With less than a month to go until the first ever Monster Jam® event in the GCC, excited young fans are getting ready to welcome the world’s best monster trucks in the nation’s Capital. In the second week of May, ten enormous trucks will be descending on Abu Dhabi to take part in the first ever Monster Jam® event in the region, including larger than life characters Iron Man™, Maximum Destruction®, Grave Digger® and seven others. Young fans can look forward to an evening of incredible stunts including wheelies, back flips and donuts from the trucks, and will all get to meet the fearless drivers who make the show possible. Monster Jam® Abu Dhabi will take place on Friday May 10th at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, which is being transformed for the occasion into a dirt-filled obstacle course with jumps, ramps and crush cars. Abu Dhabi is the first stop in a tour that will take Monster Jam® all over the world – it’s a not to missed chance for GCC residents to see one of the US’s most popular events.

As part of the festivities to celebrate the coming of this quintessential family day out, selected schools in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai are taking part in a colouring competition to design their ideal monster truck paint job - the most outrageous design winning tickets for a whole class of school mates to come and see the real thing up close. Their designs will be featured on the website of event organizers FLASH Entertainment the week of the show. With several days of special appearances scheduled the week of the event, Monster Jam® Abu Dhabi is a mouth-watering prospect for children of all ages.

Just three weeks ago in Las Vegas, Nevada Maximum Destruction® driver Tom Meents pulled off a world first in monster truck freestyle – a double back flip with a successful landing – it’s been the talk of monster trucks ever since, and UAE fans of monster jam are asking whether Meents will be able to repeat the feat in Abu Dhabi. Colleague Dustin Brown of Monster Mutt® Rottweiler says anything is possible: “If it can be dreamed up,” he says, “someone will try it at a Monster Jam event!”

Twice as tall as a full grown man, and with an engine that’s double the size of the fastest sports cars, Monster Jam® trucks are the ultimate four wheel drive vehicles, complete with Nitrogen filled shock absorbers, front and back steering and 2-meter tall tires that can crush buses. The preparations for Monster Jam® Abu Dhabi week also include a competition for 4x4 owners to compete for bragging rights and the chance for their street legal customized monster to be displayed at Zayed Sports City Stadium before the main event.

Monster Jam® will be arriving in Abu Dhabi the week of May 5th, with the stadium event taking place on Friday May 10th. Tickets start from AED150, with discounts for groups available. Tickets are available from www.thinkflash.ae or by calling 800 FLASH (35274).

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