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The Leeds Arena (currently known as the First Direct Arena for sponsorship reasons) is an entertainment-focused indoor arena located in the Arena Quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the first in the United Kingdom to have a fan-shaped orientation.
Hilton Leeds Arena known in early planning as the Portland Crescent Hotel was a planned £32 million, [2] 15 storey, four-star, 206-bedroom [3] Hilton hotel. Construction began in Leeds's Civic Quarter in late 2013, with the original projected opening date in 2015 (though this was pushed back into 2016). [ 4 ]
City/town Arena Date built Date closed Capacity Image Aberdeen: BHGE Arena: 1985 2019 8,500 [46]: London: Harringay Arena: 1936 1958 13,500 London Arena: 1989
Arena Quarter (sometimes referred to as Arena Qtr) is a mixed city centre development with residential, retail and office developments in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is located in Leeds city centre and the area is best known for housing Leeds Arena. [1] In recent years, a number of developments have been built in Arena Quarter.
Leeds Arena is a 13,500 seat 'super-theatre' style venue, the first in the UK to be built in a 'fan' orientation. Construction began in 2011 after decades of calls for a venue to replace the Queens Hall , which was demolished in 1989 and represented the city's only large concert hall.
The First Direct Arena, a 13,781 capacity venue in Arena Quarter [1]. The Music in Leeds encompasses a variety of styles and genres, including rock, pop and electronic.While groups like Soft Cell, the Kaiser Chiefs, the Wedding Present, Utah Saints and the Bridewell Taxis have gained success in the mainstream, Gang of Four, the Sisters of Mercy, Chumbawamba and the Mission have helped to ...
Elland Road, also called Elland Road Football Stadium or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Championship club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. [4]
The garden earned Leeds Council its first ever gold medal at Chelsea, the first time in the history of the event that a local authority had won Gold in the large outdoor show garden category. [16] The HESCO Garden 2011 continued the Yorkshire theme, this time with a reproduction of a traditional Yorkshire mill and 3m high working water wheel ...