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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. It is also the second-tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.
Location Remarks 1 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 ...
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.
At 737 feet, the structure is the tallest occupiable building in Nevada and second tallest in Las Vegas, behind the nearby Strat tower observation deck at 1,149 feet (350 metres).
It would have been a 500-foot skyscraper with an observation deck and rooftop restaurant, similar to the nearby Strat tower. [8] The new resort project was once referred to as "18 Fremont" because of its address, [9] although the final street address of the resort is 8 Fremont Street. [10]
Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world. 3: CN Tower: 553.3 m (1,815 ft) 1976: Concrete Canada: Toronto: Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, and the world's tallest tower until 2009; tallest in the western hemisphere: 4: Ostankino Tower: 540.1 m (1,772 ft) 1967 Russia: Moscow
Observation deck on the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors. 15 Landmark 81: 2019 Skyscraper Ho Chi Minh City: 382: 461: Observation decks on 79th, 80th and 81st floors. 16 Petronas Towers: 1998 Skyscraper Kuala Lumpur: 370: 451.9: Observation deck on 86th floor of tower 2; in addition there is the skybridge between the two towers on 41st and 42nd ...
The tower is made of 460-tons of steel, has two-observation decks and a red-paint scheme. The tower was also designed to withstand strong 100 MPH winds. [4] The tower opened with a yellow paint scheme, [5] but the tower later a multi-colored rainbow-paint scheme and a white paint scheme, but was then later repainted to its current red-paint scheme.