Bolton Arena

Bolton Arena

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Location	Middlebrook Leisure Park Arena Approach Horwich Bolton Greater Manchester BL6 6LB England
Coordinates
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. The arena opened its doors to the public in April 2001 and celebrated its official opening on the 14 July 2001. 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.

External links

• Bolton Arena official website