Fire in dubai

The_One · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:00

Gutting was meant to open in 3 weeks time!!

Was going to look like this

themanbearpig · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:00

shizzle

Tom0 · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:01

Oh dear! Thats really unlucky.

Glaucus · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:01

Shame, but I was expecting to see the new tower and that would have been sad.

Greenlizard0 · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:02

AcidHell2 said:
Shame, but I was expecting to see the new tower and that would have been sad.

Enormously sad. Glad it wasn't.

Hopefully they can get this repaired soon.

The_One · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:04

The Atlantis is host to a spectacular water park, an open-air aquarium and a dolphinarium.

themanbearpig · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:04

Don't worry, they've got plently more oil money to spend

Skull · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:07

themanbearpig said:
Don't worry, they've got plently more oil money to spend

Shut up, 6% of their money comes from oil.

Greenlizard0 · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:08

themanbearpig said:
Don't worry, they've got plently more oil money to spend

Pointless comment.

Let's hope that nobody's hurt.

I can't seem to find much else about this in the news?

Edit :

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article4660247.ece

helmet · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:08

Should have put a higher factor sunscreen on tbh.

scorza · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:10

Skull said:
Shut up, 6% of their money comes from oil.

Any need for that?

Hedge · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:13

damn arabs and their shisha

meghatronic · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:14

Skull said:
Shut up, 6% of their money comes from oil.

"The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years. Real Estate and Construction (22.6%), Trade (16%), entrepôt (15%) and financial services (11%) are the largest contributors to Dubai's economy."

peetee · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:36

themanbearpig said:
Don't worry, they've got plently more oil money to spend

technically this guy does still have a point, as they do infact have LOTS of oil money to spend, just because it isnt a massive % of the revenue doesnt mean there isnt lots of it

Real shame, hopefully theyll get it sorted and fixed up, looks amazing.

Skull · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:49

peetee said:
technically this guy does still have a point, as they do infact have LOTS of oil money to spend, just because it isnt a massive % of the revenue doesnt mean there isnt lots of it

Real shame, hopefully theyll get it sorted and fixed up, looks amazing.

I did think about that, technically correct

No need for spiteful "murr well they can just use their wads of oil cash to fix it" attitude either.

[TW]Fox · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:58

Isn't it interesting how when Italy was fabulously wealthy they spent their money on the creation of the Roman empire, when the British were fabulously wealthy they spent their money on the British empire yet now the Middle East is fabulously wealthy they spend all their money on tacky cheese like funky hotels, desert based ski slopes, Lambourghinis to drive around London in and British football teams.

Hmmm.

Twentymac · 2 Sep 2008 at 21:03

Probably because they haven't got an Empire to spend it on.

Berserker · 2 Sep 2008 at 21:06

Oof.

I was worried it was going to be the QE2 though. Fortunately that's not due there for several months yet.

peetee · 2 Sep 2008 at 21:16

Skull said:
I did think about that, technically correct

No need for spiteful "murr well they can just use their wads of oil cash to fix it" attitude either.

ay but its insurance company thats footing the bill aint it, or the construction company - as theyv been paid to build it, so its not the hotel's fault that the hotel fell on fire, since it was still the construction companys responsibility?

KaHn · 2 Sep 2008 at 21:23

jdickerson said:
"The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years. Real Estate and Construction (22.6%), Trade (16%), entrepôt (15%) and financial services (11%) are the largest contributors to Dubai's economy."

iirc Dubai never really had its own oil/gas it just shared with the other UAE's, hence why it became the Vegas/Holiday Resort of the middle east.

And another nice fact the Burj Al Arab was meant to be a huge casino for the Arabs to gamble (at sea to deal with gambling laws) but it was all changed and made into a hotel.

KaHn