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35-684: Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit , which has hosted the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. It is also home to Ferrari World park, which contains Formula Rossa , the fastest rollercoaster in the world. Yas Island was named the world's leading tourism project at the World Travel Awards in November 2009. The island's development was initiated in 2006 with the aim of turning

70-631: A Bayston Hill quarry in Shropshire , England . The surface material is highly acclaimed by circuit bosses and Formula One drivers for the high level of grip it offers, though at the expense of a higher rate of tyre wear. The same aggregate material is used at the Bahrain International Circuit for the Bahrain Grand Prix . On 7 October 2009, the circuit was granted final approval to hold Formula One races by

105-549: A facade lighting design by Rogier van der Heide . The circuit has five grandstand areas (Main Grandstand, West Grandstand, North Grandstand, South Grandstand, and Marina Grandstand) and part of its pit lane exit runs underneath the track. It also houses a team building behind the pit building, Media Center, Dragster Track and VIP Tower. Additionally, one of the run-off areas runs underneath the West grandstand. This changed when

140-472: A few. The circuit was constructed with a permanent lighting system provided by Musco Lighting , similar to the one installed at Losail International Circuit in Qatar . Yas Marina Circuit is the largest permanent sports venue lighting project in the world; previously the title had been held by Losail International Circuit . The surface of the track is made of graywacke aggregate , shipped to Abu Dhabi from

175-458: A new idea to add it to Yas Island. The park, is situated to the northeast of Ferrari World , and opened in May 2023, it is the first SeaWorld without orcas . The park has developed an area of 183,000   square meters which is split into eight zones featuring more than 100,000 marine animals. Starting with Abu Dhabi Ocean to Once Ocean – the hub and spoke model of the park that transports visitors to

210-645: A variety of motorsport events. Yas Marina Circuit is the only motor sports venue in the world that offers covered and shaded grandstands throughout the facility, coupled with pit lanes that run partially beneath the track. It is the venue for the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. Three charter boat companies operate from Yas Marina namely Jalboot Marine, Captain Tony's and Azure Marine. Seawings operates flights to and from Dubai to Yas Marina and 20 minute Abu Dhabi tours from Yas Marina. Yas Island has been part of

245-861: Is an 18,000-seat indoor arena in the Yas Bay district which opened in January 2021. The du World Music Festival has been organized annually by du Live! and their partners since 2011. The first du World Music Festival took place at the Burj Khalifa Steps in Downtown Dubai and The Walk in JBR between 26 February and 25 March 2011, with performances by artists from around the world such as Tamer Hosny , Mona Amarcha, Janet Kapuya, Mashrou' Leila , Amit Chatterjee Alliance, Sponge Cola , Wust el Balad . The second du World Music Festival took place also at

280-594: Is managed by Troon International. Yas Beach is a beach located in Yas Island close to Yas Links. The beach is lined with mangroves. A mangrove tour is launched daily from Yas beach by the Noukhada Adventure Company. The du Arena (formerly known as the "Yas Arena" until June 2012) is a large open-air concert venue located in Yas Bay. The venue opened in 2009, depending on configuration, the venue can hold up to 35,000. The re-branding preceded

315-612: Is the UAE's second largest ACE Hardware store, with 5,200   square meters of retail space. Yas Marina Circuit The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke , and is situated on Yas Island , near Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates . Yas Marina was the second of four Formula One tracks in

350-528: Is the world's fastest rollercoaster, reaching a speed of 240 kilometers per hour (150 mph). Yas Waterworld is a water park located in Yas Island. It has the Surf's up! Bubbles' Barrel slide which is the largest surf-able sheet wave surf in the world. The World Waterpark Association awarded it the Leading Edge Award in 2012. The park was named as one of the 20 best water parks in the world by

385-592: The Los Angeles Times in May 2013. It was also listed by CNN as one of the top 12 water parks in the world in July 2013. It also won the World Travel Awards award for the Middle East's Leading Tourist Attraction of the year 2013. During its five years of operation, Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi has received more than 35 awards and it was voted the Middle East's Leading Waterpark at the World Travel Awards. In 2018

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420-517: The Middle East , with the first being in Bahrain and subsequent tracks in Qatar and Saudi Arabia . A two-day GP2 Asia Series test was held to officially open the circuit, which was held a week before the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . It also hosted V8 Supercars between 2010 and 2012, with the event being the opening round in 2010 and 2011. Outside motorsport, the circuit was used for

