World's Largest Ferris Wheel Opens in Las Vegas
New High Roller Ferris wheel is 550 feet tall.
It broke ground just over two years ago. Now, the world has a new tallest Ferris wheel, and it's located in Las Vegas. One full rotation of the 550-foot-tall High Roller takes 30 minutes. The wheel, made of 7.2 million pounds of steel and 112, 225-foot-long cables, is part of The LINQ, an outdoor dining, retail and entertainment district on the Strip.
"It's really an art piece on the Las Vegas skyline, from the dynamic lighting sequences to the overall engineering and architecture that it adds to the skyline," says Jon Gray, The LINQ's vice president and general manager.
Las Vegas has always been known for being over-the-top. With the opening of the High Roller, commissioned by Caesars Entertainment, it has taken that reputation to another level.
The highly anticipated High Roller, which only Caesars employees and select media (USA TODAY is the first) have been able to ride since Thursday, has dramatically changed the Vegas Skyline, competing with the likes of Paris Hotel and Casino's Eiffel Tower replica and the Stratosphere observation deck.
It's already beat its competitors around the world. At about 51 stories high, it's taller than the Singapore Flyer, the Star of Nanchang in China, and the London Eye, which until this week made up the triumvirate of tallest observation wheels. The High Roller can fit up to 1,120 people.
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Source: USA Today
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