The O2

 David Beckham OBE
“The soccer academy is going to be great, and it’s right next door to The O2 ...so we’re looking forward to it, it’s going to be an amazing future.”

Jools Holland OBE
“Music venues in London....Greenwich is a place that really deserves to have a major, big music venue and it would be great if it had one.... it’ll be a great improvement.”

Lord Coe, Chair, LOCOG 2012
“With gymnastics and basketball in the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the World Gymnastics Championships in 2009, The O2 is going to give us the most magnificent opportunity to showcase world-class sporting events in this city and particularly the potential of Southeast London... This is a fantastic opportunity. I’ve always said that the Olympic Games will present London with an opportunity to create a legacy for the next 40 or 50 years and The O2 will be absolutely the epicentre of that.”

Harvey Goldsmith
“It’s extraordinary that a city like London, with such a formidable reputation for great music, doesn't really have a purpose built venue for entertainment. The O2 will, for the first time, allow both artists and fans to fully enjoy the live experience.”

Roy Clare, Director, National Maritime Museum
“We think that this end of London, the East End of London, has so much potential in the future. London is marching to the East, Greenwich is much nearer the centre of activity in London, as Canary Wharf demonstrates just across the Thames, so we’re delighted at the developments at The O2 are going to complement those here at the World Heritage Site, we believe it’s good for us, good for Greenwich, good for London.”