DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – With its world’s tallest building nearing completion, Dubai said Sunday it is embarking on an even more ambitious skyscraper: one that will soar more than 10 American football fields. That’s about two-thirds of a mile or the height of more than three of New York’s Chrysler Buildings stacked end-to-end. Babel had nothing on this place. “This is unbelievably groundbreaking design,” Chief Executive Chris O’Donnell said during a briefing at the company’s sales center, not far from the proposed site. “This still takes my breath away.” —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Dubai tries to top world’s tallest tower
By The Associated Press
October 4, 2008