Most Expensive Fireworks Ever - Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
Dubai Celebrated the New Year with what the Guinness World Records already agrees to be the most exuberant and expensive firework presentation ever. A record crowd of 1.7 million people attended the even last year and the number its expected to be even larger this year, perhaps close to 2 million attendees (Matching the crowd present in Cape Canaveral for the Atlantis shuttle in May 2010, the last ever).
Shortly before Midnight in Dubai a record of 500,000 fireworks were set off for a display that lasted only 6 minutes (Short compared to the 20 minute spectacles we might be used too from Disney World and other 4th of July show-offs). The previous record was established by Kuwait's golden jubilee, in which more than 77,000 fireworks were launched.
The fireworks were shot off from the most popular local landmarks, including Palm Jumeirah, World Islands, the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab covering a distance of 60 miles ~ 100 km of shoreline.
The set was designed by famed U.S. fireworks firm Fireworks by Grucci, and used 100 computers to synchronize the display, according to GWR. It took more than 200 technicians to design the six-minute spectacle, according to GWR.
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