The Ferris wheel should be around 190 metres, the highest in the world. It was supposed to turn as early as 2015 in the New York city borough of Staten Island. The construction was delayed. Now nothing is turning.
The plans for the construction of the largest Ferris wheel in the world in New York are off. “After years of planning, the developers of the New York Wheel parts with great disappointment that the dream to build a world-class attraction in Staten Island, will not meet, unfortunately,” it said in a statement on Tuesday (local time). The Ferris wheel should be around 190 metres, the highest in the world. – with panoramic views over the harbour, the statue of liberty and the Manhattan Skyline.
A concrete reason for the object of the plans, the developer is not called first. Finally, the cost of the project increased, however, the construction had been delayed and been delayed by Court battles between different investors.
So it should look – the world’s largest Ferris wheel on Staten Island
With the construction project, the developers wished to enhance the suburban and quiet most of the five boroughs of New York city. Until today, many tourists take the free ferry to Staten Island to enjoy the views of the Bay, the statue of liberty and Skyline of the metropolis, then but usually immediately back to Manhattan. The New York Wheel should annually attract three million visitors to stay to the North shore. There is a shopping center next to the Ferris wheel site, but to open still this year.
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