Later this month, billionaire tycoon Sol Kerzner will launch his lavish new resort in Dubai with a $25 million party featuring a fireworks display so massive it will be visible from space. The event, for the grand opening of the $1.5 billion Atlantis, The Palm, will have 2,000 guests and last four days capped by a performance by Kylie Minogue (her first in the Middle East), and is being billed as the world's most extravagant party, the London Telegraph reports.
The 1,500 room resort, located on the world's largest manmade island, the Palm Jumeirah, covers several square miles, features 16 restaurants including a branch of Nobu, and is partially bankrolled by the Dubai Royal Family. The fireworks display is being put on by the same pyrotechnics experts who produce the Olympics opening ceremony; however the Atlantis display will be ten times larger than the one in Beijing, making it visible from space.
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9-14-2008 @ 6:50AM
Brad said...
WOW!!! Jessica Simpson posing nude here:
http://celebzscandalz.com/video.php?v=Jessica_Simpson_nude
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9-14-2008 @ 12:53PM
missy said...
Hey, Brad, go fornicate yourself.....
9-14-2008 @ 2:03PM
nancy said...
Brad, sad for you is who cares about Jessica Simpson. You see, she has become just as useless as you.
9-14-2008 @ 7:45AM
Daniel said...
Brad your a dick
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9-14-2008 @ 8:16AM
B.O STINKS said...
How can Brad be Dick ? explain !!!!!!!!
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9-14-2008 @ 8:57AM
teltech54 said...
And yet most of the country lives in poverty.
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9-20-2008 @ 9:52AM
ali said...
are u kidding me! most of the country lives in poverty!!! dubai is one of the ritchest countries in the world there is not a poor sigle emarati in that country and on how ritch it is just think of the capital abu dabi where every citizen has more than 15 million dollars
9-14-2008 @ 9:00AM
Dave said...
Who Cares ?
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9-14-2008 @ 9:16AM
TheMumble said...
If Islamist extremists are so annoyed with Western decadence, when are they going to look in their own backyard of Dubai?
I'm not calling for terrorist acts in Dubai, but surely Bin Laden or someone must be pissed about what's going on there.
Cut the West some slack. We're not the only greedy heathen pigs around.
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9-14-2008 @ 2:03PM
Hal Jordan said...
You know it's a shame how muslims are blantantly indulgingin acts of indecientcy.
This puts a bad taste in muslims mouths around the worlds were there is war and famine running rampant
Dubai is a f'ing joke!
9-14-2008 @ 9:55AM
Hate Dubai said...
In Dubai, women are not permitted to show their legs or hair... even if there on vacation! And certain days, women cannot swim in the same pools as men! Do they have a gay thing going on within their religion as well? I thought they just worshipped money!?
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9-17-2008 @ 10:47PM
blank said...
Thats not True...i lived in Dubai, and you're allowed to wear whatever you want. I think you have it confused with Saudi Arabia.
10-03-2008 @ 4:57PM
Nana said...
hey "hate dubai". I think u mixed up Dubai with Saudia Arabia. Dubai has multi-nationalities here with diferrent religions and lifestyles. I see people covering their whole body and people exposing too much. It's not abt the religion, it's abt how some people out there complicate their religion. You probably dealed with the wrong people. hehe.
11-20-2008 @ 7:53AM
Sarah said...
Thats not right!
ive lived in Dubai for 15 years and i have always been able to show my hair! i walk out the house in skimpy shorts and no-one cares!
I'm sorry, but not ALL Arabs are Muslim.
Culture is different to religion.
Please check up on what you say before you post your comments and be open minded.
9-14-2008 @ 10:33AM
mer said...
One tsunami and its over !
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9-14-2008 @ 10:38AM
bryon said...
I think a nuclear blast would be more impressive
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9-14-2008 @ 10:43AM
Emma said...
Oh dear. More front page news from our friends at aol. Dubai is like the world capital of extravagence. I wonder when they will figure out stuff like this is just obnoxious?
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9-14-2008 @ 10:44AM
Emma said...
By the way, people need to report this brad person. It's probably a bot, but report it anyway. I see it everywhere!
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9-14-2008 @ 11:07AM
rachel said...
that is a disgusting assault on our environment. What a waste of money.
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9-14-2008 @ 11:19AM
jamesnpost said...
Brad is a dick. When even using the "n-word" in a positive context will get you TOSsed from AOL in seconds, this guy "Brad" has been posting his nasty predatory spam all over AOL every day for months. Tempting you with pics of every starlet you ever heard of, he will send you a message informing you to download an Active-X file to see the pics, which loads you up with warnings (every few minutes) you have hundreds of viruses, and which you must buy his anti-virus program to get rid of. Is AOL in bed with this guy?
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