Stratosphere wants to build another ride a thousand feet up

Let us hope that no bolts break or restraints open on this ride, both for the riders as well as the people below. I also don't know the "spin & puke" value of the ride but that may also be some cause for concern.

"Not all the ideas for thrill rides at the Stratosphere have met with success. Last year, the hotel abandoned its effort to build the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster."

That's intriguing. Wonder what the plans were? Oh well, this new contraption looks pretty interesting, and really, even if the restraints were to loosen a bit, there looks like there is a heck of a lot of centripital force acting on those seats. Should be a good addition.

The failed coaster idea was an Arrow "Fishhook" coaster. Think of Superman:The Escape at SFMM, except in a curved U shape. The coaster track would have been connected to the side of the tower (at about 500-600 feet, if I remember correctly).

Someone might be able to post pictures of a model of the coaster that the Stratsphere had in the casino a couple of years back. I took pictures of it, but a hard drive crash took care of those (among other things).

Jerry

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/2003-29-958536.htm

Click the above link and there are several news items about the previously proposed coaster.

It was originally going to be a 700' drop, but was changed to a 500', then scrapped.

http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Oct-16-Tue-2001/photos/coaster.jpg

Here is a pic I found of the ride, first time I saw a pic was this, looked cool, but oh well!

Here's a link to a picture of the original 750ft design... http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Sep-07-Fri-2001/photos/news.jpg

one has to wonder if the track would really have been that think....

I hope they someday decide to try for this again, pretty soon the Strat is gonna be a bonifide Park!:)