Word: domes
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...late to the party: it's the third major American sport to bat its eyes at the British capital in the past month. An Oct. 10 NBA clash between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves at London's O2 Arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) was the showcase match-up in a five-city, seven-game European tour. On Sept. 29 and 30, that newly rechristened venue also played host to a season-opening two-game series between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, a league whose fan base is rapidly eroding at home...
...white elephants go, they didn't come much bigger than the Millennium Dome...
...square-meter, tent-like structure - designed by famed architect Richard Rogers - is one of the few manmade objects visible from space. Opening to great fanfare on Dec. 31, 1999, on the cusp of the new millennium with Queen Elizabeth II and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in attendance, the Dome was initially considered a failure. Sure, it lured 6.5 million visitors to its themed Millennium Experience attractions during its year-long run - many more than any other U.K. attraction - but the government had naively promised to draw 12 million. Moreover, Britons largely considered its publicly-funded $1.22 billion price...
...within the space of the last four months, the Dome has become a hot destination. Now redubbed the O2 - after the mobile telecommunications operator paying $12 million a year for naming rights - and centered around a newly built, 20,000 seat arena, the O2 has quickly established itself as London's hippest concert venue since opening in June. Prince sold out 21 nights at the arena in August and September. Other top acts to play it so far include the Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, Elton John and the White Stripes. A reunited Led Zeppelin will play a one-time only...
...Campbell thinks the results have finally silenced naysayers who called the Dome a doomed disaster. Critics may have hated the Millennium Experience, he says, "but the building was always cool. The Rogers design, it's a fantastic, iconic structure." And now, thanks to a hot new arena, what's inside is cool...