new years eve
25th anniversary for the New Year’s Eve fireworks at the Needle pyrotechnicians started planning this summer while the Space Needle was under renovation.
“Let's make it bigger, let's add different effects, let's do different directions. Let's do fireworks that form different shapes and letters -- look out for that this year there are going to be some letters in the finale that are going to be interesting,” said Dave Mandapat with Space Needle public relations. LED and projection technology will shoot beams thousands of feet into the air.
“Last night, we were doing some testing and it just looked gorgeous across the sky. We're not just lighting the Needle, we're lighting the sky. Everything around it. It's beautiful,” said Rick Franke with Illuminate Production Services. Ian Gifillan, executive producer of show
