Only a week to go for opening of Dubai Frame
dubai — Final touches are now being given to Dubai Frame, the city’s latest landmark, which is set to open to the public next week.
Dubai Frame or Berwaz Dubai is an aesthetic icon and an architectural landmark that connects the past with the present.
The Dh160 million structure will provide visitors with a 360-degree view of the emirate as they walk through a 93-metre glass bridge to see old Dubai from the north and modern Dubai from the south. The rectangular structure consists of two 150-metre towers where visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of Dubai from an elevated area. On one side is Sheikh Zayed Road, which symbolises the emirate’s modernity. Landmark areas of Deira, Umm Hurair and Karama can also be viewed from its vantage point. A visit will cost Dh50 for adults and Dh30 for children.
This is the second major project to open to the public this year after the Dubai Safari Park had its soft opening earlier this month.
dubai — The long wait is finally over as residents and visitors to Dubai will be able to visit the Dubai Frame next week.
Hussain Nasser Lootah, directorgeneral of the Dubai Municipaity, said the official opening of the Dubai Frame will be held next week, and it will be officially open to public from the next day. However, the specific day of the opening was not revealed.
Unlike Dubai Safari Park’s capacity of taking up to 10,000 visitors a day, the frame will only take specific number of people and the tour will have to be prebooked through an app and a website that will soon be launched.
“We are working with Etisalat to launch the website and ticketing system very soon. Through it, people can pre-book their tour,” he said.
Frame visitors will enjoy a journey through time for only Dh50 for adults and Dh30 for children. Free tickets will be offered for children under 3, people over 60 and people of determination.
Lootah added that people will have the option of buying a paper ticket or purchasing it online.
He said the ticketing system is inspired by At The Top of Burj Khalifa experience where people have to pre-book their tour that will take up only specific number of people.
Paper ticket counters will be available on site for those who booked online but don’t have the system or devices to present their ticket, which could be dis- played on a smart phone.
Khalid Al Suwaidi, director of leisure facilities at the Dubai Municipality, had previously told Khaleej Times that the one-hour tour will have to be pre-booked on the app or website, as the frame will receive a group 0f 20 people per tour.
“It is just like the Burj Khalifa experience where visitors must book their tour online. Those who haven’t booked won’t be able to go in, unless there’s a spot available for them in the group. If there’s no spot, they will have to wait to join the next group,” Al Suwaidi has said.
The Dh160-million Dubai Frame will provide visitors with 360-degree view of Dubai as they walk through a 93-metre glass bridge to see old Dubai from the north and modern Dubai from the South. The rectangular structure, consisting of two 150-meter towers, connects the past and present of Dubai.
The frame will be the second highly anticipated project to open to the public this year after the Dubai Safari Park had its soft opening earlier this month.
The park witnessed a huge rush within the first week of its opening, reaching 100,000 visitors. The frame is expected to be a new landmark to be added to Dubai’s list of tourist attractions.
sherouk@khaleejtimes.com