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| name = Emaar New Year's Eve |
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| genre = ] event |
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| date = 31 December/1 January |
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| begins = 20:30 (]) |
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| ends = 00:30 (]) |
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| frequency = Annually |
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| location = Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai |
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| years_active = 2011-present |
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| founder_name = Emaar |
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| last = 2020–21 (2021) |
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| prev = 2019-20 |
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| attendance = 1.5 million |
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'''Emaar ]''' is an annual event held every 31 December at ], the World's tallest building in ], the United Arab Emirates, organized by ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/emaar-properties/ | title=Emaar Properties |website=www.forbes.com | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/nye-fireworks-at-dubais-burj-khalifa-how-you-can-get-access-to-downtown | title=NYE fireworks at Dubai's Burj Khalifa: How you can get access to Downtown |publisher=khaleejtimes.com | accessdate=26 September 2021 }}</ref> |
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Emaar New Year's Eve has won two Guinness World Records, including 'Largest LED-Illuminated Facade' in 2015 and 2019.<ref name="nye1">{{cite web | url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-31997-emaars-nye-spectacular-was-worlds-most-watched/ | title=Emaar’s NYE spectacular was world’s most-watched | date=4 January 2015 | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news.com.au/world/fireworks-around-the-world-light-the-night-for-new-years-eve/news-story/e2b3b1738ea29f3eb82bae6733ed1eec | title=Fireworks around the world light the night for New Year’s Eve |website=www.news.com.au | date=1 January 2015 | accessdate=26 September 2021 }}</ref><ref name="nye2">{{cite web | url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/dubai-s-new-year-s-eve-burj-khalifa-light-show-to-run-for-months-1.808278 | title=Dubai's New Year's Eve Burj Khalifa light show to run for months | date=1 January 2019 | accessdate=22 October 2021 }}</ref> |
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In 2021, Emaar celebrated 'togetherness' in honor of frontline heroes during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2021/01/04/burj-khalifa-and-downtown-dubai-bring-in-2021-with-a-spectacular-new-years-eve-celebration/ | title=Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai bring in 2021 with a spectacular New Year's Eve celebration | accessdate=26 September 2021 }}</ref> |
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== History == |
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=== Origin === |
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The Emaar New Year's Eve fireworks celebration originated in 2010 with the inauguration of the World's tallest building, Burj Khalifa. The celebration was broadcast live to over 2 million people and lasted for three minutes.<ref name="nye3">{{cite web | url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/live-broadcast-of-burj-khalifa-new-year-s-eve-2011-12-28-1.434906 | title=Live broadcast of Burj Khalifa New Year's Eve | website=www.emirates247.com | language=en | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref> An accompanying sound and light show was choreographed by The Dubai Fountain.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/jaw-dropping-fireworks-at-burj-khalifa-enthrall-thousands-1.739088 | title=Live broadcast of Burj Khalifa New Year's Eve | website=gulfnews.com | language=en | date=28 December 2011 | accessdate=20 September 2021 }}</ref> |
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=== 2011-2012 === |
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In 2011-2012, the Emaar New Year's Eve celebrations celebrated the 'World's largest fireworks' featuring a stunning fireworks display centred around the Burj Khalifa with fireworks shooting out from the water and moving on to a bright green laser.<ref name="nye3"/> |
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=== 2012-2013 === |
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On New Year's Eve 2013, the Burj Khalifa fireworks were set to music composed by the British composer and Royal Academy of the Arts Fellow ].<ref name="nye12">{{cite web | url=https://www.esquireme.com/content/50110-we-ranked-11-years-of-burj-khalifa-new-years-eve-fireworks | title=We ranked 11 years of Burj Khalifa New Year's Eve fireworks |website=Esquire | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref> |
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=== 2013-2014 === |
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New Year's Eve 2014, Dubai made a ] for the largest ever fireworks display.<ref name="nye4">{{cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/no-new-year-2018-fireworks-at-dubais-jbr | title=No New Year 2018 fireworks at Dubai's JBR | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref> The celebration included 479,651 shells and lasted for six minutes, breaking all World records within the first 60 seconds. |
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In the same year, the fireworks celebration symbolized new dawn for the city as it ended with an artificial sunrise.<ref name="nye4"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/525571/BUSINESS/Emaar-bags-Guinness-World-Record-title-for-largest-light-and-sound-show-on-a-single-building | title=Emaar bags Guinness World Record title for largest light and sound show on a single building }}</ref> |
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=== 2014-2015 === |
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In 2015, the Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai fireworks show was the World's most-watched New Year's Eve celebration.<ref name="nye1"/> The display included more than 70,000 LED panels and won the Guinness World Records title for 'Largest LED-Illuminated Facade' on the World's tallest man-made structure.<ref name="nye1"/> The celebration was also one of the most attended to date in the region with more than one million people filling Downtown Dubai.<ref name="nye1"/> |
