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| - Wembley Arena is a famous entertainment venue, located in Wembley, London, UK. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium. It was built for the 1934 Empire Games and originally housed a swimming pool, as reflected by its former name, the Empire Pool. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Cliff Richard holds the record for the most headline shows by one artist, and will play his sixtieth concert in the Arena in 2008. Whitney Houston is the female artist with the most shows at Wembley, with 29. Westlife are the best selling pop band, having played 27 headline shows at the venue, and Status Quo will play their 42nd Wembley Arena show in December 2008.
Indoor sporting events such as boxing and ice hockey have long been popular at the Arena, notably the World Championship bout between then champion Alan Minter and challenger Marvin Hagler, which the latter won. The Wembley Lions and Wembley Monarchs were two ice hockey teams that used the venue during the 1940s, 50s and 60s, while the London Lions used the venue for a season in the 1970s. Wembley also hosted the British Hockey League play-off finals weekend at the end of each season up until the league's disbandment in 1996. More recently netball, darts, basketball, five-aside football, snooker and cage fighting have made regular appearances on the calendar.
The Arena also hosts highly successful comedy nights, with comedians such as Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey and David Baddiel having appeared. Baddiel's appearance alongside Rob Newman in 1993 is widely regarded as being responsible for bringing alternative comedy into the mainstream. Lee Evans has played Wembley eight times, and returns to the Arena in November 2008.
In addition, Wembley Arena is also famous for its ice shows, including Holiday on Ice, Disney on Ice and the ice pantomimes which ran every Christmas at the Empire Pool from the Fifties to 1978.
Wembley Arena was renovated along with Wembley Stadium as part of the regeneration of the Wembley area. The Arena refurbishment cost £35m and the new arena opened to the public on 2 April 2006 with a concert by Depeche Mode.
Artists that have played the "new" venue include Busted, Shania Twain, Blink 182, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Madonna, Take That, Kylie Minogue, Ozzy Osbourne, Cliff Richard, The Eagles, Diana Ross, Céline Dion, Status Quo, Il Divo, Placebo, Meat Loaf, Westlife, McFly, Dave Matthews Band, Santana, Girls Aloud, Hard-Fi, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, My Chemical Romance, Rush, Dream Theater and Gwen Stefani.
World Wrestling Entertainment taped their TV shows RAW and SmackDown!, with RAW on 21 April and SmackDown! on 22 April 2006. Both shows were a huge success resulting in a sellout for each. WWE returned to the arena on October 16th 2007 with the RAW Survivor Series 2007 Tour. It is also notable that the Insurrextion event in 2002 was the last Pay-per-view to be produced under the 'World Wrestling Federation' name. (en)
- Es una arena ubicada en Wembley cerca de Londres en Inglaterra. Tiene una capacidad para 12,300 personas. La arena también fue conocida como Empire Pool.
El estadio también es reconocido por el Disney On Ice, que se lleva a cabo en la arena, ademas de los numerosos conciertos que se ofrecen, la arena ha sido remodelada hace poco bajo un costo de 35 millones de libras esterlinas, luego de la remodelación diversos artistas han ofrecido conciertos, entre los que se encuentran: Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Madonna, Take That, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Kelly Clarkson, Cliff Richard, The Eagles, Céline Dion, Status Quo, Il Divo, Placebo, Meat Loaf, McFly, Westlife (record 23 sold out nights) , Backstreet Boys, Dave Matthews Band, Santana, Girls Aloud, Bruce Springsteen, My Chemical Romance, Rush, Shakira y Gwen Stefani. Ademas la World Wrestling Entertainment realizo sus shows deRAW y SmackDown! en la arena luego de ser remodelada.
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- La Wembley Arena est une célèbre salle de spectacle située dans le quartier de Wembley à Londres. Le bâtiment fait face au Wembley Stadium. Il fut construit pour les Jeux de l'Empire britannique de 1934 et abritait à l'origine une piscine, d'où son ancien nom dEmpire Pool. La piscine fut utilisée la dernière fois pour les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 1948.
