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The Strat [a] (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.It includes a 1,149 ft (350.2 m) observation tower, the tallest in the United States.
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.
Stratosphere Tower: 350.2 m (1149 ft) 1996 Concrete 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 ...
View of Las Vegas from the High Roller. The ride opened on April 29, 1996, [5] in a special VIP gala opening, one day before the ride and casino opened to the general public. [6] [7] High Roller was one of the first two amusement rides to open on the Stratosphere tower at the casino opening (the other being Big Shot). [8]
ACEP was a casino holding company headquartered at the Stratosphere Las Vegas. [2] [3] ACEP was a wholly owned subsidiary of American Real Estate Partners before it was sold to Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, an investment arm of Goldman Sachs, in February 2008.
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.
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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 .