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Fountain Hills honoring Super Bowl teams with fountain display

Posted 2/10/23

The City of Fountain Hills will light up its iconic fountain in red and green on Saturday, Feb. 11, to recognize the Super Bowl teams Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. The fountain light …

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Fountain Hills honoring Super Bowl teams with fountain display

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The City of Fountain Hills will light up its iconic fountain in red and green on Saturday, Feb. 11, to recognize the Super Bowl teams Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. The fountain light display will occur at the top of each hour for 15 minutes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

For those wishing to watch the light display in person, Fountain Park is located at 12925 N Saguaro Boulevard. The fountain and Fountain Park are also viewable via the Town’s EarthCam at www.experiencefountainhills.org.

The fountain was built in 1970 by Robert McCulloch, the year before the reconstruction of the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, another of McCulloch’s projects. The fountain sprays water for about 15 minutes every hour at the top of the hour. The plume rises from a concrete water lily sculpture in the center of a large artificial lake.

The fountain, driven by three 600-horsepower turbine pumps, funnels water at a rate of 7,000 gallons per minute through an 18-inch nozzle. The fountain reaches 560 feet (170m) in height, though in regular operation the fountain height is around 300 feet (91m). It was at one time the world’s tallest fountain and held that record for over a decade. Today, the famous fountain is the second tallest in the United States and the fourth tallest in the world.

The fountain uses water from Fountain Lake, reclaimed water provided by Fountain Hills Sanitary District. The water in the lake is also used to irrigate Fountain Park and other parks and golf courses in the community.