The O2 Arena on Greenwich Peninsular looks set to be expanded after outline planning permission was approved by Greenwich Council. The owners, AEG, has been granted permission for another 19,000 sq m of leisure or sports space, and 5,000 sq m for food and drink outlets. The expansion, which would grow the development by 39%, could see the addition of a new theatre, comedy club or some other large visitor attraction.
Visit London 2008 Awards Shortlists Announced
The shortlists for the Visit London 2008 Awards have been announced, with Greenwich beig well represented in a number of categories. The Royal Observatory Greenwich is nominated for “Best Tourism Experience”, the National Maritime Musuem is up for “Visitor Attraction of the Year” and the O2 is nominated in several categories including, “Sports Tourism Award”, “Sustainable Tourism Award” and “Accessible Award”.
The Visit London 2008 Awards ceremony will take place on November 27th at the Royal Albert Hall.
Greenwich Hosts “Run To The Beat”
London’s first ever mass participation half marathon, titled “Run To The Beat”, will take place in Greenwich on October 15th. The event will start at the O2 arena, go past all of Greenwich’s Olympic venues, and then finish back at the O2. Specially selected music will be played along the route to help motivate runners – can I recommend the Rocky theme tune for just that purpose?
Most places are gone already but if anyone wishes to take place, they should email a special Run To The Beat email address at the council.
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