NEWS:Dubai to Build World's Largest Ferris Wheel

[Airtime&Gravity]

 

 

The 201-metre Dubai Eye will surpass the 165-meter Singapore Flyer, currently the current world’s tallest Ferris wheel, and offer panoramic views of the Dubai coast and attractions including the Burj Al Arab, Palm Jumeirah and Burj Khalifa.

 

The wheel forms part of the Bluewaters Island project, which was approved yesterday. Developers hope it will attract more three million visitors a year. The project will include retail and entertainment areas, with an array of shops, restaurants and a souq along a promenade. It will also include a five-star luxury hotel and private residential buildings.

 

The £1.1 billion island complex will be set near Jumeirah Beach Residence, connected to the beachfront by a pedestrian bridge and to the mainland by a bridge from Sheikh Zayed Road, with a monorail system and cable car planned to transport visitors in between sites.

 

Construction on the Bluewaters complex will begin this April and expected to be completed within three years.

Last year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans for a 190-metre high ferris wheel to be built near the Staten Island Ferry, the city’s third most popular tourist attraction, with construction to begin in 2014.

 

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[Jew]

I'm thinking this will be yet another project that starts construction but doesn't finish.

[RoCo]

Yeah, sure, Dubai, sounds great... Really, we can't wait to ride this thing... No, seriously, I'm booking a plane ticket now...

[Hercules]

I have some faith in this.

[Wes]

I have some faith in this.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3VTngm1F0

[Jerrykoala2112]

I found some photos of the model on this project and it does look appealing with it's location right on the water in front of the skyline. Let's just hope construction doesn't get put on hold like everything else.

 

Source: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1591578

[sandy7]

Design look like beautiful island and ferris wheel ride was to big. When its completed?

[rcjp]

This looks like an interesting idea. And the location is rather cool too. Lets just hope that it will be indeed finished.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYou]

Design look like beautiful island and ferris wheel ride was to big. When its completed?

The article states construction would start (if it ever does, seeing the problems other observation wheels have had recently) within the month.

[Coaster Curt]

It is so big it is ugly. I want to look out the hotel window and see beach and water not some massive monstrosity.

[Double0Kevin]

Design look like beautiful island and ferris wheel ride was to big. When its completed?

The article states construction would start (if it ever does, seeing the problems other observation wheels have had recently) within the month.

 

If you are referring to Vegas, that's just because people like to start building before they have the money and think people will just throw more at them along the way. And that's only one of the 2, High Roller at The LYNQ is very much alive and well and will open later this year.

 

I can see this happening because Dubai insists on having the biggest everything. I'm sure someone will fund this all the way through, eventually.

[Aceattack52]

Only in Dubai....