Raising the roof at the o2 working within an existing building through ingenious engineering we overcame the major challenge of constructing and installing the arena s 4 500 tonne roof.
O2 arena roof construction.
The dome shaped structure which now houses the o2 s entertainment avenue and arena was originally constructed as the millennium dome and housed the millennium experience a major exhibition to celebrate the start of the third millennium.
The arena building s structure was then built around the roof.
The o2 arena sits inside the former millennium dome on london s greenwich peninsula.
One of the world s premier entertainment venues.
The arena was built under the former millennium dome.
Due to the impossibility of using cranes inside the dome structure the arena s roof was constructed on the ground within the dome and then lifted.
It is 50m high.
The millennium dome o2 arena by architect populous was built in london england in 1996 1999.
The o2 arena is a multi purpose indoor arena in the centre of the o2 entertainment complex on the greenwich peninsula in southeast london.
It opened in its present form in 2007.
Construction of the arena started in 2003 and finished in 2007.