The government is speaking to only a handful of prospective buyers as the sale of Millennium Dome gathers momentum.
Unsuitable bidders have now been rejected and only serious contenders are in the frame. These include a property consortium led by Quintain, which wants to create a theme park, and the Wellcome Trust, which wants to turn the Dome into a biomedical research centre.
The Dome, which has been empty since the beginning of the year, could be used for one-off events in the autumn.
Financial Times 04/08/01 page 4
