Monday, December 8, 2008

A look inside The O2!!!






















FM104 got an exlcusive look inside the new O2 venue!!!












Some Facts






The new seating capacity of The O2 will be in excess of 14,500 seats
The roof of The O2 has the most up to date acoustics design in Europe. Audiences will be treated to acoustics never before witnessed in an Irish venue
A total of over 5,000 tonnes of steel, 13,000 metres of duct work, 7,000 metres of pipe work and 270 kilometres of cables were used to construct the new venue
There are 3,500 light fittings in the venue
There are 250 toilets in the venue
A total of over 100,000 blocks were used to construct facilities and new walls in The O2
At the peak of production there was in excess of 140 electricians working on The O2
A number of the roof trusses used in construction required a total of three mobile cranes each in excess of 150 tonnes to place into position