The striking Swansea Arena is a brand-new £135M music and theatre venue, operated by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG).
Set to attract some of the world’s most famous music acts and much-loved theatre productions, the 3,500 capacity indoor arena will no doubt become a popular entertainment venue in the city.
The new arena is part of a large-scale development in the centre of Swansea, called Copr Bay. This will also offer new shops, restaurants, apartments and parkland. The area will be serviced by two new multi-storey car parks and a ground-breaking pedestrian bridge over Oystermouth Road. This is to improve connectivity between the city and the beach.
Swansea Arena will also be home to 2,000sq m of exhibition space. This will have the capacity to host 2,500 people, with dining capabilities for up to 750 guests.
The design and architecture of the building are revolutionary, firmly putting the arena at the forefront of modern and future-proofed leisure and entertainment venues. Its stunning LED façade is particularly notable, making the venue instantly eye-catching and awe-inspiring. To achieve this, 97,000 LumiNode Pixel LED’s, from leading LED specialist Tryka, have been used on the façade. The LumiNode Pixel LED is a full-colour, 16-bit, RGBW solution, guaranteeing smooth dimming and optimising colour output for the most vivid image and video playback. For the Swansea Arena, the LumiNode has been made-to-measure to suit the specific needs of the project, with pixel pitches ranging from 110mm through to 435mm, whilst the custom-moulded body is designed to suit a 30mm aperture for a panelised installation, allowing ease of installation as well as any future maintenance or system upgrades.
