for only 200 days per year (the equivalent of seven months), the venue sold over 1.2 million tickets in 2007, making it the third most popular venue in the world for concerts and family shows, narrowly behind the Manchester Arena (1.25 million) and Madison Square Garden in New York City (1.23 million). As of 2021, the O2 Arena was still the busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales. Prizes and awards 2016 Pollstar International Venue of the Year 2016 Billboard Touring Awards: Top Arena 2016 The London Venue Awards: Best Music Venue 2016 The Drum UK Event Awards: Large Venue of the Year 2017 Pollstar International Venue of the Year See also The O2 Millennium Dome Live at the O² Arena List of tennis stadiums by capacity References External links London 2012 Olympics profile Arena Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball venues Olympic gymnastics venues 2012 Summer Paralympic venues Boxing venues in the United Kingdom Basketball venues in England Indoor ice hockey venues in England Indoor arenas in London Sports venues in London Tennis venues in London 2007 establishments in England Sports venues completed in 2007 Music venues completed in 2007 Music venues in London Sport in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Tourist attractions in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Netball venues in England