High Roller (Ferris wheel) High Roller (Ferris wheel) High Roller is a , diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States of America. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. It opened to the public on March 31, 2014 and is currently the world's tallest Ferris wheel. It is taller than its predecessor, the Singapore Flyer, which had held the record since 2008. High Roller was announced in August 2011 as the centerpiece of Caesars Entertainment Corporation's $550 million The LINQ. Arup Engineering, which previously consulted on the Singapore Flyer, acted as the structural engineer. The
Colossus (Ferris wheel) Colossus (Ferris wheel) Colossus is a Ferris wheel at the Six Flags St. Louis theme park in Eureka, Missouri, United States. It opened on April 18, 1986, and is in diameter, weighs , and has a maximum capacity of 320 people. Colossus was originally debuted at the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair. It and the other rides there were operated by Six Flags, Inc. It cost $2.50 per passenger at that point. It turned at a rate of 1½ revolutions per minute which equates to . Colossus stands where the Pet-A-Pet petting zoo used to be. That was removed in