# New Orleans New Years Fireworks Display Cost/Details **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 3, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-new-years-fireworks-display-cost-details/608213 "2012-01-03T01:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnsonlnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@johnsonlnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnsonlnl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-new-years-fireworks-display-cost-details/608213/1 "2012-01-03T01:51:55Z")
Just got home from ringing in the new year in the Big Easy. There was an awesome fireworks display set off from a couple of barges on the river. Being an amateur pyro myself, I would like to learn the details regarding cost, shell count and shell size of the display. Multiple attempts on Google have turned up nada. Anybody have the Dope on this? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-new-years-fireworks-display-cost-details/608213/2 "2012-01-03T12:33:21Z")
Strictly anecdotally, I can tell you that it’s possible to purchase your own fireworks show at Walt Disney World (as an add-on to a wedding package). Prices start at around $15,000. Of course, I have no idea how long your show will be, nor how it compares to the New Orleans show. Keep in mind that Disney is probably operating on a pretty high profit margin on those shows; because, who else are you going to buy your own fireworks show from? But then again, Disney probably also has their own in-house pyrotechnics department to keep costs down; New Orleans probably just hired a professional company.