Up to 20,000 expected to attend Space Needle fireworks show for New Year
John Hopperstad - Q13 FOX News reporter
7:24 p.m. PST, December 30, 2011
From: http://goo.gl/PGQNs
Workers with the firm Pyro Spectaculars spent Friday attaching fireworks to various parts of the Needle.
Alberto Navarro of Pyro Spectaculars said when he first saw the Space Needle, he envisioned a platform for his fireworks. “I say, ‘We'll have to do something there for the people of Seattle.’”Space Needle New Year’s Eve show an 8-minute blast
By Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporter
From: http://goo.gl/EX6zG
When fireworks blast off the Space Needle at 11:59 Friday night, it culminates weeks of work by Seattle's fireworks guru, Ian Gilfillan and his Pyro Spectaculars.
"It's the most-unique structure we do. Everything's unusual," said Gilfillan, standing atop the Space Needle on Thursday while his dozen workers installed the fireworks that will blaze across the sky. "The structure is world-recognized, and safety is a factor working on a structure like this."
And the weather? He glanced up at the clear sky. Couldn't be better.