The tallest building in the world seems to like to go big.
The Burj Khalifa, the soaring
2,716-foot tower in Dubai, started the new year in a massive sound and
light show that turned the entire high-rise into a giant fireworks
display.
A video, which captured the
attention of the Web, shows an eye-popping performance that was
accompanied by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra playing live on the
Burj Steps. Fireworks, which were also set off elsewhere around Dubai,
appear around and on top of the skyscraper.
The tower has already had its Hollywood moment for a supporting role in the movie Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol. That's the building Tom Cruise scales from the outside.
Even if you couldn’t afford a
$4,300 window-side table at the restaurant on the 122nd floor, aptly
named Atmosphere, to catch the show up close, there was plenty to take
in from the ground. Close to a million onlookers watched from the
street what organizers called “arguably the best display on the planet."
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