Personal representatives of Presidents Bush and Reagan and of Buddhist groups of both the Mahayana and Theravada sects from over 30 nations attended, as did 2,000 overseas Chinese and many local residents.
落成當天，美國總統布希與前總統雷根都派了代表參加；並有卅多個國家，不分大、小乘教派的佛教團體前來祝賀。此外，來自美國各州的二千多位華僑和當地居民也紛紛前來參加盛會。