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Dome may become a rock venue for 70,000
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AMERICAN businessmen are planning to transform the Millennium Dome
into a huge rock concert hall seating 70,000 people.
The US consortium, which includes the management companies of
singer Michael Jackson and magician David Copperfield, has put
together a 135million bid for the Dome. It is said to have the
backing of a major American adventure capitalist, according to
merchant bank Lazards, which was appointed by the Government to
oversee the sale.
The plan, reported in the Dai...
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