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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City authorities are canceling a New Year's Eve fireworks show over concerns about air quality.
Instead, the city council and the nonprofit Downtown Alliance want to create a giant disco ball and unveil it at midnight. They're asking for donations to help fund the $50,000 project.
The Salt Lake City council is pledging to pay for half of the large-scale installation, and organizers are soliciting donations online through Kickstarter to fund the rest of the cost of building the 20-foot ball. It could be the largest in the country.
Fireworks are less expensive, but they add pollution to air that can be among the worst in the nation, particularly in the winter as high-pressure systems trap smog in the Salt Lake valley.
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