More than 2 billion people watch Burj Khalifa NYE fireworks show

T-Mag Wednesday 01/January/2020 16:33 PM
By: Times News Service

Dubai: More than two billion people around the world watched the fireworks display from the Burj Khalifa on New Year's Eve, which was streamed live on 31 December, 2019.

Following the traditional 10 second digital countdown on the lit façade of Burj Khalifa, the clock struck midnight, signaling the Downtown Dubai skyline to be filled with a flurry of fireworks and colour for a record-breaking eight-minute and forty three second-long show.

Those lucky enough to view the show, were treated to the longest set of consecutive fireworks in the history of the Burj Khalifa NYE shows, timed at over five minutes. The show featured a total of 1,371 kg of fireworks, which were placed across a colossal 207 firing locations.