Thunder Over the Mountain, launched from Vulcan Park.
Vulcan stands on top of Red Mountain (we’re in the city, down in the valley). His pedestal is 123 feet tall. Vulcan himself measures 56 feet, the largest cast iron statue in the world. We’re about a mile away here.
Last-minute donations made up for a $20,000 shortfall that threatened to scale back this year’s show. The entire show costs $40,000 for 20 minutes of pyrotechnics. Vulcan Park was going to ask the city for a substantial portion of the shortfall, but removed the request when city employees, facing pay cuts, complained.
The show has run for 10 years now, preceded by SkyConcert, which ran for 16 years. It is the largest fireworks show in the state and is seen by all the neighboring cities.
