--- description: New "world's tallest observation wheel" now open in Las Vegas. title: New "Tallest Wheel" in the World Opens in Las Vegas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd43785e0c2382f0/6986887f810bbb828dc90ce8/high-roller.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # World's Tallest Observation Wheel Opens in Las Vegas  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 2, 2014 2:56 PM CUT  The LINQ  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 2, 2014 2:56 PM CUT The newest attraction in Las Vegas is a 550-foot-tall observation wheel in The LINQ, a shopping and dining district. Built by Caesar’s Entertainment and boasting 28 cabins that can hold 40 passengers each, it will travel at one foot per second and take roughly 30 minutes to make one full revolution. At 550 feet, it’s nine feet taller than the Singapore Flyer and more than 100 feet taller than the London Eye (443 ft.). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/46733/worlds-tallest-observation-wheel-opens-in-las-vegas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/46733/worlds-tallest-observation-wheel-opens-in-las-vegas/"},"headline":"World's Tallest Observation Wheel Opens in Las Vegas","datePublished":"2014-04-02T14:56:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:25.929Z","description":"Hope you're not afraid of heights","url":"https://time.com/46733/worlds-tallest-observation-wheel-opens-in-las-vegas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","nation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd43785e0c2382f0/6986887f810bbb828dc90ce8/high-roller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd43785e0c2382f0/6986887f810bbb828dc90ce8/high-roller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"high-roller","caption":"","creditText":"The LINQ","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/46733/worlds-tallest-observation-wheel-opens-in-las-vegas/","name":"World's Tallest Observation Wheel Opens in Las Vegas"}}]}] ```