Bolton Arena

Bolton Arena

Location	Middlebrook Leisure Park Arena Approach Horwich Bolton Greater Manchester BL6 6LB England
Coordinates	53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W / 53.57917; -2.53917
Owner	Bolton M.B.C.
Type	Indoor Arena
Capacity	6,000
Construction
Built	Oct 1999 to Feb 2001
Opened	Saturday, 14 July 2001 (official opening)
Website
boltonarena.co.uk

The 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.

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.^[1] The arena opened its doors to the public in April 2001^[2][3] and celebrated its official opening on the 14 July 2001.^[4] It has a seating capacity of 6,000 people and hosts indoor sporting events. During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it hosted the badminton competition. It also serves as the hometown venue for boxer Amir Khan.

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

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.

References

External links

• Bolton Arena official website

Coordinates: 53°34′45″N 2°32′21″W / 53.57917°N 2.53917°W / 53.57917; -2.53917

Buildings and structures in Bolton Borough, England
Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill, Farnworth Eagley Mills 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Kearsley Mill Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe
Places of worship	All Souls Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's Church, Bolton St James' Church, Daisy Hill St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Margaret's Church, Halliwell St Matthew's Church, Little Lever St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw St Patrick's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Bolton St Saviour's Church, Ringley St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge St Thomas' Church, Halliwell Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Education	Bolton School Bolton TIC Rivington and Blackrod High School University of Bolton
Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Bolton railway station Blackrod railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Ringley Old Bridge Westhoughton railway station
Shopping complexes	Middlebrook
Sport and Entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Macron Stadium Octagon Theatre
Demolished	Burnden Park Lostock Junction Mills Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Westhoughton Mill
Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton