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#HIGH ROLLER OBSERVATION WHEEL FULL#

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^ a b "World's tallest observation wheel in Vegas".

Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.

^ a b "Las Vegas to build world's tallest observation wheel".

"World's tallest Ferris wheel opens in Vegas". įurther delays pushed the target opening to 2021, coinciding with Expo 2020. Erection of the main support structure was completed in 2016. Construction eventually began almost two years behind schedule in May 2015. It is 250 m (820 ft) tall and was announced in February 2013, with construction to begin in June 2013 and completion in 2015. The Ain Dubai in the United Arab Emirates opened on October 21, 2021. Other ticket options included a $59.95 Express Pass, allowing the holder to skip the line and ride any time. When High Roller opened to the public in March 2014, tickets for a single 30-minute ride, the time taken for the entire wheel to rotate once, cost $24.95 (daytime) and $34.95 (nighttime). Tickets were originally expected to cost less than $20 per ride, but estimates had risen to "about $25 per person" by mid-2012 then "about $30 per person" in September 2013 news reports. High Roller opened to the public at 4 p.m. After preliminary testing, High Roller's lighting system was illuminated at sunset on February 28, 2014. The first passenger cabin was delivered and installed in November 2013 and the final cabin was installed the following month. The outer rim of the wheel was completed on September 9, 2013.

Located on Las Vegas Boulevard, across from Caesars Palace, construction was originally scheduled to begin in September 2011 with a late 2013 completion subsequently revised to early 2014. Īt night the wheel is illuminated by a 2,000-LED system which can display a single solid color, differently colored sections, multiple colors moving around the rim, and custom displays for special events and holidays. Įach 225-square-foot (20.9 m 2) cabin weighs approximately 44,000 pounds (20,000 kg), has a diameter of 22 feet (6.7 m), includes 300 square feet (28 m 2) of glass, and is equipped with eight flat-screen televisions. Preliminary designs anticipated 32 passenger cabins, each with a 40-passenger capacity -with the final design accommodating 28 40-person cabins and a total capacity of 1,120 passengers.

#HIGH ROLLER OBSERVATION WHEEL FULL#

The passenger cabins (or capsules) are mounted on the wheel's outboard rim and are individually rotated by electric motors to smoothly maintain a horizontal cabin floor throughout each full rotation. The outer rim comprises 28 sections, each 56 feet (17 m) long, which were temporarily held in place during construction by a pair of 275-foot (84 m) radial struts, prior to being permanently secured by four cables. Each bearing has an outer diameter of 7.55 feet (2.30 m), an inner bore of 5.25 feet (1.60 m), and a width of 2.07 feet (0.63 m). The wheel rotates on a pair of custom-designed spherical roller bearings, each weighing approximately 19,400 lb (8,800 kg). Arup Engineering, which previously consulted on the Singapore Flyer, acted as the structural engineer. High Roller was announced in August 2011 as the centerpiece of Caesars Entertainment Corporation's $550 million The LINQ. Since October 2021 it is the world's second tallest Ferris wheel after Ain Dubai. It is 9 ft (2.7 m) taller than the 541-foot (165 m) Singapore Flyer, which had held the record since 2008. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on Maas the world's tallest Ferris wheel. High Roller is a 550-foot tall (167.6 m), 520-foot (158.5 m) diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.