Edinburgh Arena

Last updated
Edinburgh Arena
Location Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, Scotland
Capacity 8,500
Website
edinburghparkarena.com

Edinburgh Arena, also known as Edinburgh Park Arena, is a proposed indoor arena to be built in Edinburgh Park, Scotland. The venue would have a capacity of 8,500 seats.

Contents

Edinburgh is one of few European capital cities without a large capacity indoor arena. [1] The OVO Hydro in Glasgow hosts a maximum capacity of just over 14,300, and Aberdeen's P&J Live once hosted an event with 15,000 attendees. [2]

Loanhead proposal

In 2019, Lothian Leisure Development and NEC Group published a proposal to build a large music venue and conference space in the city. [3] The location of the original proposal for an 'Edinburgh Arena', which would also include a conference centre, retail and leisure space, a cinema and two hotels, was a 30-acre site in greenbelt land near the Edinburgh City Bypass in Loanhead. [4] [5]

Edinburgh Park proposal

On 20 November 2023, entertainment company and operator of The O2 Arena in London, Anschutz Entertainment Group submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for the construction of an 8,500 capacity music arena on a site in Edinburgh Park. [6] [7] If approved by the council, construction work for the arena could begin in early 2025 for a planned opening sometime in 2027. [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Easter Road</span> Football stadium

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as "The Holy Ground" or "The Leith San Siro". The venue has also been used to stage international matches, Scottish League Cup semi-finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CFG Bank Arena</span> Arena located in Baltimore, Maryland

CFG Bank Arena is a multipurpose arena in Baltimore, Maryland. This venue is located about one block away from the Baltimore Convention Center on the corner of Baltimore Street and Hopkins Place in downtown Baltimore. With a seating capacity of 14,000 for concerts, CFG Bank Arena is owned by the City of Baltimore and managed by the Oak View Group, a global sports and entertainment company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edinburgh Park</span>

Edinburgh Park is an out-of-town business park in South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is west of the city, near Edinburgh Airport and adjacent to the Edinburgh City Bypass. It was opened in 1995. The layout of the park was masterplanned by American architect Richard Meier. The park has a bar/grill, nursery, and several sculptures, including busts of famous Scottish poets, many of them socialists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Bowl</span> Outdoor amphitheatre in Milton Keynes

The National Bowl is an entertainment venue located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The site was a former clay pit, filled in and raised to form an amphitheatre using sub-soil excavated by the many new developments in the area. It has a maximum capacity of 65,000. The arena is open-air grassland, without seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loanhead</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Odyssey Place</span> Entertainment and science learning centre, Belfast

The Odyssey Complex, consisting of Odyssey Place and the SSE Arena, is a sports, entertainment and science learning complex located within the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derwent Entertainment Centre</span> Indoor arena in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

The Derwent Entertainment Centre (DEC), now known commercially as MyState Bank Arena since 2021, is Tasmania's largest enclosed sporting venue and indoor arena, serving as Hobart's primary location for large indoor functions and events. Commissioned by the Tasmanian Government and the Glenorchy City Council, the DEC served as the home arena for the Hobart Devils in the NBL from 1989 until 1996, when the team's licence was revoked. Subsequently, between 1997 and 1998, ownership was transferred entirely to the City of Glenorchy, where it became a financial burden and incurred significant maintenance expenses for Glenorchy taxpayers, while seeing limited use. As the largest indoor venue in Tasmania since its inception in 1989, the DEC has hosted many Australian and international musical acts, including Kylie Minogue, Bob Dylan, Carole King, The Corrs, James Brown, Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Blondie and The Beach Boys.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meadowbank Stadium</span> Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland

Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of Scottish League One side Edinburgh City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Entertainment Centre</span> Indoor arena in Adelaide

The Adelaide Entertainment Centre (AEC) is an indoor arena located in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is used for sporting and entertainment events. It is the principal venue for concerts, events and attractions for audiences between 1,000 and 11,300.

The Techtonic Velodrome is a 250-meter, multi-purpose indoor velodrome located in Bellville, South Africa. The venue has served as Greater Cape Town's main concert venue and has now been replaced by the Cape Town Stadium. Its maximum capacity for cycling competition would range from 5 to 8,000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">OVO Hydro</span> Multi-purpose indoor arena in Glasgow, Scotland

The OVO Hydro is a multi-purpose indoor arena located within the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red Dragon Centre</span> Entertainment complex in Cardiff, Wales

The Red Dragon Centre is an indoor entertainment complex in southern Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally known as the Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village when it opened in August 1997. The complex features restaurants, cafés, a Hollywood Bowl bowling alley with arcade amusements, an Odeon multiplex cinema, a casino and an on-site car park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edinburgh International Climbing Arena</span> Sports venue in City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Climbing Arena is an adventure sports facility located in Ratho, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Built in a disused quarry, it is one of the largest indoor climbing walls in the world.

This article lists the Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

YTL Arena Bristol is a proposed 19,000-capacity indoor arena, to be located at the former Filton Airfield’s Brabazon hangar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toyota Music Factory</span> Entertainment complex in Texas

The Toyota Music Factory is an entertainment complex located in the Las Colinas neighborhood of Irving, Texas.

The Richmond Arena was proposed to be built as a 12,000 seater association football stadium in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland. The proposed developers suggested that the stadium could replace Richmond Park as the home stadium of St Patrick's Athletic FC. However, the site was not owned by the proposed developers, and the owner of the land, Dublin City Council, did agree to its sale or to the development, favouring the construction of new housing on the site instead. As of 2022, Dublin City Council had submitted a planning application for housing on the proposed site, and St Patrick's Athletic were seeking redevelopment of their existing stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">P&J Live</span> Multi-purpose indoor arena in Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland

P&J Live is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the suburb of Bucksburn, in Aberdeen in Scotland. Opened in August 2019, it offers a capacity for all types of shows and events from 5,000 to 15,000. Replacing the former Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), the 10,000-seat arena is used for concerts and other events. It is the largest indoor arena in Scotland, and the fifth largest arena in the United Kingdom.

Gold Coast Arena is a planned multipurpose arena with a retractable roof located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. "New 8,000 seat Edinburgh indoor arena planned for Straiton site". Edinburgh News. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  2. "Scottish Music Venues | Scotland.org". Scotland. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  3. Burns, Hamish (2019-12-02). "Edinburgh reveals its rival to SSE Hydro". businessInsider. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  4. https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/8463/8%2C000_seat_indoor_arena_earmarked_for_Straiton.html
  5. "New 8,000 seat Edinburgh indoor arena planned for Straiton site". Edinburgh News.
  6. Stephen, Phyllis (November 21, 2023). "Edinburgh Arena will be "great" for the city". The Edinburgh Reporter.
  7. "23/06913/PAN | Proposed arena development (Class 11) including Class 1A (Retail), Class 3 (Restaurants and cafes) and ancillary hot food / bar amenities with associated public realm, access, landscaping, parking and infrastructure. | Land 70 Meters East Of 1 Lochside Court South Gyle Edinburgh". citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  8. Williams, Katie (22 November 2023). "New 8,500-capacity 'world class' entertainment venue planned for Edinburgh". Edinburgh Live.