Friday 2 November 2007

Focus week: Greenwich and the O2 Arena

On Tuesday I visited the new 02 Arena with my dear friend Paul. While walking around the huge arena there is still allot of construction work in progress such as a gigantic pyramid as well as a huge statue representatively the Tutankhamen exhibition which will be in a new state of the art exhibition hall opening soon.

The majority of space in the O2 Arena is mainly taken up by the new stadium but around this there are a variety of shops, bars and bistro cafes along palm tree lined streets, almost to look like a Hollywood boulevard theme. Putting this aside half of the dome is still under construction and one of the large open spaces which is for all year round events is currently empty so the dome seemed like it was not used to its full extent at present which seeing the size of it is not mixing in the surrounding communities or acting as a place which the local schools can use and get involved with.

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