The Barnsley Metrodome (Metrodome Leisure Complex) is a sports and leisure facility that was opened in 1989 by

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. The facility is 5 minutes from the Barnsley Interchange and close to Junction 37 off the M1. It is located along Queens Road,

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

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, in

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. It is regularly home to major worldwide ten-pin bowling events, such as the

Weber Cup The Weber Cup, named after professional ten-pin bowler Dick Weber, is a men's ten-pin bowling competition between Team Europe and Team USA. It is often referred to as "bowling's equivalent of golf's Ryder Cup". Each year, a team of five from t ...

and

World Tenpin Masters The World Tenpin Masters (founded in 1998) is an annual Ten-pin bowling tournament. It consists of a single lane surrounded by banked seating on both sides to give the event the kind of high-pressure atmosphere that makes the Masters the world’ ...

. The Metrodome played host to the 2006, 2007, and 2008

and the

. The facility is home to Calypso Cove Waterpark, Metrodome Bowling, and Your Space Metrodome. The facility also hosts events on the

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’s Pro Tour. The facility is operated by BPL, a not-for-profit leisure trust established in 1999.

External links

Official Barnsley Metrodome website

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