During the 2012 London Olympic Games, which venue was known as the North Greenwich Arena?
Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball at the Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 12 August 2012. The preliminary matches and the women's quarterfinal matches were played in the new Basketball Arena in Olympic Park which seated up to 12,000 spectators. The men's knockout games and the women's games from semifinals onward were played in the North Greenwich Arena. The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008. Two settings in London have been used for the basketball tournaments: The O2 Arena (referred to as the "North Greenwich Arena" during
Greenwich Park the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Greenwich Park was the venue for the Olympic equestrian events and for the riding and running parts of the modern pentathlon events. It was also the venue for the Paralympic equestrian events. The use of Greenwich Park for Olympic equestrian events caused some tension between the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 (LOCOG) and some local area residents. A community action group, NOGOE (No to Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events), believed Greenwich Park was not a suitable venue for the events and started an (ultimately unsuccessful) petition to get the equestrian events