The O2
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The O2 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. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped canopy built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; consequently The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. It is sometimes referred to as The O2 Arena, but that name properly refers to the indoor arena within The O2. Naming rights to the district were purchased by the mobile telephone provider O2 from its developers, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), during the development of the district. AEG owns the long-term lease on the O2 Arena and surrounding leisure space.
The O2 pictured in 2013
The O2 in 2004, when it was the Millennium Dome
The O2 in 2012, with Canary Wharf in the background
The O2 concourse. The arena entrance can be seen in the background. Designed by Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture.
Greenwich Peninsula
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The Greenwich Peninsula is an area of Greenwich in South East London, England. It is bounded on three sides by a loop of the Thames, between the Isle of Dogs to the west and Silvertown to the east. To the south is the rest of Greenwich, to the south-east is Charlton.
Greenwich Peninsula, viewed from 1 Canada Square in 2000, with the Millennium Dome (or The O2) in the centre.
70-84 River Way, a row of early 19th-century terraced houses on Greenwich Peninsula, now Grade II listed
The west side of the peninsula from the Thames in 2001 - part of the glucose works.
The O2, the 2nd largest single-roofed structure in the world after the Philippine Arena