High Roller - A Half-Hour Lap Above the Strip
Photo: Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
A stop on Las Vegas Strip Walk, a free self-guided tour.
Walk down the LINQ Promenade, the open-air street of shops and restaurants next to the Flamingo, and the High Roller rises at the end. When it opened on March 31, 2014, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world at 550 feet, beating the Singapore Flyer by 9 feet. Ain Dubai took the crown in 2021, so now it has to settle for second.
The wheel turns so slowly that one lap takes a full 30 minutes. Each of its 28 glass cabins holds up to 40 people, enough for a party, which is exactly how some riders use them. At night, about 2,000 LEDs wash the rim in changing colors.
The High Roller is a neat example of how the Strip keeps reinventing itself. Instead of building another casino tower, Caesars turned the space between two resorts into a walking street with a giant wheel at the end. Riding costs money, but watching it glow is free.
Getting here: From the Flamingo, step into the LINQ Promenade next door and follow it east to the foot of the wheel.
Did you know?: The High Roller was the centerpiece of Caesars Entertainment's $550 million LINQ development.
Photo op: Stand at the east end of the Promenade and shoot upward to fit the whole wheel in the frame - best at dusk when the lights come on.
More on Wikipedia: High Roller · The Linq · Ain Dubai
Stops on this tour
- Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign - The Photo Everyone Takes
- Fountains of Bellagio - A Lake in the Desert
- Bellagio Conservatory - A Garden That Changes Its Clothes
- Paris Las Vegas - Half an Eiffel Tower
- Flamingo - Where the Mob Moved In
- High Roller - A Half-Hour Lap Above the Strip
- Forum Shops at Caesars - Shopping in Ancient Rome
- The Mirage Volcano Site - Where the Megaresorts Began
- The Venetian - Gondolas on the Strip
- Sphere - The Strip's Giant Glowing Ball
- Neon Museum - Where Old Signs Go to Rest
- Fremont Street Experience - Where Las Vegas Began