The Hydro (OVO Hydro)

E43716

entertainment venue indoor arena music venue sports venue

The Hydro (OVO Hydro) is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue in Glasgow, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale concerts, sporting events, and live performances.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

AI illustration

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
OVO Hydro	19
OVO Hydro arena	2
The Hydro (OVO Hydro) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T342493 — 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: The Hydro (OVO Hydro)
Context triple: [Glasgow City, hasLandmark, The Hydro (OVO Hydro)]

A. West Road Concert Hall
West Road Concert Hall is a prominent classical music and performance venue in Cambridge, England, known for hosting concerts, recitals, and university events.
B. 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.
C. Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
D. Millennium Stage
Millennium Stage is a performance venue at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., known for offering free daily live arts events to the public.
E. Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a historic concert and event venue in downtown Toronto renowned for its intimate acoustics and role in Canada's cultural and musical heritage.
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: The Hydro (OVO Hydro)
Target entity description: The Hydro (OVO Hydro) is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue in Glasgow, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale concerts, sporting events, and live performances.

A. West Road Concert Hall
West Road Concert Hall is a prominent classical music and performance venue in Cambridge, England, known for hosting concerts, recitals, and university events.
B. 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.
C. Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
D. Millennium Stage
Millennium Stage is a performance venue at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., known for offering free daily live arts events to the public.
E. Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a historic concert and event venue in downtown Toronto renowned for its intimate acoustics and role in Canada's cultural and musical heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ music venue ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SSE Hydro ⓘ
architect	Foster + Partners ⓘ Norman Foster ⓘ
category	Indoor arenas in Scotland ⓘ Music venues in Glasgow ⓘ Sports venues in Glasgow ⓘ
city	Glasgow ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2011-02-06 ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
designStyle	modern ⓘ
formerName	The Hydro ⓘ
hasFeature	LED external lighting system ⓘ amphitheatre-style seating bowl ⓘ domed roof ⓘ
hasSurface	multi-surface event floor ⓘ
locatedIn	Scottish Event Campus ⓘ
locatedOn	River Clyde waterfront ⓘ linked to: Clyde waterfront
location	Glasgow ⓘ
mainContractor	Lendlease ⓘ
maximumCapacity	14000 ⓘ
namingRightsPartner	OVO Energy ⓘ
nearbyStructure	SEC Armadillo ⓘ SEC Centre ⓘ
notableEventHosted	Commonwealth Games 2014 gymnastics events ⓘ linked to: 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games 2014 netball events ⓘ linked to: 2014 Commonwealth Games MTV Europe Music Awards 2014 ⓘ linked to: MTV Europe Music Awards major international music tours ⓘ
openingDate	2013-09-30 ⓘ
operator	Scottish Event Campus Limited ⓘ linked to: Scottish Event Campus
owner	Scottish Event Campus Limited ⓘ linked to: Scottish Event Campus
parkingFacility	multi-storey car park ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Event Campus complex ⓘ linked to: Scottish Event Campus
previousNamingRightsPartner	SSE ⓘ
primaryUse	concerts ⓘ live entertainment ⓘ sporting events ⓘ
publicTransit	Exhibition Centre railway station ⓘ
rankedAmong	busiest arenas in the world by ticket sales ⓘ
region	Glasgow Harbour area ⓘ linked to: Glasgow Harbour
roofType	steel dome ⓘ
seatingCapacity	13000 ⓘ
sponsor	OVO Energy ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Arup ⓘ linked to: Ove Arup & Partners
website	https://www.ovohydro.com/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited