Burj Park New Year’s Eve Tickets: Price, How to Book & Badge Collection

Burj Park New Year’s Eve tickets for Thursday 31 December 2026 have not been announced yet — as of 9 November 2026, Emaar’s official site, mydubainewyear.emaar.com, still shows last season’s event (31 December 2025) and there is no 2027 price, sale date or badge-collection schedule. You cannot buy a ticket yet, and any site selling you one for this date is not selling an official Emaar ticket. What we do know is last season’s pricing, which is the best guide to what to expect: AED 997.50 per adult and AED 577.50 for a child aged 5–12, VAT included, with under-5s free but still needing a booked ticket and a badge. This guide explains the last-season prices, how booking worked, how badge collection worked, and what to watch for the moment Emaar announces the 2027 sale — plus the Sky View Observatory alternative, which already has listings for 31 December 2026.

Burj Park New Year’s Eve Tickets at a Glance

A note on the naming trap: Emaar, the RTA and the Dubai Media Office call the night of 31 December 2025 “New Year’s Eve 2026”. So when an official page says “NYE 2026”, it means last season. On this site, “NYE 2027” means the night of Thursday 31 December 2026. If you see a page titled “Burj Park New Year’s Eve 2026”, check the date on it — it is almost certainly last season’s page, not a 2027 listing. Our full New Year’s Eve Dubai 2027 guide covers the whole night — fireworks timings, free viewing areas, road closures and metro timings — and we update it the day Emaar announces.

Burj Park Tickets Price

There is no Burj Park tickets price for 2027 yet, because Emaar has not announced the 2027 event. The figures below are last season’s — the night of 31 December 2025 — taken from Emaar’s own Burj Park page, which is still live and still shows those prices. Treat them as the expected range for 2027, not as a confirmed 2027 price; Emaar may raise them.

Food and drink were not included in the ticket price. What the ticket bought was a guaranteed, uninterrupted view of the Burj Khalifa fireworks and light show from inside the park, live entertainment, kids’ workshops, and food trucks and stalls to buy from. Seating inside the park — picnic tables, drum tables and bean bags — was first come, first served, so arriving early mattered even with a ticket. Tickets were non-refundable, non-transferable and could not be resold for commercial gain, and a lost badge was not replaced. If the 2027 price follows the same pattern, budget roughly AED 1,000 per adult plus whatever you plan to spend on food inside the park — and do not book non-refundable travel around a price that has not been confirmed.

Burj Khalifa Fireworks Tickets Price: Is Burj Park the Only Paid Option?

No. Burj Park is Emaar’s own ticketed area, but it is not the only way to pay for a Burj Khalifa fireworks view — and it is not the only price. The fireworks themselves are free to watch from Emaar’s public viewing areas in Downtown Dubai (ten named areas last season, first come, first served, no ticket and no badge). What Burj Park sells is certainty: a guaranteed spot inside a controlled area with a clear sightline, instead of queuing for a free area that can fill up. Above Burj Park, the Sky View Observatory packages (see below) cost roughly three times as much and include dinner and drinks. And dozens of Downtown restaurants and hotels sell NYE packages with a fireworks view — typically from around AED 2,000 per person last season. So the Burj Khalifa fireworks tickets price depends entirely on what you are buying: free from a public area, about AED 1,000 for a Burj Park lawn ticket, or several thousand for a dinner package with a view.

Burj Park New Year Eve Tickets Booking

Burj Park New Year Eve tickets booking is not open yet for 2027. When Emaar announces, booking will almost certainly work the way it did last season: online only, through Emaar’s own site and its ticketing partner Platinumlist. There was no box office and no on-the-day sale last season — and with final entry at 6pm and no badge collection on 31 December, a last-minute purchase would have been useless anyway.

