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Articles relating to The Strat which is a hotel, casino, and observation tower. Pages in category "The Strat" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Rank Name Image Height ft (m) Floors Year Coordinates Notes The Strat: 1,149 (350) 106 1996 Tallest observation tower in the United States, second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere after the CN Tower in Toronto; second-tallest free-standing structure in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, after the Kennecott Smokestack in Utah; has been the tallest structure in Las Vegas since 1996.
[318] [319] [320] Viva Las Vegas closed in December 2006. [321] American Superstars closed in March 2011, as the producers and resort came to a mutual decision to end the show after a 15-year run. It was one of the longest-running shows in Las Vegas history. [303] [302] Later that year, singer Frankie Moreno signed a two-year residency.
The tallest structure in the state is the Strat tower in Las Vegas, with a height of 1,149 feet (350 m). [1] The tower, located north of the Las Vegas Strip, [1] is also the tallest observation tower in the United States. [2] Because the tower is not fully habitable, it is not considered a building.
Las Vegas, Nevada: Tallest observation tower in the United States. 2 Tower of the Americas: 228.6 m (750 ft) 1968 Concrete San Antonio, Texas: Built as the theme structure for San Antonio's World's Fair, HemisFair '68. It was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 until 1996. 3 Gateway Arch: 192 m (630 ft) 1965 Steel
This is an incomplete list of notable restaurants in the Las Vegas Valley. The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area located in the southern part of Nevada. The largest urban agglomeration in the state, it is the heart of the Las Vegas–Paradise-Henderson, NV MSA. [1] A number of restaurants in Las Vegas are in casinos or hotels.
SkyJump Las Vegas is a controlled decelerator descent. Riders of SkyJump Las Vegas are given a short safety lesson and suited up in a The Strat custom “jump suit”. The rider is then connected to a patented highspeed “descender” machine and led to the edge of a small platform where they will leap out and descend the Strat SkyPod.
X-Scream is a ride at the top of the Strat SkyPod in Las Vegas, Nevada. At a height of approximately 866 feet (264 m), the world's third highest amusement ride , located on top of The Strat . The name of the ride is a play on the word extreme .