🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2000 · 🎉 Parties & trips
A giant tent for a year-2000 exhibition. Planned for 12 million paying visitors.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
£628 million Lottery grants
The world’s most expensive party tent. The party lasted one year.
What actually happened
The National Audit Office found Millennium Commission grants rose from £399 million to £628 million as visitor numbers fell short of the 12 million target. This was National Lottery money, not general taxation. The building is now the O2 arena.
Source: National Audit Office ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.