How to Book Burj Park Tickets

How to book Burj Park tickets, step by step — based on last season’s process, to follow again once the 2027 sale opens:

1. Watch Emaar’s official site. Go to mydubainewyear.emaar.com and check the Burj Park page. That is where the announcement and the booking link appear first. Do not buy from resellers or social-media sellers — last season tickets were sold online only through Emaar and Platinumlist, and a ticket bought elsewhere cannot be guaranteed.
2. Buy as soon as the sale opens. Last season tickets were on sale by 24 November 2025, and numbers were limited. In the two seasons before that, Emaar’s announcement came on 2 November 2023 and 14 October 2024 — so the announcement window is roughly mid-October to late November. Check weekly from mid-October, daily from mid-November.
3. Choose your tickets by age. Adult, child 5–12, or under-5 (free). Book a ticket for every person, including under-5s — each person needs their own badge.
4. Pay online and keep your confirmation. Tickets were non-refundable and non-transferable, so be sure of your party size and date before you pay. Save the confirmation email — you will need it if anything goes wrong with your badge.
5. Collect your badge between 26 and 30 December. This is the step people miss. A ticket alone does not get you in (see the badge section below).
6. Arrive early on 31 December. Doors opened at noon last season, entertainment started at 5pm and final entry was 6pm. Arrive before the road closures, which could begin as early as 4pm — Emaar recommended getting there by 4pm at the latest.

One warning: because tickets were limited and sold out in previous seasons, expect scalpers and fake listings to appear the moment the sale is announced. The only safe sellers are Emaar’s own site and Platinumlist. If a listing asks you to pay by bank transfer or meet in person, it is not an official ticket.

Emaar New Year Eve Tickets

Emaar New Year Eve tickets are the tickets Emaar itself sells for its own New Year’s Eve event — Burj Park is the main one, and it is the only Emaar ticketed viewing area in Downtown Dubai. Emaar does not sell a separate “Burj Khalifa fireworks ticket”: the fireworks are a free public show, and Burj Park is the paid area inside it. Emaar’s official site for the night is mydubainewyear.emaar.com — that is the only place Emaar publishes its programme, prices and booking links, and the only source to trust for the 2027 announcement.

Emaar also runs the free public viewing areas in Downtown Dubai, which need no ticket at all, and the Dubai Mall waterfront promenade, which last season was for diners with a restaurant booking and a badge only. If you are comparing Emaar options, the choice is simple: free public areas (arrive very early, no guarantee of a spot), Burj Park (about AED 1,000, guaranteed spot, no food included), or a Downtown restaurant package (several thousand, dinner included, badge needed). Emaar’s programme for 31 December 2026 — including whether the free areas return and in what form — has not been published yet.

Burj Khalifa New Year Tickets

“Burj Khalifa New Year tickets” is the phrase most people search — but there is no ticket that gets you into the Burj Khalifa for the fireworks. The tower itself is not open as a viewing platform on New Year’s Eve. What the phrase usually means in practice is one of three things: a Burj Park ticket (the ticketed lawn at the tower’s base, covered above), a Sky View Observatory package (the tower-top dinner, covered below), or an At The Top ticket for another night — which does not cover the midnight show. If a listing promises “Burj Khalifa New Year tickets” for the tower itself on 31 December, read it carefully: it is almost certainly a Burj Park or Sky View package using the tower’s name.

The honest way to think about it: the fireworks are free to watch from anywhere with a sightline, and what you pay for is position, comfort and certainty. Burj Park is the cheapest guaranteed position. Sky View Observatory is the most expensive and the most comfortable. Everything in between is a restaurant or hotel package. Decide how much certainty matters to you, then buy the matching ticket — and buy it only from the official seller.

Sky View Observatory New Year Tickets

Sky View Observatory New Year tickets are the premium alternative to Burj Park: dinner, drinks and a front-row view of the Burj Khalifa show from Levels 52 and 53 of Address Sky View, 219.5 metres up, with an optional Edge Walk outside the tower during the fireworks. Unlike Burj Park, Sky View already has listings for 31 December 2026.

