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The O2 Arena, set inside the vast tented dome on London's Greenwich Peninsula, is one of the busiest entertainment venues on earth and the regular host of NBA Global Games in the UK. Under its distinctive fabric roof and yellow support masts, the arena has welcomed NBA regular-season basketball to Europe since 2011. The bowl configures for concerts, boxing, and basketball alike, and NBA game nights here draw a mixed crowd of long-time UK hoops fans and curious newcomers experiencing live NBA action for the first time. Its location on the Thames, with its own pier and tube stop, makes arena nights a full evening out.

Built inside the shell of the 1990s Millennium Dome, the arena reopened as The O2 in 2007 and quickly became one of the world's top-grossing live-entertainment venues. NBA regular-season basketball arrived in March 2011, when the Raptors and Nets played the first-ever NBA game on European soil, and the O2 has hosted every NBA London Game since. The arena has also staged marquee boxing cards, world snooker's season finale, and countless global concert tours. Its role as the exclusive London home of NBA basketball has made it a fixture of the league's international growth strategy.