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Name
SSE Arena
Alt ID: The SSE Arena
Alternate: Odyssey Arena

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Next Event
Belfast Giants vs Nottingham Panthers
Fri 10 Jan 2025 19:00

Established
2000 (24 years old)

Capacity
11,000

Build Cost
£120 million

Architect


Country
Northern Ireland

Location
2 Queen's Quay, Belfast, BT3 9QQ, Northern Ireland

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Coordinates
54°36′15″N 5°54′54″W

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Upcoming

10 Jan	Belfast Gian	-	Nottingham P		7:00pm
11 Jan	Belfast Gian	-	Nottingham P		7:00pm
18 Jan	Belfast Gian	-	Sheffield St		7:00pm
19 Jan	Belfast Gian	-	Manchester S		4:00pm
25 Jan	Belfast Gian	-	Coventry Bla		7:00pm
08 Feb	Belfast Gian	-	Guildford Fl		7:00pm
09 Feb	Belfast Gian	-	Manchester S		4:00pm

Past Events

19 Oct	Belfast Gian	4 - 6	Coventry Bla
05 Oct	Belfast Gian	3 - 1	Cardiff Devi
28 Mar	Premier League Night 9				12:00am
22 Mar	Bellator Champions Series 1: Anderson vs. Moore				5:00pm
02 Dec	Michael Conlan vs Jordan Gill				11:00pm
02 Feb	Cazoo Premier League Night 1				12:00am
06 Aug	Michael Conlan vs Miguel Marriaga				6:00pm

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The SSE Arena was known as the Odyssey Arena from 2000 to 2015. Northern Ireland's biggest indoor arena, with a capacity of 11,000+ for concerts, hosts concerts and sporting events such as Belfast Giants games. On 25 June 2015, it was announced the Arena would undergo a £3 million refurbishment and become the SSE Arena on 4 September 2015, with the naming rights to last for 10 years.
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Interior bowl of the arena before an ice hockey match, October 2010

Since opening, the SSE Arena has been the home to the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League team, the Belfast Giants. The Belfast Giants play weekly home games against teams from across the U.K. between September and March of each year. On 2 October 2010, the Boston Bruins faced the Belfast Giants 'Selects' in an NHL Challenge match.

The venue also hosts a number of live sporting events including WWE who brings superstars from WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown brands so wrestling fans are able to watch their favourites perform live. On 16 June 2007, the SSE Arena hosted the UFC 72: Victory as they continued their expansion into Europe where the live events were broadcast on pay-per-view in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

World Champion Boxer Carl Frampton has also fought at the SSE Arena. His first fight at the venue was in 2010 when he won the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title by a fourth-round TKO stoppage against Mark Quon. Carl Frampton has continued to fight in the SSE Arena, Belfast up until 2018 and helped promote Northern Ireland by using it as the venue for his matches

Since 2008, the venue has also played host to the Premier League Darts.


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