Last night, the global financial collapse seemed far behind as one of the most outlandish architectural extravagances of recent times opened with a $20m celebration with a feast of 4,000 lobsters.
For the 2,000 guests, it was a heady cocktail of sunshine and as much champagne and oysters as they could wish for. The poster of the event was titled “2 DIVA’s / 1 PARTY”, as Kylie Minogue and Nawal Al-Zoghbi were the diva’s who have been selected to perform at the party.
Minogue was given her very own fiscal stimulus, a $3m cheque, and her performance has been accompanied with a $4m firework show. Sol Kerzner said: “it’s seven times grander than that which marked the opening of the Beijing Olympics”.
Among the guests were Robert de Niro, Janet Jackson, Wesley Snipes, Michael Jordan, Charlize Theron, Mischa Barton, and Agyness Deyn. Sir Philip Green, Dame Shirley Bassey, Yasmin Le Bon, Jade Jagger, Lily Allen and Lindsay Lohan also joined the celebrations.
The 1,539-room luxury hotel is built on a palm-shaped artificial island. Kerzner has joined with Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman of Dubai developers Nakheel, to promote the resort whose launch, along with its party, could not have come at a worse time for its backers. Kerzner, who has hotels around the world, said: “We’ve built something that’s quite extraordinary, and we’ve got to tell the world about it.”
Watch the 21min video of the opening here.
NAWAL is the best
Comment by amir — November 21, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
wow
nawal is the best
glad they chose nawal zoghbi
woooow
Comment by osama — November 21, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
I Love you Nawal
Nawal you the best
Comment by Tmara — November 21, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
NAWAL OUR BIG DIVA … NUMBER ONE SINGER IN ALLL THE TIIME U WAS MORE THEN GREAAT LUV U SOOO MUCH AND KEEP GOINNG AND SURPRISE US MORE AND MOREE WE DONT NEED ANY AWARD CUZ U R MORE EXPENSIVE
Comment by roy — November 21, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
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Pingback by Nz — November 24, 2008 @ 5:02 am
Just wanna say … i was there at the opening with my dad, and she was sooo HOT “Nawal”, she was just a BLAST. I enjoyed her show, and am searchng for her discography and stuff online. please help me if you know any good website for her. im also a Kylie FAN
they were both stunning. tc yall
Comment by Mike Ray — December 5, 2008 @ 10:13 am