455-584: The Rolling Stones , Janet Jackson , Black Sabbath , Eric Clapton , Kylie Minogue , Shakira , Linkin Park , Nickelback , Eminem , Rihanna , Andrea Bocelli , Marie Osmond , Metallica , The Weeknd , Kanye West , Enrique Iglesias , Sting , Creamfields dance music festival featuring DJs such as Tiesto, David Guetta and Armin Van Buuren . Furthermore, the du Arena has also been the venue for

490-679: The United Arab Emirates . A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour . It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour . A women's event was first held in 2023 as part of the UCI Women's World Tour . The Dubai Tour was first held in 2014, with the Abu Dhabi Tour first held in 2015. The Abu Dhabi Tour joined the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017. In September 2018,

525-522: The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Turns 4, 5, and 6 were replaced by a single, less severe hairpin, turns 11 through 14 were replaced by a sweeping banked curve, and turns 18 through 20 were made less tight to allow more speed to be carried through them. As of November 2024, the official fastest lap records at the Yas Marina Circuit are listed as: UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( Arabic : جولة الإمارات ) are road cycling stage races in

560-608: The DownTown Burj Khalifa Steps, took place on 7–16 March 2012. Free and ticketed events included performances by Gabrielle, The Gipsy Kings, Amr Diab, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Stanley Clarke, Salif Keita, Sarah Geronimo, George Benson. The third du World Music Festival took place between 22 March 2013 and 6 April 2013, and included Andrea Bocelli , Natalie Cole , Guns N' Roses , Kadim Al Sahir , Amr Diab , Eraserheads , Sonu Nigam , Train, Frank Gambale , Papon among others. This edition included performances at

595-471: The FIA. Bruno Senna was the first driver to complete a test run on the circuit. GP3 visited Abu Dhabi for the first time at the end of the 2013 season. After the first practice sessions at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , the circuit was welcomed by the drivers, with Nico Rosberg commenting that every corner was 'unique', while double World Champion Fernando Alonso echoed his sentiments, stating that it

630-563: The Hollywood of the past. The park opened on July 25, 2018, which makes it the world's third Warner Bros. theme park. Visitors can enjoy the gleaming urban landscape of Metropolis, where they can revel in the heroic optimism of the Justice League - whose members include Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash. On December 13, 2022, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced a new partnership with Miral to bring SeaWorld Abu Dhabi

665-416: The Middle East's first KCON event featuring various K-pop artists such as BTS , Taeyeon of Girls' Generation , Cho Kyuhyun of Super Junior , Monsta X , Ailee , SS301 , and Spica last March 25, 2016. The "du Forum" (formerly known as the "Flash Forum" until June 2012) is an indoor events venue. It seats up to 4,500. The venues are owned by Adler Properties and operated by Spectra . Etihad Arena

700-498: The country. In January 2023, organisers announced that a women's race would be held for the first time, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour . This was first staged over 4 days in early February 2023, prior to the men's race. The race uses similar stages to that of the Abu Dhabi Tour and Dubai Tour - a combination of flat sprint stages and mountain stages using climbs such as Jebel Jais and Jebel Hafeet . Stages in

735-603: The course of the Abu Dhabi Tour and later the UAE Tour road cycling races in the UCI World Tour . Yas Links is a golf course designed by Kyle Philips, ranked 44th World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses outside the USA (Golf Digest 2018). 1.8 million cubic meters of material were dredged to form the 18 Hole Championship Golf Course, Golf Club & Golf Shop, pool Area, air-conditioned swing studio and meeting and conference rooms for corporate events. As of August 2019, Yas Links Abu Dhabi

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770-1074: The du Arena in Abu Dhabi , the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre in Dubai , and in Ras Al Khaimah . Yas Island has hosted a number of Ultimate Fighting Championship events including UFC 112: Invincible in 2010, UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson in 2014, UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier in 2019. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , the UFC has used Yas Island as part of a bubble branded as " Fight Island " for selected events since UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal in July 2020, which hosts UFC events involving fighters impacted by U.S. COVID-19 travel restrictions . This has included numbered UFC pay-per-views, and televised UFC Fight Night cards. These events were primarily held behind closed doors at

805-499: The du Forum until January 2021, when the UFC began hosting events with a limited number of spectators at the new Etihad Arena. Yas island hosts nine different hotels across the island catering to various customers and budgets with affordable 3* options up to luxurious 5* hotels. Yas Plaza Hotels Yas Plaza has six hotels: Yas Island Hotels As well as the hotels located in Yas Plaza there four other hotels you can stay at on

