How Much Did O2 Pay for the Millennium Dome?
It was originally called the Millennium Dome and cost around $976 million (£700 million) to build, with the bulk of it being taxpayers' money. The venue opened in 2000 to celebrate the dawn of the new millennium and contained a surreal theme park with exhibits inspired by culture, lifestyle and spirituality.

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Besides, does o2 own the Millennium Dome?

31 May 2005: Anschutz Entertainment Group sell the naming rights to the former Millennium Dome to O2 plc, a British mobile phone company. 24 June 2007: The O2 opens to the public. Bon Jovi is the first band to play the new O2 Arena.

Likewise, who bought the Millennium Dome? Trinity Cambridge buys Millennium Dome for £24m. Quite what the dons of Trinity College, Cambridge, made of the O2 centre's widely ridiculed rendering of Ben Hur is anyone's guess. But perhaps after a deal today, they will be more inclined to head down to the Greenwich rock, pop and entertainments venue.

Also, who owns the Millennium Dome?

Anschutz Entertainment Group

When did the Millennium Dome become the o2?

31 May 2005

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