Leeds Arena
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Leeds Arena, now known as the First Direct Arena, is a major indoor entertainment venue in Leeds, England, hosting concerts, sporting events, and large-scale performances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leeds Arena canonical | 3 |
| Arena Quarter Leeds | 1 |
| Leeds First Direct Arena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5278791 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leeds Arena Context triple: [First Direct Arena, formerName, Leeds Arena]
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A.
Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena is a large indoor entertainment and sports venue in Manchester, England, known for hosting major concerts and events.
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B.
Steel Arena
Steel Arena is a major indoor ice hockey and multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Košice, Slovakia.
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C.
TUI Arena
TUI Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in Hanover, Germany, best known for hosting major ice hockey games, concerts, and other large-scale events.
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D.
Copper Box Arena
Copper Box Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue in London, originally built for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and now used for a wide range of events and community activities.
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E.
Leeds Grand Theatre
Leeds Grand Theatre is a historic Victorian-era performing arts venue in Leeds, England, renowned for hosting major theatre, opera, and touring productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leeds Arena Target entity description: Leeds Arena, now known as the First Direct Arena, is a major indoor entertainment venue in Leeds, England, hosting concerts, sporting events, and large-scale performances.
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A.
Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena is a large indoor entertainment and sports venue in Manchester, England, known for hosting major concerts and events.
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B.
Steel Arena
Steel Arena is a major indoor ice hockey and multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Košice, Slovakia.
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C.
TUI Arena
TUI Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in Hanover, Germany, best known for hosting major ice hockey games, concerts, and other large-scale events.
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D.
Copper Box Arena
Copper Box Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue in London, originally built for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and now used for a wide range of events and community activities.
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E.
Leeds Grand Theatre
Leeds Grand Theatre is a historic Victorian-era performing arts venue in Leeds, England, renowned for hosting major theatre, opera, and touring productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert hall
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
First Direct Arena
ⓘ
Leeds First Direct Arena ⓘ
linked to:
Leeds Arena
|
| architect | Populous ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | fan-shaped arena ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Leeds
ⓘ
Indoor arenas in England ⓘ Music venues in Leeds ⓘ Sports venues in Leeds ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| cost | £60 million ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentName | First Direct Arena ⓘ |
| formerName | Leeds Arena ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
LED-clad exterior
ⓘ
fan-shaped seating bowl ⓘ tiered seating ⓘ |
| hasParking | yes ⓘ |
| hasStageConfiguration |
end-stage
ⓘ
in-the-round ⓘ |
| inception | 2013 ⓘ |
| indoorOrOutdoor | indoor ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Leeds ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
England
ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| nearTransport | Leeds railway station ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Bruce Springsteen concerts
ⓘ
linked to:
Bruce Springsteen live performances
Elton John concert 2013 opening season ⓘ Kylie Minogue concerts ⓘ Premier League Darts nights ⓘ UFC Fight Night events ⓘ
linked to:
UFC Fight Night
|
| openingDate | 2013-09-04 ⓘ |
| operator |
SMG Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
SMG
|
| owner | Leeds City Council ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
concerts
ⓘ
live entertainment ⓘ sporting events ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northern England
ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 13500 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForSport | 12000 ⓘ |
| sponsor | First Direct ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Arena Way ⓘ |
| website | https://www.firstdirectarena.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Leeds Arena Description of subject: Leeds Arena, now known as the First Direct Arena, is a major indoor entertainment venue in Leeds, England, hosting concerts, sporting events, and large-scale performances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Leeds Arena
linked to: Leeds Arena