World's Largest Fountains To Be Built in Dubai

In Dubai, they're doing things big these days. Big hotels, big palm tree islands, big wallets, and very soon, big US$281 million fountains. The biggest one in the world as the centrepiece of its Downtown Burj Dubai project. The fountains would be capable of shooting water over 150 metres into the air - the height of a 50-storey building - and stretch over 275 metres - the length of two football fields. According to the developer, Emaar Properties, the $218 million project will be 25 percent larger than the iconic fountains at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. The fountains would shoot 22,000 gallons of water in the air at any given moment and feature over 6,600 lights and 50 colour projectors. Being able to shoot water over 150 metres will make the fountain on the tallest in the world. However, the tallest water fountain in the world is thought to be the King Fahd's Fountain in Jeddah with a height of around 312 metres, followed by the Gateway Geyser in Illinois, US, and the Port Fountain in Karachi, Pakistan.






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