Leicester Athena

Athena
Athena in April 2010
Map
Former namesLeicester Odeon
AddressQueen Street
Leicester LE1 1QD
England
LocationLeicester
TypeEarly 20th century art deco cinema
Capacity2,000
Construction
Built1936
Opened1936-1997, 2005 – present
Renovated2005
ArchitectRobert Arthur Bullivant (architect)
Website
Venue Website

Athena is a Grade II-listed events venue in the cultural quarter of Leicester City Centre, England. Built originally as an Odeon Cinema in 1936, it closed for most of the 1990s and remained vacant up until 2005, where the building was restored as a multi-discipline events venue.