Bristol Arena | |
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| Location | Southmead, Bristol |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′59″N 2°35′06″W / 51.5163°N 2.5851°W |
| Owner | YTL Corporation |
| Capacity | 19,000[4] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2003 (original BTM location) |
| Built | TBC |
| Opened | 2025 or 2026 (proposed) |
| Construction cost | £100 million[1] |
| Architect | Grimshaw Architects with MANICA Architecture[2] |
| General contractor | Avison Young[3] |
| Website | |
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YTL Arena Bristol is a proposed 19,000-capacity indoor arena, to be located at the former Filton Airfield’s Brabazon hangar.[5]
Original plans were for the arena to be built next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station in Bristol, England,[6] and was expected to be completed in 2020.[7] The site, which has become known as 'Arena Island', is to the south and across the River Avon from the station, and lies within Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.[8] The funding package for the arena scheme was approved by Bristol City Council in February 2014. The winning design, by Populous, was revealed in March 2015.
In January 2017 a new contractor had to be sought following a failure to agree build costs. In September 2018 the plans to build the arena near Temple Meads were abandoned, primarily on cost and risk grounds.
In 2019, YTL Corporation released details regarding their proposal to build the arena at the former Filton Airfield site. Planning permission was given in 2020, and construction was planned to start in 2022 with completion by early 2026. As of 2023, construction work still has yet to commence.[4] In December 2023 the completion date was stated to be late 2025 or early 2026.[9]
- ^ "YTL Statement". YTL Arena Bristol. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Bristol's Filton Airfield Arena project gets green light". Construction Enquirer News. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Bristol Arena to be 'game-changer' for city, says design team". Bristol Post. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ a b Booth, Martin (16 January 2023). "Bristol Arena opening date delayed but capacity increased". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "YTL Arena Bristol". Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Bristol Arena: Four-month 'slippage' for opening date". BBC News. 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Bristol Arena opening date delayed until 2020". BBC News. 12 January 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BBC1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Seabrook, Alex (29 December 2023). "Two years until Bristol finally gets an arena - but the end is in sight". Bristol Post. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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