Millennium dome to re-open as concert venue......
Millennium dome to re-open as concert venue......
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Wacky Racer

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41,273 posts

276 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4578753.stm

scared but happy

24,147 posts

258 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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The Millennium Dome hopes to be a stage for musicians such as U2 and Sir Paul McCartney when it reopens as an entertainment arena in April 2007. Who gives a toss. Yet another hairbrained idea that will flop within 2 years. Pull the crap down and give us all a refund (£100 each for every man woman and child in the UK from what I read somewhere) and use the money to build something we ALL want.
BTW: Read the BBC's site and notice the lefty message about "started by tories" fecking hell that was 5 NOTE five YEARS ago, give the blame the last party a break. anyone with 1 brain cell would have killed it after 2 or 3 or 4 years. Nope blame Mandleson, remember him? oh you know Blairs matey given the cushy EU job of sailing us down the river.

Frik

13,677 posts

272 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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There was never anything wrong with the Dome - just the crap they put under it.

Thank god it might finally be of some use.

miniman

30,021 posts

291 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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Glad to see something useful being done with it. However... seems it's being developed by "Anschutz Entertainment Group" - something tells me that the profits are all headed out of the country. Shame no UK companies could come up with a workable proposal...

simpo two

92,708 posts

294 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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Never understood why they didn't stick the new Wembley stadium in it.

Need a big arena - 'oh look, there's a big one not being used...' Simple.

jesusbuiltmycar

5,127 posts

283 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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Apparently they had a display in the dome called "What makes Britain Great"

No mention of beating teh Bosh Twice,
no Mention of the Empire

But they did have a picture of bLIAR...

Frik

13,677 posts

272 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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Gazboy said:

simpo two said:
Never understood why they didn't stick the new Wembley stadium in it.

Need a big arena - 'oh look, there's a big one not being used...' Simple.



Agree completely, if it was up to me, those who were 'planning' WembleyII and the MD should be in prison for gross missuse of public monies, and anything else we could pin on them.
Except that you wouldn't be able to fit a football pitch along with 90,000 seats in it.

I don't think it would go down well for the new stadium in London to be smaller than the Millenium Stadium...

rude-boy

22,227 posts

262 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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IIRC the Tories were talking about a project like this prior to being kicked out and it was Labour who took the idea and selected the site, nature of the facility, etc.

What got me was that something like this should have been sited in or near Birmingham, not bloody London. For me that was one of the biggest mistakes of the whole project.

Also did you know that one of the major problems with the Dome is the land it is built upon is some of the most contaminated in the entire country? They had to put massive piles and 'dams' along the river front to try to limit the amount of pollution which seeps into the river.

hornet

6,333 posts

279 months

Wednesday 25th May 2005
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Always thought the Dome was an interesting idea badly executed. Good to see it finally being used for something useful. Just Battersea power station to sort out now...