After drawing twice the crowds it did in Golden Gate Park, the SkyStar wheel just scored an 18-month extension at the San ...

The Tampa City Council recently voted to bring a $20 million, 250-foot wheel to the Channel District next year. The project ...

At a cost of $10 million and up, the giant Ferris wheels known as observation wheels have popped up in a growing number of cities where passengers ride in climate-controlled, enclosed gondolas that ...

Not your run-of-the-mill state-fair Ferris wheels, today's observation wheels are behemoths that take passengers hundreds of feet into the air—and the views from the top of the tallest ones are ...

The spinning attractions puncture the skylines of major cities around the world. London, Singapore and Dubai all have them.

CINCINNATI — The SkyStar Observation Wheel will keep on turning at The Banks, at least until the end of June. "It's just very much loved in the community," said Phil Beck, the executive director of ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Plans to temporarily install an observation wheel in Balboa Park have been suspended, the city confirmed. Plans for the Balboa Park Star, which recently gained support from the ...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kera/local-kera-991893.mp3 Dallas, TX – The giant "observation wheel" planned for Founders Plaza in downtown ...

The High Roller observation wheel will be decorated with balloons and streamers this weekend. It’s turning 5 years old. The 550-foot tower at the LINQ Promenade has 28 cabins carrying up to 40 people ...

Visitors to Las Vegas now have a new way to take in the famous Las Vegas Strip with the official opening of the world's tallest observation wheel on Monday. Standing 550 feet (167.6 m) tall, the aptly ...

Update from September 11, 2003. Yesterday was a milestone day in the ongoing construction of the High Roller observation wheel, the center piece of the larger project of The Linq. The rim of the High ...

In a bid to increase tourism, the government of Moscow is considering constructing a 722-foot tall observation wheel. If built, it would become the tallest observation wheel in the world, according to ...