Those are last season’s prices, from Emaar’s Sky View listings. Early listings for 31 December 2026 show the same three tiers, though some resellers list them a few dirhams higher (AED 2,990 / 3,490 / 4,490) and note that prices rise as the night approaches — so treat the figures above as the guide price and confirm on the official listing before you book. The event runs from 8:00pm to past midnight, with drinks served 8:00pm–11:00pm, and tickets are non-refundable. Alcohol is served to guests aged 21 and over only, with ID checked. Access is through Address Sky View Tower 1, next to the residents’ entrance, or via Dubai Metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station. Children aged 0–3 entered free last season. Compared with Burj Park, you pay about three times as much — but dinner and drinks are included, the view is from above the crowds, and there is no badge collection to worry about. If Burj Park sells out, Sky View is the fallback worth checking first.

Burj Park Badge Collection: The Step You Must Not Miss

Last season, your Burj Park ticket alone did not get you in. Every ticket holder had to collect a physical access badge before 31 December — and there was no badge collection or validation on the night itself. Miss the badge window and your ticket was worthless, with no refund.

On the night, you entered Burj Park via Downtown Gate 5, through the Mexican Gate or Opera Gate, showed your badge, and received a wristband. Your badge was colour-coded to match lamp-post flags that guided you to the park. Families with strollers and People of Determination used Gate 2 on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard instead — strollers through other gates were confiscated at the entrance. Once you left the park, re-entry was not allowed, so bring everything you need with you. Your badge was also needed for the shuttle buses: after 4pm, parking moved to Al Wasl Club and Al Meydan (Falcon Heritage and Sports Centre), with shuttle buses to Dubai Opera — and you could not board without your badge, including on the way back after the show. For 2027, expect the same system with possibly different dates and locations: collect your badge in the days before New Year’s Eve, keep it safe, and do not plan to sort it out on 31 December, because you will not be able to.

What to Expect on the Night

Last season’s timings are the best guide to 2027 until Emaar publishes its plan. Doors opened at noon, live entertainment and kids’ workshops ran from 5pm, final entry was 6pm, and the event ran until 1:30am. The fireworks went off at midnight, with the Burj Khalifa light and laser show around them. Emaar recommended arriving by 4pm at the latest, before the road closures — and the closures could begin as early as 4pm, so a 5pm arrival risked being stuck outside the cordon even with a ticket and badge.

Inside the park there were food trucks and stalls, restrooms, picnic tables, drum tables and bean-bag seating (first come, first served), and kids’ workshops. Outside food and drink were not allowed in (except essential baby items), nor were alcohol, glass containers, pets, drones or tripods without prior approval, or flags and banners larger than 30cm × 30cm. Under-18s had to be accompanied by a responsible adult with a valid ticket. The event went ahead regardless of weather, unless severe weather forced an announcement on Emaar’s website and social media. After the show, roads and public transport reopened on the authorities’ directions — keep your badge for the shuttle bus back. For the full picture of the night, including the free areas and how to get there, see our New Year’s Eve Dubai 2027 guide.

Burj Park Tickets: Your Checklist

• Now (November): check mydubainewyear.emaar.com weekly — the announcement is expected between mid-October and late November. Do not buy from anyone else.
• When the sale opens: book online via Emaar or Platinumlist; adult ~AED 997.50 expected, child 5–12 ~AED 577.50 expected (last-season prices — confirm the 2027 price at checkout). Remember tickets are non-refundable.
• 26–30 December (expected): collect your badge at Dubai Mall or Dubai Hills Mall. No badges on 31 December — this is the step that catches people out.
• 31 December: arrive by 4pm at the latest, badge in hand, through Downtown Gate 5 (Gate 2 for strollers and People of Determination). Final entry 6pm; no re-entry once you leave.
• If Burj Park sells out: check Sky View Observatory (from ~AED 2,975) or a free public viewing area — arrive very early, as they fill up.

Last updated: 9 November 2026