Burj Khalifa, World's Tallest Tower

[chand_gee]

http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
Electrical problems are at least partly to blame for the closure of the Burj Khalifa's viewing platform – the only part of the half-mile high tower open yet. But a lack of information from the spire's owner left it unclear whether the rest of the largely empty building – including dozens of elevators meant to whisk visitors to the tower's more than 160 floors – was affected by the shutdown.
The indefinite closure, which began Sunday, comes as Dubai struggles to revive its international image as a cutting-edge Arab metropolis amid nagging questions about its financial health.
The Persian Gulf city-state had hoped the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa would be a major tourist draw. Dubai has promoted itself by wowing visitors with over-the-top attractions such as the Burj, which juts like a silvery needle out of the desert and can be seen from miles around.
In recent weeks, thousands of tourists have lined up for the chance to buy tickets for viewing times often days in advance that cost more than $27 apiece. Now many of those would-be visitors, such as Wayne Boyes, a tourist from near Manchester, England, must get back in line for refunds.
"It's just very disappointing," said Boyes, 40, who showed up at the Burj's entrance Monday with a ticket for an afternoon time slot only to be told the viewing platform was closed. "The tower was one of my main reasons for coming here," he said.
The precise cause of the $1.5 billion Dubai skyscraper's temporary shutdown remained unclear.
In a brief statement responding to questions, building owner Emaar Properties blamed the closure on "unexpected high traffic," but then suggested that electrical problems were also at fault.
"Technical issues with the power supply are being worked on by the main and subcontractors and the public will be informed upon completion," the company said, adding that it is "committed to the highest quality standards at Burj Khalifa."

[Pleaze]

who cares?
every day people die because they have no food
every day children go to work instead of visiting a school because they have no other possibility to survive
these people in dubai have tones of $ and now just one time they have to use theyr own feeds ... that a tracic moment in theyr life

they sould build now a complete new tower so that the money gets back to the working people

[chand_gee]

agree with u man
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[Pleaze]

who cares?
every day people die because bad things
every day children have to work and cant go to school because they dont have the possibilities and they have to do hard work instead in theyr childhood to survive

this people in dubai have too much of $$ for doing not so much!
now they have the most tragic problem in theyr whole life because they have to walk some steps on theyr own feeds?
time for them to get real!

they should build now a complete new tower and pay the double price to the real workers which have not so much $$ for much more work!

let theese people cry now about theyr high standards, who cars there are many more people which have to survive with the lowest standarts! shall theese high standart people cry now and throw theyr money out of the window so that others wo realy work can life!

[Pleaze]

sorry for the duble post ... somehow my browser crashed before