post-exhibition plan had been to convert the Dome into a European football stadium which would last for 25 years: Charlton Athletic at one point considered a possible move but instead chose to redevelop their own stadium. Local team Fisher Athletic were at one time interested in moving to the Dome, but they were considered to have too small a fan base to make this feasible. The Dome was planned to take over the functions performed by the London Arena after its closure. This is the function which The O2 Arena has now undertaken. Millennium Experience After a private opening on the evening of 31 December 1999, including a New Year's Eve celebration attended by Queen Elizabeth II, the Millennium Experience at the Dome was open to the public for the whole of 2000, and contained a large number of attractions and exhibits. The exhibits The interior space was subdivided into 14 zones (with the lead designers of the zones): Who we are: Body, sponsored by Boots, supported by L'Oréal and Roche (Branson Coates Architecture) Mind, sponsored by BAE Systems and Marconi (Office of Zaha Hadid) Faith comprised 5 sections: History of Christianity, Making of Key Life Experiences, How Shall I live?, Night Rain (a contemplation area designed by James Turrell), and Faith Festivals Calendar (Eva Jiricna Architects with Jasper Jacobs Associates) Self Portrait, sponsored by Marks & Spencer (Caribiner with Lorenzo Apicella at Pentagram), sculpture design by Gerald Scarfe What we do: Work, sponsored by Manpower Inc. (WORK) Learning, sponsored by Tesco (WORK) Rest (Richard Rogers Partnership) Play (Land Design Studio) Talk, sponsored by BT Group (Imagination Group) Money, sponsored by the City of London (Caribiner with Bob Baxter at Amalgam) Journey, sponsored by Ford Motor Company (Imagination Group) Where we live: Shared Ground, made from recycled card, sponsored by Camelot Group plc (WORK) Living Island (WORK) Home Planet, sponsored by British Airways and BAA plc (Park Avenue Productions) Surrounded by the zones was a performance area in the centre of the dome. With music composed by Peter Gabriel and an acrobatic cast of 160, the Millennium Dome Show was performed 999 times over the course of the year. Throughout the year, the specially-commissioned film Blackadder: Back & Forth was shown in Skyscape (a separate cinema on the site sponsored by BSkyB). There was also the McDonald's Our Town Story project in which each Local Education Authority in the UK