塑像的底部是一个反射重叠映像的凹状空间「omphalos」。这个空间的顶尖离地9米高,其拱门能让游客走进塑像。当他们走到塑像外围时,他们又能看到整个艺术品。[10]记者们于公园的开幕周中把「omphalos」形容为「勺形的下腹」[11][12]。在设计过程中,塑像原为公园东北部分的植物园(Lurie Garden)的中央装饰品,但工作人员认为它对植物园而言实在是太大了,于是决定忽略掉阿尼什·卡普尔的反对,把它放在了AT&T广场。[13]此外,塑像的东西两面会反射斯莫菲-斯通大樓(Smurfit-stone Building)、保德信廣場與Aon中心(Prudential Plaza & Aon Center)和滾石飯店(One Prudential Plaza)等摩天大楼的映像。
芝加哥市长李察·米高·戴利在2006年5月15日把塑像面世那天訂为「云门日」。卡普尔参加了庆祝典礼,爵士乐小号手及领队奥尔博·戴维斯(Orbert Davis)和芝加哥爵士交响乐团並在典礼上演奏了由戴维斯创作的「为云门吹奏(Fanfare for Cloud Gate)」。[39]公众从不一样的出发点看塑像,并亲切地称它为「豆荚」。[40]「雲門」成为了一个很受欢迎的公众艺术品,[9][41]并成为了明信片、运动衫和海报等纪念品上的必备之物。[42]塑像吸引了很多的市民,以及来自世界各地的游客和艺术爱好者。[43]它是卡普尔众多艺术品中最为人知的一件。[44]
公园因私人活动而关闭的行为也引起了很多爭議,公园于2005和2006年两年中,几乎都为企业活动关闭了1天。作为公园熱門景点的「雲門」在这两次事件中都成为了焦点。丰田汽车美国销售公司(Toyota Motor Sales USA)在2005年9月8日支付了80万美元以租用包括「云门」在内的景点,其租用时间为早上6点至晚上11点。[52][53]好事达保险公司(Allstate)则于2006年8月7日支付了70万美元租用公园,这个费用包括了于下午4点后参观公园不同景点及独家使用「云门」的权利。[54]这些公司都不允许游客接近「雲門」,并强迫他们通过别的通道繞過塑像。芝加哥城市委员會其後声称这些资金都会用来支持千禧公园里的免费公众节目。[52]
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^ 7.07.1Robert, Sharoff. Better than Perfect: The Making of Chicago's Millennium Park. Walsh Construction Company. 2004: 61.
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