New Year eve gala around Burj Khalifa breaks Guinness Record

 

A dazzling show of New Year’s Eve gala using 70,000 LED bulbs around the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa here has broken the Guinness World Record of the ‘Largest LED-Illuminated Facade’

The never-before-seen show of fireworks, Light Emitting Diode lights and laser beam displays became one of the world’s most-watched New Year’s Eve spectacle with residents and visitors from around the world thronging around the 829.8 metres tall skyscraper to watch the display.

The illumination around Burj Khalifa spanned 32,467 square metres and it surpassed the existing record held by Mall Taman Anggrek in Indonesia. 

The LED screen area around the skyscraper was nearly 3.75 times larger.

The record-breaking LED display had 70,000 LED bulbs placed in position using over 100,000 brackets and linked using 55,000 metres of cabling for the perfect visual display.

The event was also live streamed with four different camera angles including aerial views from three drones. Live telecast through major international channels reached billions of people worldwide