UAE Business: Expo 2020 Dubai closing ‘set to be a moment of triumph’ – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Expo 2020 Dubai closing ‘set to be a moment of triumph’ – Gulf Digital News

Having already hosted more than 30,000 events across 96 locations on the Expo 2020 Dubai site – including 3,000 in Al Wasl Plaza, and more than 500 for children and families – the closing ceremony is set to be a moment of triumph tinged with sadness that tugs on the heartstrings of all who have visited.

While the official closing ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza from 1900 to 2000 GST is reserved for ‘VIP guests’ made up of school children aged seven to nine, the Expo 2020 Dubai site will be a hive of pulsating energy and excitement from the time the gates open at 1000 GST on 31 March, through to the final closure at 0300 GST on 1 April.

Amna Abulhoul, Executive Creative Director, Expo 2020 Dubai said: “As the event reaches its final chapter, we will be highlighting everything we have accomplished over the past six months and celebrating everyone who made it happen. This is a time to reflect on those things that are most important to us. Before our souls leave the earth our lives flash before us, and we will re-live some of Expo 2020 Dubai’s most important moments.

“We started with the sunrise when Expo opened,