Dubai has Inaugurated the World’s Tallest Tower “Burj Dubai”

Dubai on Monday officially inaugurated the centerpiece of its decade-long construction boom, with the surprise revelation that the world-beating 168-story skyscraper. Seen by some as a symbol of the city’s economic excess, was even bigger than previously thought.

In a glitzy firework-lit ceremony, the city-state’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum unveiled a plaque commemorating the event and also announced that the $1.5 billion structure has a new name: the Burj Khalifa.
The tower was officially recorded as 828 meters tall, adding 10 meters on to previous height claims.