Dubai welcomes New Year with a World Record fireworks show. Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai, the iconic symbol of the city, has two World Records. In addition to being the tallest building in the world (nearly a half-mile high), now it smashed the Guinness World Record for largest-ever fireworks display with nearly 500,000 shells fired in just six minutes. The spectacular show, where have used the world’s most advanced technologies for pyrotechnic and LED-illumination, was watched live by more than 1.7 million people around Dubai.