SKYCITY Gives Aucklanders the choice to light the Skytower!
The night sky over Auckland will shine this festive season with one of four colour combinations being put to the people of Auckland during the last two weeks of November. ‘Light me up! Auckland's Choice to Light Sky Tower this Festive Season' will, for the first time this year, let Aucklanders decide the Sky Tower festive season colour scheme to be set alight from 1 December 2009 until 9 January 2010.From 16 November, the people of Auckland will have a choice of four colour combinations; two combinations of ‘block colours' and two combinations which include animation on the mast of the tower made possible by new LED light technology which shows ‘special effects'. The winning combination will be one of a:
- Green base with a red top
- Blue base with a silver top
- Green base with a red, silver and blue flashes
- Red base with moving silver and blue rings
Aucklanders are invited to visit at one of SKYCITY's eighteen restaurants and bars, spend more than five dollars and post their vote into boxes set up across the SKYCITY property. When the votes are counted and the winning colour decided, one lucky Aucklander will have their name chosen from the winning box to officially light the tower on 1 December.
Nigel Morrison, SKYCITY Chief Executive, says, “We know how passionate Aucklanders are about the Sky Tower, so we're very excited to be putting the festive season lights in their hands for the first time ever this year. We're particularly looking forward to celebrating with the winner of ‘Light me up! Auckland's Choice to Light Sky Tower this Festive Season' on 1 December for the official lighting ceremony. As the home of entertainment in Auckland, it's great to be able to give people even more reasons to visit SKYCITY at such a fun and special time of year.”
When visitors spend five dollars or more at any SKYCITY bar, restaurant or cafe, they will receive a ‘Festive Season Gift Tag' to complete, attach their receipt to and enter in the colour scheme box of their choice placed all over the SKYCITY property.
Updates will be given over the course of the two weeks!
SKYCITY is the home of entertainment in Auckland offering visitors the choice of two hotels, a casino, dining options, the SKYCITY Theatre, cinemas, East Day Spa and of course the world famous Sky Jump and Sky Walk right in the heart of the City.
