Fire on the Palm Jumeriah

Not a nice present for those new residents on the Palm. The Gulf News is reporting it here and also a thread on the Skyscraper City forums here. I really hope there are no casualties.

EDIT: Pics from the skyscrapercity ones here:

But do go visit, those guys have heaps more.

Cirque Du Soleil Coming to Dubai

and on a long term basis. As a fan of there productions I was pleased to see this this tie up:

"Nakheel and Cirque du Soleil will jointly design and build a 1,800-seat theatre on The Palm Jumeirah that will be home to the first ever Cirque resident show to be staged outside of the USA and Japan. The two companies have signed an initial 15-year deal with the new show expected to open during the last quarter of 2010."

Full press release here.