{"id":1070,"date":"2014-12-30T13:52:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2014-12-30T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T13:52:12","slug":"downtown-dubai-new-years-eve-gala-clinches-guinness-world-records-title-for-largest-led-illuminated-facade-on-burj-khalifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/downtown-dubai-new-years-eve-gala-clinches-guinness-world-records-title-for-largest-led-illuminated-facade-on-burj-khalifa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Downtown Dubai New Year&#8217;s Eve Gala\u2019 Clinches Guinness World Records Title For \u2018largest LED-Illuminated Fa\u00e7ade&#8217; On Burj Khalifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just a day to go for the much-awaited Downtown Dubai New Year\u2019s Eve Gala organised by Emaar Properties, the event has already set history by clinching the Guinness World Records title for the \u2018Largest LED-Illuminated Fa\u00e7ade\u2019 on Burj Khalifa.<\/p>\n<p>A team from Guinness World Records adjudicated the preparations for the Downtown Dubai New Year\u2019s Eve Gala and awarded the honour for the impressive wrapping of the world\u2019s tallest building with LED panels, spanning a total area of 32,467 sq metres.<\/p>\n<p>This surpasses the existing record held by Mall Taman Anggrek in Indonesia, with the LED screen area around Burj Khalifa nearly 3.75 times larger.<\/p>\n<p>The record-breaking LED display has an impressive 70,000 LED panels placed in position using over 100,000 brackets and linked seamlessly using 55,000 metres of cabling for the perfect visual display.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1071\" alt=\"downtown\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown.jpg\" width=\"1114\" height=\"1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown.jpg 1114w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/downtown-624x829.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1114px) 100vw, 1114px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On New Year\u2019s Eve, the fa\u00e7ade will display a spectacular multi-media display highlighting the rich heritage of Dubai, its visionary leadership and iconic accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>The LED illumination on the tower, laser beams that will light up the entire Downtown Dubai neighbourhood in spell-binding hues and The Dubai Fountain dancing to the rhythm of world music will set the stage for the magnificent fireworks atop Burj Khalifa. It will serve as the crescendo for the celebration to usher in 2015 in unmatched grandeur.<\/p>\n<p>A record crowd is expected to attend this year\u2019s Downtown Dubai New Year\u2019s Eve Gala, the flagship celebration in Emaar\u2019s mega-development described as \u2018The Centre of Now.\u2019 The event will be streamed live on www.youtube.com\/DowntownDubai, with four different camera angles including an aerial view by drones being introduced this year, for the complete effect. Additionally, live feeds of the event will be telecast over major international channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just a day to go for the much-awaited Downtown Dubai New Year\u2019s Eve Gala organised by Emaar Properties, the event has already set history by clinching the Guinness World Records title for the \u2018Largest LED-Illuminated Fa\u00e7ade\u2019 on Burj Khalifa. A team from Guinness World Records adjudicated the preparations for the Downtown Dubai New Year\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}