ARE FIREWORKS FADING For the first time, Salt Lake City is trading pyrotechnics for laser beams this Independence Day; on Saturday night, the city will host its first Laser Light Night at Jordan Park. The city hopes others will follow its lead.
“My favorite thing about it is, I like the smell," he said."A lot of people say, 'Well, we like to hear loud noises,' or, 'We like to see pretty colors in the sky.' But I like the smell too. There's something about the smell.”
“We are in such a severe drought right now," said Lynze Twede, Events Manager for Salt Lake City Public Lands."Lighting off fireworks really contributes to our already high fire danger and our air pollution and the noise pollution that we have here.”“It will look a little bit different than fireworks," said Twede."But people can still expect that breathtaking show that lights up our skies with laser beams going overhead and a fantastic show.
“As of right now, I would say our sales are about dead on where they need to be," he said."They're not down, they're not up.”
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