Millennium Dome

2. The financial performance of the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) has not matched the expectations of the Company, the Millennium Commission or Ministers. This Committee has no wish to resile from its previous support for the Dome. We consider some of the reasons for the present difficulties could have been foreseen, but we accept that they were not necessarily foreseen by this Committee, although individual members have voiced their concerns during meetings of this Committee. …

…about whether to visit the Dome were influenced by a number of factors, including accessibility, price, public relations, expectations of the content, alternative attractions and the strength of the pound.[259] She added that two additional factors influencing the decision were accessibility by car and availability of free tickets to schoolchildren.[260] Ms Page said: "All of those things came along after that 12 million forecast was put into the budget which was given to the incoming Government".[261]