{"id":2479,"date":"2013-10-08T01:55:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T08:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2020-12-03T04:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:09:50","slug":"high-roller-ferris-wheel-at-the-linq-has-its-braces-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/high-roller-ferris-wheel-at-the-linq-has-its-braces-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"High Roller Ferris Wheel at The Linq Has Its Braces Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The High Roller Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip, the world’s tallest observation wheel, is nearing another milestone. It’s getting its braces removed.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The High Roller is 100 feet taller than the London Eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wheel’s rim was completed a couple of weeks ago, and since then, construction dudes have been meticulously installing massive cables between the hub of the wheel and the rim.<\/p>\n

\"That<\/a>
That piece in the middle is the hub thingy. Although, granted, we have yet to hear a High Roller engineer call it a “thingy.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Temporary braces called “radial struts” are being removed one by one, with just a few remaining. Six as far as we can tell.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The High Roller’s cables were made by a company called Freyssinet in France. Eugène Freyssinet was a pioneer of prestressed concrete. After it was stressed, he was pretty much useless.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The High Roller wheel is what’s known as a “compression wheel,” meaning the tension on the cables is what holds the 550-foot wheel together. There are 112 cables in all.<\/p>\n

\"Are<\/a>
Are you not entertained?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next big step in the construction process will be the installation of the passenger cabins. Each of the 28 cabins will hold 40 people.<\/p>\n

Here’s an artsy version of the High Roller we made because we were really bored. (Get it on a postcard or tee<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"We<\/a>
We would like to have this on a coffee mug, despite the fact we do not drink coffee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’re a High Roller wheel fan like this Las Vegas blog, you’ll want to take a look at all the High Roller photos<\/a> we’ve shared during the construction process.<\/p>\n

The High Roller should be open for business in mid-2014.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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