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...after 5 years of being known as the Burj Dubai, it is now the Burj Khalifa :confused:....whatever, its official now and congratulations , you now live in the country with the largest building on earth, at least until the next guy puts up one taller....
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Ogri750
It's amazing what 10 billion buys these days.............................
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Indian_Habibi said:
...after 5 years of being known as the Burj Dubai, it is now the Burj Khalifa :confused:....whatever, its official now and congratulations , you now live in the country with the largest building on earth, at least until the next guy puts up one taller....
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I'm trying to figure out if he was TOLD to call it that, or if he did it as a 'thank you' for the money and the much more he is hoping for.
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Del said:
I'm trying to figure out if he was TOLD to call it that, or if he did it as a 'thank you' for the money and the much more he is hoping for.
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We'll never know for certain, but I reckon a combination of the two.

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Why Burj Dubai renamed with Burj Khalifa ???

Any thoughts? People talk about its due to respect. What is the real picture ?
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Jynxgirl
If I was given that much money to bail out my country, I would respectfully name what seems like a large accomplishment for Dubai.. to what seems to be the savior of the financiality of the country.

I think its an accknowledgment of how indebted they are to abu dhabi, not in a negative way, but in a respectful way.
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Jynxgirl said:
If I was given that much money to bail out my country, I would respectfully name what seems like a large accomplishment for Dubai.. to what seems to be the savior of the financiality of the country.

I think its an accknowledgment of how indebted they are to abu dhabi, not in a negative way, but in a respectful way.
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Nicely put. :)

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In case of no down fall in Dubai, What name to be assigned to Burj?
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And guess who inaugrated? He was ruler of Al ain whom I later recognized.... it's kinda sad, AD owns Burj al Arab, Metro and now burj dubai sry khalifa... well if it for the money
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ExploreME said:
In case of no down fall in Dubai, What name to be assigned to Burj?
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The name won't change again. Sheik Khalifa is the ruler of the UAE and is therefore senior to Sheik Mo (in age too) so as a matter of course in Arab culture must be accorded respect.


I presume things like the Metro station name will be changed now too.

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Xpat said:
And guess who inaugrated? He was ruler of Al ain whom I later recognized.... it's kinda sad, AD owns Burj al Arab, Metro and now burj dubai sry khalifa... well if it for the money
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AD owns the Metro ? i had no idea about that
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Exactly what will be on the top floors of the Burj Abu Dhabi (150-160)? The floors themselves seem to be quite small, so I doubt they can be used as an apt/office etc. Empty room maybe?
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bdb said:
Exactly what will be on the top floors of the Burj Abu Dhabi (150-160)? The floors themselves seem to be quite small, so I doubt they can be used as an apt/office etc. Empty room maybe?
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More then empty rooms, seems the "Worlds Highest Mosque" is situated on 158th Floor , check out this
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bdb said:
Exactly what will be on the top floors of the Burj Abu Dhabi (150-160)? The floors themselves seem to be quite small, so I doubt they can be used as an apt/office etc. Empty room maybe?
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That's where they will store all the Abu Dhabi banknotes.
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So now everytime a toilet is flushed at the top of the Burj....water has to be pumped 1/2 mile up..do you think anyone calculated the cost of a single flush?!
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Niknpatel said:
So now everytime a toilet is flushed at the top of the Burj....water has to be pumped 1/2 mile up..do you think anyone calculated the cost of a single flush?!
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There's a good chance that somebody thought of sticking water tanks somewhere near the top...
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Del said:
There's a good chance that somebody thought of sticking water tanks somewhere near the top...
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....but then again with so much money to blow by the Abu Dhabians (hey, they bought Man City right?!hehe)...maybe they didnt?!
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marc
Executive offices from 145th - 162nd Floor.

All shell offices from 8000 sqft to 16,000 sqft mostly full floors,
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Del said:
There's a good chance that somebody thought of sticking water tanks somewhere near the top...
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Thats what the mechanical floors every 40 floors or so are for.. :)
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marc said:
Thats what the mechanical floors every 40 floors or so are for.. :)
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Indeed.
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