L'arena est la salle de spectacle londonienne la plus fréquentée et la seconde en Grande Bretagne après la MEN Arena de Manchester (en nombre de tickets vendus). Le nombre maximal de sièges est de 12.300 pour les concerts, ce n'est donc pas la plus grande capacité à Londres (par exemple le Earls Court est plus grande), mais elle est souvent considérée comme offrant la meilleure qualité accoustique et les meilleures installations techniques pour accueillir les tournées musicales.
La salle a aussi accueilli des matchs de boxe dont le match du championnat du monde entre Alan Minter contre son challenger Marvin Hagler et des matchs de hockey. Les Wembley Lions et les Wembley Monarchs utilisaient ainsi la salle dans les années 40, 50 et 60 et Wembley Arena accueillit aussi les play-off de la ligue britannique de hockey jusqu'en 1996.
Aujourd'hui, ont y joue aussi des comédies et les spectacles Disney on Ice.
La Wembley Arena a été rénovée en même temps que le Wembley Stadium, dans le projet de régénération du quartier de Wembley. Le rééquipement de la salle a couté 35 millions de livres et la salle a rouvert au public le 2 avril 2006 avec un concert de Depeche Mode.
Avec la rénovation, un Square of Fame a été créé devant l'arena. Comme pour le Hollywood Walk of Fame, les artistes célébres se produisant à l'Arena sont invités à laisser l'empreinte de leur main pour obtenir une plaque de bronze avec leur nom et empreinte. La première star à avoir eu sa plaque est Madonna, le 1er août 2006. (fr)
- La Wembley Arena è un'arena multifunzionale, situata a Wembley, Londra; sorge di fronte al Wembley Stadium. È stata costruita per i 1934 Empire Games e in origine c'era una piscina, denominata appunto Empire Pool. La piscina fu usata l'ultima volta in occasione della XIV Olimpiade del 1948.
La Wembley Arena può ospitare un massimo, in posti a sedere, di 12.300 persone per i concerti; sebbene non sia la più grande arena presente a Londra, rimane una scelta preferita per molti eventi musicali, grazie alla migliore qualità del suono e miglior impianto backstage. (it)
- ウェンブリー・アリーナはイングランド・ロンドンのウェンブリーにある世界的に有名なアリーナである。かつては別名でエンペラー・プールと呼ばれていた。1934年の大英帝国競技大会開催のために建設され、1948年のロンドンオリンピックでは水泳競技が行われた。
ロンドンではアールズ・コート・エキシビション・センターに次ぐ2番目の規模を持つ屋内競技場であり、最高12300人収容できる。利用の多くはコンサートである。
屋内でのスポーツ競技ではボクシングの世界タイトルマッチ「アラン・ミンター対マービン・ハグラー」の試合は伝説の試合となった他、イギリスのアイスホッケーリーグもここで行われていた。
プロレスではWWEのロウ・スマックダウンが2006年4月に開催された。
また、世界の有名なアーティストがライブ活動を開催することでも有名である。スパイス・ガールズ、テイク・ザット、ウエストライフなどがその例で、特にウエストライフは2006年だけで23回公演をした。 (ja)
- Wembley Arena er en konsert- og idrettsarena i Wembley i London. Den ligger rett overfor Wembley Stadium, og ble reist i 1934 for British Empire Games. Det var opprinnelig en svømmehall der, som sist ble brukt under Sommer-OL 1948.
Arenaen er Londons travleste konsertarena, og den nest travleste i landet, etter MEN Arena i Manchester, i forhold til antall solgte billetter. Med 12 300 seter er den mindre enn Earls Court Exhibition Centre, men akustikken regnes for å være langt bedre på Wembley.
Det arrangeres også innendørs sportsarrangementer, som bokse- og ishockeykamper. Ishockeylagene Wembley Lions og Wembley Monarchs brukte arenaen i 1940-, 1950- og 1960-årene, mens London Lions brukte den i 1970-årene. British Hockey League brukte arenaen til sine finalekamper inntil ligaen ble oppløst i 1996.
Arenaen brukes også til andre arrangementer, som komedieshow, Disney on Ice, WWE-show og annet.
Wembley Arena ble sammen med Wembley Stadium renovert i forbindelse med fornyelse av området. Arenaen åpnet for publikum igjen 2. april 2006 med en Depeche Mode-konsert. Renoveringen kostet 35 millioner pund. (no)
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