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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

Northern Ireland built its biggest room on a derelict riverside site, and an ice hockey team no one expected became its heart. The arena at 2 Queens Quay opened in December 2000 as the Odyssey Arena, the anchor of the 120-million-pound Odyssey millennium project on the east bank of the Lagan - a 10,000-seat opening night watching the brand-new Belfast Giants lose to the Ayr Scottish Eagles in front of 7,500 converts. The Giants story became the building's: the island of Ireland's only professio...