840-502: The final stage of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour cycle race in 2015. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license. The circuit is located on Yas Island , a headland that was cut off from the mainland by a canal. It has sixteen corners and several straights, and passes by the marina and through the Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi designed by New York -based architects Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture with

875-473: The first Madonna concert, part of her MDNA Tour , in the Arab region on 3 and 4 June 2012. du and Think Flash revamped the venue for Madonna's concert, including building up a new 23   m x 54   m stage and developing a complex pyrotechnic and lighting system. The arena has hosted many international musicians under the telecom's entertainment platform du Live! in addition to Beyoncé , Madonna , including

910-462: The island including: Yas express Saadiyat route is a shuttle service which interlinks St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort and Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi with Yas Island's attractions. Operating daily, the shuttle service transports guests to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Yas Waterworld, Yas Island and back. Yas Mall is a large retail mall located in Yas Island. It is considered one of Abu Dhabi's largest malls. In January 2017, Forbes recognized Yas Mall as one of

945-401: The island into a multi-purpose leisure, shopping and entertainment center. The investment was planned as a multi-staged project to unfold in phases until 2018, with project stakeholders foreseeing the possibility of extending development by adding new venues and upgrading existing facilities. Ferrari World was opened in November 2010. Formula Rossa , one of the park's most famous attractions,

980-718: The most memorable moments was the introduction of Cinesplash, which is the region's first and only 5D water adventure. Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is located on Yas Island near Ferrari World and Yas Waterworld. WB World is organized into six themed lands, Gotham City, Metropolis, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch and Warner Bros. Plaza. Gotham and Metropolis are based on the cities of DC Comics superheroes Batman and Superman . Warner Bros. 's Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoon libraries are featured in Cartoon Junction and Dynamite Gulch except for Bedrock which features The Flintstones . Warner Bros. Plaza mimics

1015-411: The organisers of both races announced their intent to merge, resulting in the UAE Tour , a longer race that would use stages from both events. The first edition of the race took place between 24 February and 2 March 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI World Tour . The 2020 UAE Tour was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic , with the last two stages cancelled and teams quarantined before being able to leave

1050-449: The other realms: Micro Ocean, Endless Ocean, Tropical Ocean, Rocky Point, Polar Ocean with Arctic and Antarctica. CLYMB Abu Dhabi opened in November 2019. It includes the world's tallest indoor climbing wall, at 43 meters (141 ft) tall, as well as the world's widest vertical wind tunnel , at 10 meters (33 ft) wide. The full circuit length is 5.554 km (3.451 mi) and can be configured in five different ways to accommodate

1085-484: The pit exit remained free of incidents for the early practice sessions, Fisichella claimed that it was both very difficult and dangerous. Kimi Räikkönen notoriously gave his thoughts on the circuit, stating "The first few turns are quite good, but the rest of it is shit". After the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix the designer Hermann Tilke said that they were considering making changes to the track to present more overtaking opportunities. BBC Sport 's Andrew Benson called

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1120-536: The previous turns 4, 5, and 6 were redesigned and the previous turns 11, 12, and 13 were also reconfigured in time for the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . The circuit was built by main contractor Cebarco-WCT WLL, under contract from developer Aldar Properties. Among the sub-contractors involved were KOH AH HING (KAHBINA) from Malaysia (structural contractor), as well as specialised subcontractors like Voltas (MEP), PKE-Siemens (MEP), Able-Middle East (earthworks), Hamilton International (interior) and Bau Bickhardt (track) to name

1155-493: The racing in the 2020 event "dreary" with Matt Beer of The Race naming the track layout as one of 6 reasons why the races in Abu Dhabi "consistently disappoint". Drivers such as Daniel Ricciardo have also added their support for track changes. In June 2021, Saif Al Noaimi, acting CEO of Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management, said modifications to the track's layout had been approved, with the modifications completed in time for

1190-528: The top five shopping malls in Abu Dhabi. In close proximity to Yas Mall is IKEA. The 33,000-square-meter store with a total sales area of 19,150   square meters is the largest IKEA store in the MENA region. Previously located within the Marina Mall complex, the store was moved to Yas Island primarily due to limited room for expansion. An ACE Hardware is also located in close proximity. The Yas Island branch

1225-464: Was enjoyable because there was always something to do. Force India's Adrian Sutil rated the circuit as being better than Formula One's other night race in Singapore as he felt there was too much light at Marina Bay. Not all of the drivers were complimentary, with Giancarlo Fisichella expressing a particular dislike of the pit exit, which dips under the main circuit by way of a tunnel. Although

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