A near wreck, this theatre? (5)

I believe the answer is:

arena

'this theatre?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a near wreck' is the wordplay.
'wreck' indicates an anagram.
'near' with letters rearranged gives 'rena'.
'a'+'rena'='ARENA'

(Other definitions for arena that I've seen before include "Place for public events" , "Wembley, say" , "Sporting enclosure" , "The place of action" , "Part of a stadium" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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