The site of the Meridian Line in north Greenwich-symbolising time-the Dome was, at the time of construction, the biggest dome in the world, occupying 300 acres of a formerly contaminated derelict gasworks.
8,691 pages on this wiki. See also The O2 Arena. The Millennium Dome, often referred to simply as The Dome, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium.  Date: 2000 (filed under recent classics) Cost : £789M (initial investment) – £189 (recouped from ticket sales). Synopsis: The Millennium Dome in London, UK was a purpose built structure created to house a year long “Millennium Experience” exhibition that was to celebrate the year 2000 milestone.  The project was controversial from the start. The Millennium Dome, a large domed structure that was built on the meridian in Greenwich to house the exhibition had an estimated cost of £750 million and was disliked by many Londoners, who did not see it as a proper symbol for their city. In 2005 the Millennium Dome was renamed O2, after the mobile phone company. At the same time it was converted into a multifunctional entertainment complex. The arena now hosts many different events, including exhbitions and concerts. At its center is a large concert hall with a capacity of 20,000 people. The Dome originally contained a theme park-cum-scientific exhibition entitled the 'Millennium Experience'. This was a series of themed 'zones' representing concepts such as 'money' or 'the body', supported by live theatrical events throughout the day. The Millennium Experience closed on December 31 2000, and the Dome has since been sold to be converted into a 26,000 capacity entertainment and sports arena. The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. The critic Jonathan Meades has scathingly referred to the Millennium Dome as a Museum of Toxic Waste, and apart from the dome itself, the project included the reclamation of the entire Greenwich Peninsula. Building and opening the Millennium Dome on the very short timescale required was a tremendous achievement. But the New Millennium Experience Company has experienced severe financial difficulties this year and has required considerable additional lottery funding.  Uploaded on Sep 23, 2009. I suspect not a great deal of people have seen this! This is a freebie short promotional video describing what was going to be placed inside the newly-built Millennium Dome (now the O2 Arena) in Docklands, London.  The Millennium Dome was the centrepiece of British celebrations for the dawning of the year 2000. Built on the site of the Meridian Line in north Greenwich-symbolising time-the Dome was, at the time of construction, the biggest dome in the world, occupying 300 acres of a formerly contaminated derelict gasworks. The Millennium Experience closed on December 31 2000, and the Dome has since been sold to be converted into a 26,000 capacity entertainment and sports arena. The dome, seen from the Emirates Air Line. The dome is one of the largest of its type in the world. Externally, it appears as a large white marquee with twelve 100 m-high yellow support towers, one for each month of the year, or each hour of the clock face, representing the role played by Greenwich Mean Time. The critic Jonathan Meades has scathingly referred to the Millennium Dome as a Museum of Toxic Waste, and apart from the dome itself, the project included the reclamation of the entire Greenwich Peninsula. Commissioned to mark the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Millennium Dome was intended as a celebratory, emblematic and non-hierarchical structure that offered a vast, flexible space. The inherent flexibility of the structure is such that it has since been used as a sporting venue for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Currently the Dome is an entertainment hub known as The O2 and features the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena – one of the world's most successful music venues – at its heart.
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