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Originally Posted by Pandemos
When it was open, I was one my way to work one day and thought 'fuck it, can't be arsed', called in sick and caught a train down London instead and went to the Dome. Really enjoyed it. Seems that most of the people who moan about the Dome never actually went there.
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I got to go for free because my parents were over and took me and my husband. I also enjoyed it. The problem was only having it open for one year. Just when they were getting the feel for how to run the place they had to shut it down. Also, on that year it was the most visited tourist attraction in the UK.
Plus, as somene that lives in this area I like the Dome simply because it totally transformed that Peninsula. It was a wasteland before hand and now it has a tube station, yuppie housing (that is ugly but dont tell them that) and a major entertainment and shopping venue. I am sure the money earned and paid in taxes from those buisnesses over the last five years has paid for more than a bit of the Dome.