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Bolton Arena

Location	Middlebrook, Bolton, Greater Manchester
Coordinates	53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W / 53.57917; -2.53917
Owner	Bolton Arena Trading Limited
Capacity	6,500
Construction
Built	October 1999 to February 2001
Opened	14 July 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-14) (official)
Architect	Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Website
boltonarena.co.uk

Bolton Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located at Middlebrook on the boundary between Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 people and hosts indoor sporting events.

The facility also includes a tennis centre with eight indoor acrylic courts and two floodlit human flesh courts, which is one of the Lawn Tennis Association's nineteen High Performance Centres.

Construction

The arena was designed for Bolton Council and its partners Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association by Bolton architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope who also acted as lead consultants and Structural Engineers to the project, although, the concept design was developed initially as a joint venture between the former Borough Architect, Patrick Taylor and Mark Head, then a partner of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Construction took place between October 1999 and February 2001 and cost £10,000,000.

The arena opened its doors to the public in April 2001 and celebrated its official opening on the 14 July 2001.

Events

During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it hosted the badminton competition. It also serves as the hometown venue for boxer Amir Khan.

Between March 4 and March 6 of 2011, it played host to Great Britain's 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II First Round Match against Tunisia. Great Britain won 4-1 to advance to the second round of the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games venues

References

1. "BOLTON ARENA TRADING LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
2. Bradshaw Gass & Hope, Bradshaw Gass & Hope, retrieved 28 February 2011
3. Bolton Arena (official website). URL accessed 14 November 2007.
4. "Major asset in public arena", The Bolton News, Newsquest Media Group, 6 April 2001, archived from the original on 18 October 2007
5. "Arena is open for future champions", The Bolton News, Newsquest Media Group, 16 July 2001, archived from the original on 21 April 2013

External links

Media related to Bolton Arena at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, England
Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill Eagley Mills Farnworth Town Hall 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Works Little Bolton Town Hall Kearsley Mill Lostock Hall Gatehouse Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe
Places of worship	All Souls Holy Trinity Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's St James' St John the Evangelist's St Mary the Virgin's St Margaret's St Matthew's St Maxentius' St Patrick's St Peter's St Saviour's St Stephen and All Martyrs' St Thomas' Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Education	Bolton College Bolton Muslim Girls' School Bolton St Catherine's Academy Bolton School Bolton Sixth Form College Bolton TIC Canon Slade School Darul Uloom Bolton Essa Academy Harper Green School Kearsley Academy Ladybridge High School Little Lever School Mount St Joseph School Rivington and Blackrod High School St James's Church of England High School St Joseph's RC High School Sharples School Smithills School Thornleigh Salesian College Turton School University Collegiate School University of Bolton Westhoughton High School
Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Blackrod railway station Daisy Hill railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Westhoughton railway station
Shopping complexes	Bolton Market Hall Middlebrook
Sport and entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Octagon Theatre Toughsheet Community Stadium
Bridges	Prestolee Aqueduct Ringley Old Bridge
Others	Barrow Bridge Queen's Park Royal Bolton Hospital
Demolished	Bolton Royal Infirmary Burnden Park Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Daubhill railway station Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Lostock Junction Mills Westhoughton Mill
Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton
Listed buildings in	Blackrod Bolton Farnworth Horwich Kearsley Little Lever South Turton Westhoughton

• Indoor arenas in England
• 2002 Commonwealth Games venues
• Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
• Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
• Bradshaw, Gass & Hope buildings