Millennium Dome, Entertainment venue in Greenwich Peninsula, United Kingdom
The Millennium Dome, now known as The O2, is an event venue on the Greenwich Peninsula in London with a circular white fabric roof. The building contains an arena, several cinema screens, restaurants, and shops beneath a canopy held up by twelve masts and stretched through a network of steel cables.
The opening took place on January 1, 2000, as part of national celebrations for the new millennium, initially with a year-long exhibition about science and society. After the millennium show ended, the building sat empty for several years until a private operator reopened it as an event hall in 2007.
The name honors the turn of the millennium, while the arena today serves mainly as London's largest music hall for around 20,000 people. Outside the main entrance, crowds gather on evenings with concerts or sporting events, and the surrounding area with restaurants and bars fills with visitors.
North Greenwich station on the Jubilee Line sits right next to the complex and offers the quickest access from central London. Those arriving during the day can also take the Emirates Air Line, a cable car across the Thames that stops a short walk away.
The white roof skin glows at night in changing colors, often coordinated with events inside or special occasions in the city. On some days, you can spot the colored light from a long distance across the rooftops of London.
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