The Burj Dubai opened with spectacular fireworks display [Pics]

Dubai is the largest city in the UAE. Abu Dhabi, Dubai borrow 10 billion U.S. dollars last month to help Dubai pay some of their debts.

Burj El Khalifa has 160 floors. The 158th floor will house the world’s highest mosque years. The world, aos swimming pool will be higher in the floor 76. An observation platform, sure to be popular among tourists, is on the floor 124.

The eclipse new skyscraper Taipei 101 in Taiwan as the world’s tallest building years. Taipei 101 is 1666 feet.

Burj El Khalifa is about twice as tall as the Empire State Building in New York. Its tower can be seen from a distance of 60 miles.

Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago, once the world’s tallest building years, is now reduced to the fifth highest. Willis Tower has 108 floors and 1,450 feet. If the John Hancock Building stacked on top of the tower of Willis, it would be almost as tall as the Burj-Khalifa.

Burj El Khalifa Chicago has a strong connection. It was designed by Chicago architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Skidmore designed the John Hancock Building and the Tower of Willis.

While Dubai’s economic problems recent years, developers of the Burj Khalifa said that the project to turn a profit. Ninety percent of the space in the building has reportedly been sold. This includes 1044 residential apartments and 49 floors of office space.

Another highlight for tourists is 900 feet high at the source of the base of the tower, known as the world’s highest-performing aos source.