High Roller

How to Get There

From Las Vegas Strip: Located at The LINQ Promenade, accessible on foot or via Las Vegas Monorail stop at The LINQ/Harrah’s.

Overview

High Roller is a 550-foot tall (167.6 m), 520-foot (158.5 m) diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on March 31, 2014, and is currently the world's second tallest Ferris wheel, surpassed only by 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.

Design

High Roller was announced in August 2011 as the centerpiece of Caesars Entertainment Corporation's The LINQ. Arup Engineering, which previously consulted on the Singapore Flyer, acted as the structural engineer.

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. 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.

At 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.

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