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A Rush of Adrenaline at 1,081 ft

March 18, 2008 - 8,571 views

The signature attraction of the Stratosphere hotel in Las Vegas is , of course, the Tower, standing at a whooping 1,149 ft (350 m) in the air. It’s the tallest construction in Nevada and the second tallest in the US, after the Kennecott Smokestack in Magna, Utah.  The hotel is separated from the Tower, having 20 stories, 2,444 rooms and an 80,000 square foot (7,000 m²) casino. What you’ll see below is the Big Shot, the highest ride in the world at 1,081 feet (329 m):

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11 Responses to “A Rush of Adrenaline at 1,081 ft”

  1. GC on March 18th, 2008 5:16 am

    WOW, i’ve been bungee jumping, but this is so awesome. Now i think of it, i would like to try it, but (now i’m older) i think i would be really scared ;)

  2. soar on March 18th, 2008 9:09 am

    Wow, wow, wow!
    I’m definitely going there when I can.
    Going bungee jumping and sky diving this coming summer too :) .

  3. china_rider on March 18th, 2008 2:46 pm

    I head to Vegas from AZ quite frequently and have been on all the Stratosphere rides. Very fun, but you have to be careful. On any given trip at least one ride is closed for safety violations. The roller coaster was closed for months at one point.

  4. ObtuseMoose on March 18th, 2008 6:00 pm

    Actually that’s not Big Shot. Big Shot is the is hydraulic freefall drop tower at the Stratosphere which is barely visible in the 4th photo. You have two different rides pictured from the Stratosphere: Insanity ( the claw-like ride) and X Scream ( the teeter-totter like coastercar ride).

  5. Las Vegas Hotel Discounts on July 2nd, 2008 4:59 pm

    Wow, that’s crazy … i’ld love to be there

  6. Debby Phillips on September 3rd, 2008 5:33 pm

    A co-worker tried to talk a group of us into going on this ride in February. I never saw it, he just described. There is NO WAY I would go on that. I told him I would go up an take pictures of him on it but after seeing these pictures, I don’t think I could!

  7. liv on September 17th, 2008 12:38 am

    Makes me cringe just looking.

  8. Accommodation Croatia on June 18th, 2009 10:06 pm

    weee ! I’d never dare to do this ! I’m afraid by looking at those photos :)

  9. hello on July 21st, 2009 4:36 pm

    One more reason to visit Las Vegas ;-)
    Did the author of this post try it?

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