Basketball Arena (London)
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The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics was located in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The arena was designed to be fully recyclable, and was dismantled in January 2013, the seating was sold to Barnet owner Tony Kleanthous to be used in the construction of The Hive Stadium.[citation needed]
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Location | Olympic Park Stratford London United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 51.5486°N 0.0139°W / 51.5486; -0.0139 |
Operator | Olympic Delivery Authority |
Capacity | 12,000 |
Acreage | 11,500 sq m |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October 2009 |
Built | June 2011 |
Opened | 16 August 2011 (2011-08-16) |
Demolished | 2013 |
Construction cost | £40 million[citation needed] €49 million $62.5 million |
Architect | WilkinsonEyre & KSS Design Group |
Project manager | SKM |
Structural engineer | SKM |
Services engineer | SKM |
Main contractors | GL events Slick Seating |
Tenants | |
2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Paralympics |
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