DUBAI MADDNESS


Map of Dubai, Dubai AE by MapQuest Use arrows to scan. Clicking centers the picture to the arrow . Use zoom

The Growth of Dubai

Dubaiin 1990 prior to the craziness

The same street in 2003

Last year

The madness.  Dubai is said to currently have
Click on 15-25% of all the world's cranes.


The Dubai Waterfront. 
When completed, it will become the
largest waterfront development in the world


All of this was built in the last 5 years,
including the island that looks like a palm tree.
The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive
man-made islands.  They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space.  Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.
Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people.  It is advertised as being visible from the moon.



The World Islands.
300 artificially created islands in the shape
of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.


The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. 
The world's tallest hotel. 
Considered the only "7 star" hotel
and the most luxurious hotel in the world. 
It stands on an artificial island in the sea.


Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel.
Entirely built in Germany, then assembled
in Dubai. After many delays, scheduled to be completed by 2009


The Burj Dubai.  Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be completed in 2008.  
At an estimated height of over 800 meters (2,625 Feet),
it will easily be world's tallest building when finished.
The Burj Dubai will be almost 40% taller than the current tallest building, the Yaipei 101


The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. 
Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure
in the world from the Burj Dubai


This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. 
More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.
It is already the world's tallest man-made structure,
and it is not scheduled to be completed until later in 2008





Dubailand.
Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site
employer in the United states with 58,000 employees.
Dubailand will be twice the size. Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is
the #1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed,
Dubailand will easily take over that title, since it is expected to
attract 200,000 visitors daily

Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag.
The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects


Dubai Sports City.  A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand


The Dubai Marina is an entirely man-made development that will contain over 200
highrise buildings when finished.  It will be home to some of the tallest residential
structures in the world. The completed first phase of the project is shown.
Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010


The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over
9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores.
It will be completed in 2008


Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world.
This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned


Some of the tallest buildings in the world,
such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina.
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world, if construction ever gets under way. 

Some other crazies ... The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed.  It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
Note: There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.


Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower
Will be 1200 meters (3,937 feet).
That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai
and three times as tall as the Empire State Building


The Trump International Hotel & Tower,
which will be the centerpiece of The Palm Jumeirah,
one of the palm islands