High Roller (Ferris wheel)

High Roller
High Roller
	High Roller in 2015
General information
Status	Operating
Type	Ferris wheel
Location	Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Coordinates	36°07′03″N 115°10′05″W / 36.117402°N 115.168127°W
Opening	March 31, 2014
Owner	Caesars Entertainment
Height	550 feet (167.6 m)
Dimensions
Diameter	520 feet (158.5 m)
Design and construction
Engineer	Arup Engineering
Other information
Seating capacity	1120
Website
	caesars.com/linq/high-roller

High Roller is a 550-foot tall (167.6 m),^[2]^[3] 520-foot (158.5 m) diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on March 31, 2014 as the world's tallest Ferris wheel. It is 9 ft (2.7 m) taller than the 541-foot (165 m) Singapore Flyer, which had held the record since 2008.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Since October 2021 it is the world's second tallest Ferris wheel after Ain Dubai; however, since the latter’s closure in March 2022, High Roller has resumed its reign as the tallest operational Ferris wheel.

^ ^a ^b Trejos, Nancy. "World's tallest Ferris wheel opens in Vegas". USA Today. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Las Vegas to build world's tallest observation wheel". Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "World's tallest observation wheel in Vegas". Herald Sun. Associated Press. July 27, 2012. Archived from the original on December 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Carroll, Laura (July 25, 2012). "Caesars pushing forward with High Roller observation wheel". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012.
^ "High Roller: world's largest Ferris wheel hoisted into place in Las Vegas". Associated Press. September 11, 2013 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ Cite error: The named reference vitallinq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Colorado's Leitner-Poma to build cabins for huge observation wheel in Las Vegas". November 15, 2011.
^ Chew Wui Lynn (March 1, 2008). "Singapore Flyer opens to the public from Saturday". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008.

[auto-1] Trejos, Nancy. "World's tallest Ferris wheel opens in Vegas". USA Today. Retrieved March 31, 2014.

[eastday-2] "Las Vegas to build world's tallest observation wheel". Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.

[heraldsun1226436835127-3] "World's tallest observation wheel in Vegas". Herald Sun. Associated Press. July 27, 2012. Archived from the original on December 30, 2012.

[lvrj163776176-4] Carroll, Laura (July 25, 2012). "Caesars pushing forward with High Roller observation wheel". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012.

[5] "High Roller: world's largest Ferris wheel hoisted into place in Las Vegas". Associated Press. September 11, 2013 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[vitallinq-6] Cite error: The named reference vitallinq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[denverpost16112011-7] "Colorado's Leitner-Poma to build cabins for huge observation wheel in Las Vegas". November 15, 2011.

[8] Chew Wui Lynn (March 1, 2008). "Singapore Flyer opens to the public from Saturday". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008.

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