This article is about the Dome's use as a Millennium exhibition. For its post-redevelopment use as an entertainment district, see The O2 (London).
Millennium Dome (The O2 Arena)
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General information
Type Exhibition space
Architectural style Dome
Location Drawdock Road / Millennium Way
Greenwich Peninsula
London SE10 0BB
England
Coordinates 51°30′10.14″N 0°0′11.22″ECoordinates: 51°30′10.14″N 0°0′11.22″E
Completed 1999
Opening 01 January 2000
Closed 31 December 2000
Cost £ 789 million
(£1.22 billion in 2016 pounds[1])
$ 1,27 billion
($1.8 billion in 2016 dollars[2])
Technical details
Structural system Steel & tensioned fabric
Design and construction
Architect Richard Rogers
Structural engineer Buro Happold
Services engineer Buro Happold
Awards and prizes Royal Academy of Engineering
MacRobert Award
The Millennium Dome, consequently 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. Located on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, the exhibition was open to the public from 1 January to 31 December 2000. The project and exhibition was the subject of considerable political controversy as it failed to attract the number of visitors anticipated, with recurring financial problems. All of the original exhibition and associated complex has since been demolished. The dome still exists, and it is now a key exterior feature of The O2. The Prime Meridian passes the western edge of the Dome and the nearest London Underground station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line.