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=== 2015-2016 === |
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Emaar hosted the 2016 New Year's Eve under the theme 'City of the Future'.<ref name="nye12"/> |
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=== 2016-2017 === |
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The 2017 Emaar New Year's Eve will be remembered for the fireworks starting at the base of Burj Khalifa and shooting up floor by floor to finish with an explosive finale.<ref name="nye12"/> |
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=== 2017-18 === |
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The 2018 Emaar New Year's Eve offered a unique take on its entertainment, choregraphing a multimedia light and sound show to bring in the New Year rather than its traditional firework display. The evening also marked another Guinness World Record for 'largest light and sound show organized on a single building'. <ref name="nye5">{{cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/new-year-fireworks-at-burj-khalifa-to-return-this-year- | title=New Year fireworks at Burj Khalifa to return this year | accessdate=26 September 2021 }}</ref><ref name="nye6">{{cite web | url=https://marketing.twitter.com/en_gb/success-stories/emaar-dubai-goes-live-on-new-years-eve-inspiring-a-global-audience | title=Emaar Dubai goes live on New Year’s Eve, inspiring a global audience and breaking a new Guinness World Record | accessdate=24 October 2021 | website=Twitter | language=en }}</ref><ref name="nye7">{{cite web | url=https://www.ao-technology.com/project/dubai-new-years-eve-2019/ | title=Dubai New Year's Eve 2019 - Arts Outdoor Lighting Technology | accessdate=26 September 2021 }}</ref> and was live streamed on ].<ref name="nye8">{{cite web | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/102979-largest-led-illuminated-facade | title=Largest LED-illuminated façade - Guinness World Records | publisher=guinnessworldrecords.com | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref> |
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=== 2018-2019 === |
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The 2019 Emaar New Year's celebrations won another two more Guinness World Records, 'largest LED-illuminated facade' and the 'tallest LED-illuminated facade'.<ref name="nye2"/><ref name="nye9">{{cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2277079/emaar-zoom-to-host-new-years-eve-celebration-virtually | title=Emaar, Zoom to host New Year's Eve celebration virtually | date=23 December 2020 | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref> |
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=== 2019-2020 === |
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In 2020, Emaar celebrated New Year's Eve with classic Arab music and an LED light display. Emaar partnered with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to wrap the UAE and Saudi Arabia flags around the Burj Khalifa during the show.<ref name="nye12"/> |
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=== 2020-2021 === |
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Emaar's New Year's Eve 2020 was held under the theme of 'togetherness' with the firework and laser show paying tribute to the doctors, nurses, and frontline heroes<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/dh-galleries/photos/how-the-world-welcomed-the-new-year-2021-933915 | title=How the world welcomed the New Year 2021 | accessdate=28 September 2021 }}</ref> amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="nye10">{{cite web | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burj-khalifa-and-downtown-dubai-bring-in-2021-with-a-spectacular-new-years-eve-celebration-301199812.html | title=Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai bring in 2021 with a spectacular New Year's Eve celebration | accessdate=24 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/2021-new-years-eve-fireworks-on-burj-khalifa-in-dubai-how-you-can-watch-it-live-1.76154422 | title=2021 New Year’s Eve fireworks on Burj Khalifa in Dubai: How you can watch it live | website=gulfnews.com | language=en | accessdate=28 September 2021 }}</ref> |
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In light of the COVID-19 restrictions, visitors were asked to register via the U by Emmar app, carry a colour-coded pass and wear a mask to watch the live show.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1785446/media | title=Emaar Dubai and Zoom partner up for virtual NYE show | accessdate=28 September 2021 }}</ref> The show was broadcast live across the World on Zoom from 8:30 pm GST (+4 GMT) onwards. |
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== Broadcasting collaboration == |
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Since 2011, the broadcasting rights have been held by ] (DMI) and ]. The event is also broadcast live around the World.<ref name="nye3"/> |
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In 2017 and 2018, Emaar New Year's Eve was broadcasted live on ],<ref name="nye8"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/534039-tallest-led-illuminated-facade | title=Tallest LED-illuminated façade - Guinness World Records | publisher=guinnessworldrecords.com | accessdate=26 October 2021 }}</ref> and YouTube. In 2020, it was broadcast live for the first time on ].<ref name="nye10"/> |
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== Awards and recognition == |
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* 2015 - this year Dubai NYE won the title of 'Largest LED-Illuminated Facade' in the Guinness Book.<ref name="nye1"/> |
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* 2018 - The light and sound show during the 2018 Emaar New Year Eve set a Guinness World Record for the largest light and sound show organized on a single building.<ref name="nye5"/><ref name="nye6"/><ref name="nye7"/> |
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* 2019 - Burj Khalifa made it into the Guinness World Records for its New Year Eve celebration, winning two World records for 'Largest LED-illuminated facade' and the 'Highest LED-illuminated facade'.<ref name="nye2"/><ref name="nye9"/> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{New Year}} |
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