BMW Welt: It's open! (Jonathan Spira’s blog, day 3)

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Balloons fly at the opening of BMW Welt. (Jonathan Spira photo)
</div>Jonathan Spira, BMWCCA
Oct. 17, 2007</p>MUNICH, Wednesday (10/17) -- After four years of construction and €500 million (USD $709 million), including the expansion of the BMW Museum and enhancements to the Munich factory tour, the BMW Welt, BMW’s “experience and delivery center,” opened its doors today in a ceremony befitting its place as a cathedral of the automotive world. The site of the BMW Welt is at the Milbertshofen Oberwiesenfeld, where BMW was founded in 1916.


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