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The Millennium Dome Show, October 2000 The Millennium Dome at night, September 2000 After a private opening on the evening of 31 December 1999, including a New Year's Eve celebration attended by Queen Elizabeth II , the Millennium Experience at the Dome was open to the public for the whole of 2000, and contained a large number of attractions ...
The O2 (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, restaurants, and a guided tour to the top of the O2.
It has the third-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind Co-op Live and Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. [1] As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a height of 52 metres (57 yards).
The village currently has the Millennium Primary School, a GP surgery, and a few shops. East of the village, at Peartree Wharf, is the Greenwich Yacht Club, a modern building provided by English Partnerships. The village is south of the O 2 dome complex; commercial developments are situated to the south.
The concert raised £1.25m and 61,000 people attended the event at the stadium. The concert was, at the time, the biggest charity concert held in the United Kingdom since Live Aid in 1985. The main tickets sold out in just 3 days with a further 3,000 tickets issued selling out in 20 minutes. [19] 29 June U2: Vertigo Tour: The Killers and Starsailor
Cardiff International Arena is the city centre's indoor arena; the purpose-built venue lacks the capacity to host large-scale events. Currently the city lacks a large multi-purpose indoor arena suitable for hosting a number of major sporting and music events, such as Adele concerts, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and the Gymnastics World Championships, with a capacity of 10–15,000 to ...
Other Commission funded projects included the Millennium Dome and the London Eye. However the Centre failed to attract enough visitors and cash flow to ensure its viability for its 79 workers – BBC News described the centre as having been "shunned" by visitors, and, despite a £2 million relaunch, the Centre closed in 2000.
The exhibition cost around £34 million to design and construct (out of a budget of £150 million for the entire area) and was the first major United Kingdom millennium attraction to open. Other exhibitions funded by the Millennium Commission include the Glasgow Science Centre, the Falkirk Wheel and the Millennium Dome in London.