The front part of the building has a distinctive mirrored crystal ziggurat shape, framed by external steel beams at each corner, joined at the apex.

In the 1980s, cinema audiences were in decline nationally, due among other reasons to high ticket prices, TV channels and video recorders.

The venue was an instant success and its opening caused, at least partially, the closure of the traditional cinemas in Bletchley and Newport Pagnell.

Xscape quickly took the vast majority of The Point's cinemagoers, and in 2003, UCI abruptly left Milton Keynes, deciding to rent out the cinema part of the building in order to continue to honour its lease with the complex's owners.

In 2005, a refurbishment of the foyer saw the reintroduction of concession stands for food and drink, an easyInternetCafe was added, along with an easyPizza pick up point.

In 2012, the Point's owners, Hammerson, proposed plans to restructure the building as a new shopping and leisure complex, and asked for feedback from public in an open consultation.

An application to Historic England for the building to be given listed grade II status was rejected on the grounds that it lacks any architectural merit.

[10] In 2020, mere days before the UK went into full lockdown as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread, the Buzz Bingo hall closed, in line with all other hospitality venues across the country.

Whilst it was anticipated at the time that it would reopen, in July 2020, it was confirmed that as part of a rescue deal for the chain, 26 Buzz Bingo locations would be closed down permanently, including the Milton Keynes site.

Despite a plea from the Cinema Theatre Association that at least the pyramid be retained, as of March 2022[update] the building is slated for demolition but an exact date for when the work will commence has yet to be scheduled.