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The Dubai Fountain ist die größte steuerbare Springbrunnenanlage the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 50 colored projectors, it is 275 m long and shoots water up to 500 ft into the air accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music. It was built at a cost of AED 800 million (USD $218 million).

The name of the fountain was chosen after a contest organized by the developer Emaar Properties, the result of which was announced on 26 October 2008. Testing of the fountain began in February 2009, and the fountain was officially inaugurated on 8 May 2009 along with the official opening ceremony of The Dubai Mall.

Mechanism
The Dubai Fountain can spray 22,000 gallons (83,000 liters) of water in the air at any moment. More than 6,600 lights and 25 colour projectors have been installed. The fountain contains five circles of different sizes and two arcs. During the end of 2010 a new element was added to the fountain, fire, which outlined the fountains. The fire was temporary for the 2011 New Years celebration. The Dubai Fountains project water in the air in many different combinations and patterns. The beam of light from the fountain can be seen from over 20 miles away.

The Dubai Fountain consists of many high-pressure water jets and shooters: oarsmen or water robots, which can make the water seem to dance, shooters, which shoot water upwards; super shooters, which shoot water under more pressure up to 240 feet in the air, and extreme shooters, which can shoot water under the most pressure to 500 ft in the air. These shooters create a loud "boom" noise after water is ejected. The extreme shooters are used the least during each show because it takes a lot of time to build up enough pressure and energy to shoot water that high in the air.

Vorführungen
Zu den Vorführungen werden die Wasserspiele mit Licht und Musik kombiniert. Sie sind von der Seepromenade und von benachbarten Gebäuden zu betrachten. Die Musik wird durch am Ufer installierte Lautsprecher übertragen und ist planmäßig nur dort zu hören.

Die Auswahl der Musik verantwortet Peter Kopik, der Chefchoreograph von WET Design.

Vorführungen werden täglich um 13:00 und 13:30 Uhr und ab 18:00 Uhr alle halbe Stunde bis 22:00 oder 23:00 Uhr an Wochenenden gegeben.

Spezielle Veranstaltungen
DHL Express eröffnete am 20. Oktober 2011 eine Werbekampagne am Dubai Fountain mit einer speziell arrangierten Version des Motown Hits "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", die ungefär einen Monat lang vorgeführt wurde.

Im März 2016 war der Brunnen und die anschließende Mall Schauplatz der Vorstellung des Logos der Expo 2020, an der Reem Al Hashimy (Reem Al Hashimi) und der Ministerprösident Muhammad bin Raschid Al Maktum teilnahmen. Zum Abschluß der Veranstaltung wurde eine Choregrafie nach Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" gezeigt.