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| Brighton i360 | |
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_(2).JPG) View of the i360 from King's Road in 2018 | |
  Location in East Sussex  Location in England | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Observation tower |
| Location | Brighton & Hove |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 50°49′17″N 0°09′03″W / 50.8214°N 0.1507°W |
| Groundbreaking | 29 July 2014[1] |
| Estimated completion | Summer 2016 |
| Opening | 4 August 2016 |
| Cost | £46.2 million |
| Height | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | David Marks and Julia Barfield |
| Architecture firm | Marks Barfield |
| Structural engineer | Jacobs Engineering |
| Main contractor | Hollandia Infra BV |
| Website | |
| brightoni360 | |
Brighton i360[2] is a 162 m (531 ft) moving observation tower on the seafront of Brighton, East Sussex, England at the landward end of the remains of the West Pier.[3] The tower opened on 4 August 2016.[4] From the fully enclosed viewing pod, visitors experience 360-degree views across Brighton, the South Downs and the English Channel.
Brighton i360 was designed, engineered, manufactured and promoted by the team responsible for the London Eye.[5] The attraction cost £46 million, with £36 million being funded by a Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) loan through Brighton and Hove city council.
Formerly known as the "British Airways i360", the project originally aimed to attract 739,000 paying customers every year.[5] The owner of the site, the West Pier Trust, hoped in 2014 that a successful i360 would lead to the rebuilding of the historic West Pier.[6] Visitor numbers never reached those projected and, in December 2022, the i360 defaulted on the debt it owed the council.[7] By June 2023, the i360's debt to the Council was more than £48 million.[8]
- ^ "Construction work on Brighton's i360 tower begins". BBC News. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "British Airways sponsors Brighton's i360 seafront tower". BBC News. 26 November 2015.
- ^ "The i360 at Brighton West Pier". Brighton West Pier Trust. Archived from the original on 29 September 2006.
- ^ Kashmira Gander (1 August 2016). "First look inside Brighton's i360 'vertical pier' - the world's tallest moving observation tower". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ a b Brian Oliver (26 December 2015). "Brighton reaches for the sky in bid to reverse its 'lost decade' of neglect". The Guardian.
- ^ "Workers complete demolition of sections of Brighton's West Pier ahead of i360 build". thelatest.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "'Range of options' on table after latest £900k loan default by i360". The Argus.
- ^ Sarah Brooker-Lewis, 'Brighton and Hove council approve i360 cricket plan', The Argus, June 2023
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