Question: when was the london eye finished being built
Answer: 1194 Completed March 2000 Opened 31 December 1999 ( ceremonial , without passengers ) 1 February 2000 ( first passengers carried ) 9 March 2000 ( opened to general public ) Cost £ 70 million Owner Merlin Entertainments Height 135 metres ( 443 ft ) Diameter 120 metres ( 394 ft ) Design and construction Architect Frank Anatole Nic Bailey Julia Barfield Steve Chilton Malcolm Cook David Marks Mark Sparrowhawk Architecture firm Marks Barfield Structural engineer Arup Other designers Babtie Allott & Lomax ( checking engineer ) Tony Gee (