The Stratosphere Tower is the highest building in which US city?
"to the general public. High Roller was one of the first two amusement rides to open on the Stratosphere tower at the casino opening (the other being Big Shot). Even initially, Stratosphere guests exhibited considerably greater excitement over the Big Shot gravity drop tower than they did over High Roller. As with the other rides at the Stratosphere Las Vegas, admission to the High Roller was typically charged per ride, as opposed to a single pass that allowed for unlimited rides as is typically the case in most United States amusement parks. The cost to ride the High Roller was"
"The CN Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere. As of 2013, there are only two other freestanding structures in the Western Hemisphere which exceed in height; the Willis Tower in Chicago, which stands at when measured to its pinnacle; and the topped-out One World Trade Center in New York City, which has a pinnacle height of , or approximately shorter than the CN Tower. Due to the symbolism of the number 1776 (the year of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence), the height of One World Trade Center is unlikely to be increased."
"when the company closed its $850 million purchase of American Casino & Entertainment Properties. Golden also purchased Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Arizona Charlie's Decatur, and the Aquarius Casino Resort. In March 2018, Golden Entertainment announced plans for a $140 million renovation of the Stratosphere that will be completed over three phases. The top of the tower has two observation decks, a restaurant known as ""Top of the World"" (revolving restaurant), and four thrill rides: The Tower Shops is a mall on the second level that connects the casino to the entrance of the tower. The tower shops features various shops as"
"Union Watersphere The Union Watersphere, also known as the Union Water Tower, is a water tower topped with a sphere-shaped water tank in Union, New Jersey, United States and characterized as the ""World's Tallest Water Sphere"". Adjacent to U.S. Route 22, New Jersey Route 82, and the Garden State Parkway, the iconic tower has been a landmark since its construction. The tower was originally commissioned the Elizabethtown Water Company and is now owned by American Water. Standing tall, it was originally built in 1964 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Company at the cost of $89,500 and holds of well water."
"Watersphere is a water tower topped with a sphere-shaped water tank in Union, New Jersey and characterized as the ""World's Tallest Water Sphere"". A Star Ledger article suggested a water tower in Erwin, North Carolina completed in early 2012, , had become the World's Tallest Water Sphere. However photographs of the Erwin water tower revealed the new tower to be a water spheroid. The water tower in Braman, Oklahoma, built by the Kaw Nation and completed in 2010, is tall and can hold . Slightly taller than the Union Watersphere, it is also a spheroid. Another tower in Oklahoma, built"
"Society, said ""I kind of hate to see it come down. It still represents what the Stratosphere represents, the biggest and the tallest."" The property was to become occupied by 2,200 parking spaces, expected to be ready by March 1996. The property became a 2,948-space parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of the Landmark's ground-level signs, with gold and blue cursive neon lettering, was restored by the Neon Museum and installed at the parking lot. The Landmark tower was designed by architects Gerald Moffitt and Ed Hendricks. The uniquely designed Landmark tower was the first of its"
"1,776-foot (541-m) One World Trade Center building at Ground Zero in New York City is built with a spire, the height of which (being a permanent structure and not just an antenna) puts the building over the mark for the tallest building in the United States. Without the spire, the Willis Tower would still hold the title for tallest building in the US. A spire declared the presence of the gothic church at a distance and advertised its connection to heaven. The tall, slender pyramidal twelfth-century spire on the south tower Chartres Catedral is one of the earliest spires. Openwork"
"One World Trade Center One World Trade Center (also known as One WTC, 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC, or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the"
"One World Trade Center One World Trade Center (also known as One WTC, 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC, or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the"
"Panorama Tower Panorama Tower is a mixed-use 85-story skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located in the Brickell district of Downtown Miami. It was originally approved by the City of Miami and the Federal Aviation Administration in 2006 but was put on hold due to the Great Recession. The project was revived in 2012 when owner Tibor Hollo hired Moshe Cosicher, AIA Architect, to redesign the project. In 2013, the project was revised; the tower is stated to include residential, hotel, retail, and office space. It is the tallest building in Miami, but may soon thereafter be overtaken"
"Tower in their official logo along with One Stamford Forum, another iconic urban renewal building. One Landmark Square One Landmark Square, also known as Landmark Tower, or simply Landmark, is a 22-story, 295 ft (90 m) skyscraper located at One Landmark Square in Stamford, Connecticut. It is currently the second tallest building in Stamford, after Trump Parc Stamford, and was the tallest building between New York City and Boston from 1970 until 1990. One Landmark Square was designed by renowned Jordanian architect Victor Hanna Bisharat, who designed many other buildings in Downtown Stamford during the city's urban renewal efforts in"
"Salesforce Tower Indianapolis. Salesforce Tower (Indianapolis) Opened in 1990 near Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Salesforce Tower (formerly known as Bank One Tower, then Chase Tower, and originally conceived as American Fletcher Tower) is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Indiana. It surpassed the AUL Tower (now OneAmerica Tower) in Indianapolis for the distinction. The building's twin spires pierce into the Indianapolis skyline, while the 49 floors of office and retail space and 2 building equipment floors above that peak at the roof. It is the headquarters for Chase's (formerly Bank One's) Indiana operations. While the building has two"
"City Place I City Place I is a 38-story, skyscraper at 185 Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the tallest building in the state, and two meters taller than Travelers Tower, built in 1919. City Place I was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in 1980. The majority of the building is office space, though there are various restaurant and retail establishments found on the lower floors. The building was sold on April 2, 2012 to CommonWealth REIT, a real estate investment trust based in Newton, Massachusetts, for $99 million, by the original owner, CityPlace LLC. This"
"stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's 2012 world record. The launch-point for his jump was from an abandoned runway in Roswell, New Mexico, where he began his gas balloon-powered ascent early that morning. He reached a reported maximum altitude of , but the final number submitted to the World Air Sports Federation was . The balloon used for the feat was manufactured by the Balloon Facility of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India. Eustace in his pressure suit hung tethered under the balloon, without the kind of capsule used by Felix Baumgartner. Eustace started his fall by using an explosive"
"One Landmark Square One Landmark Square, also known as Landmark Tower, or simply Landmark, is a 22-story, 295 ft (90 m) skyscraper located at One Landmark Square in Stamford, Connecticut. It is currently the second tallest building in Stamford, after Trump Parc Stamford, and was the tallest building between New York City and Boston from 1970 until 1990. One Landmark Square was designed by renowned Jordanian architect Victor Hanna Bisharat, who designed many other buildings in Downtown Stamford during the city's urban renewal efforts in the 1970s and 80s. Bisharat believed that a building with curved surfaces was more interesting"
"in"" or ""booster"" basis. Both of these stations have their main transmitter sites located elsewhere, and those transmitter sites are what give these stations more widespread regional coverage. Beginning in 2010, the Stratosphere renovated several areas of the property. As part of a $20 million renovation plan, improvements were made to many hotel rooms, the casino, and the main entrance area. Improvements and upgrades have also been made in the Top of the World Restaurant and Level 107 lounge. In June 2017, Golden Entertainment agreed to purchase American Casino & Entertainment Properties. In October 2017, Golden Entertainment acquired the Stratosphere"
"U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles) U.S. Bank Tower, formerly Library Tower and First Interstate Bank World Center, is a skyscraper at 633 West Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the third-tallest building in California, the second-tallest building in Los Angeles, the fifteenth-tallest in the United States, the third-tallest west of the Mississippi River after the Salesforce Tower and the Wilshire Grand Center, and the 92nd-tallest building in the world, after being surpassed by the Wilshire Grand Center. Because local building codes required all high-rise buildings to have a helipad, it was known as the tallest"
"would be the world's tallest building and the first one to exceed one mile. Times Squared 3015 Times Squared 3015 is a proposed vertical city, more than a mile tall, located in New York City in the United States. It was not a serious business proposal, but was an entrant in a 2015 architectural design contest. This building is an attempt to provide a self-contained community, incorporating vertical farming, beach, mountain range, stadium, redwood forest, housing, and offices stacked vertically. Each zone consists of an individualized block or module; open space is carved out of the south-facing side of the"
"Salesforce Tower (Indianapolis) Opened in 1990 near Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Salesforce Tower (formerly known as Bank One Tower, then Chase Tower, and originally conceived as American Fletcher Tower) is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Indiana. It surpassed the AUL Tower (now OneAmerica Tower) in Indianapolis for the distinction. The building's twin spires pierce into the Indianapolis skyline, while the 49 floors of office and retail space and 2 building equipment floors above that peak at the roof. It is the headquarters for Chase's (formerly Bank One's) Indiana operations. While the building has two spires of equal"
"List of tallest Buildings In The United States 111 Murray Street 111 Murray Street (formerly known as 101 Murray Street or 101 Tribeca) is a residential skyscraper completed in 2018 developed by Witkoff Group and Fisher Brothers located at the intersection of Battery Park City, the Financial District, and Tribeca in Manhattan, New York City. According to Winston C. Fisher, of Fisher Brothers, the building has 156 luxury condominiums. The tower will stand 792 feet (241.4 m) to its pinnacle, and is expected to have 2,100 square feet (195 sqm) of retail space on the ground floor. The building is"
"One Tampa City Center One Tampa City Center, formerly known as GTE Center and Verizon Building, is an office skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It was the tallest building in the state for three years and the tallest building in the city until the completion of the Bank of America tower in 1986. At 39 stories tall, it is currently the third tallest structure in the city at 537 feet tall. One Tampa City Center opened in 1981 as the GTE Building. It was the second skyscraper built in the city, after the Park Tower just a few blocks away. On"
"renovated to become part of the Stratosphere. As construction neared completion, one of the rides being planned for the resort was a giant ape that would carry riders up and down on one of the tower's columns. The Stratosphere opened on April 30, 1996. Shortly after opening, the Stratosphere Corporation was forced to file bankruptcy. This caused construction on the second tower to stop, with only a few stories partially built, and it allowed Carl Icahn to gain control through one of his companies by buying a majority of the outstanding bonds. A major addition was completed in June 2001"
"New York City. 45 Broad Street 45 Broad Street is a skyscraper under construction in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York, United States. The building will become Downtown's tallest residential tower. A proposal dating to 2008 planned a Nobu Hotel for the site, which was backed by Robert De Niro. The building, a conventional glass curtain wall, would have contained a retail base, 128 hotel rooms, and 77 ""super-luxury"" condominiums above the hotel. The planned Nobu Hotel would have been 62 stories and 709 feet in height, but the proposal was derailed due to the Great Recession. In 2014,"
"Towers of America Towers of America is an apartment complex in the Newport section of Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It consists of five towers: the Southampton Apartments, the Atlantic Apartments, the Riverside Apartments, the East Hampton Apartments, and the Pacific at Newport. The Southampton, Atlantic, and Riverside towers were completed 1998; the East Hampton tower was completed in 1999, and the Pacific in 2002. The Southampton and Atlantic have 36 floors, while the Riverside and East Hampton have 33. Those four are all 450 feet (137 m) tall and are tied as the 12th-tallest buildings"
"Bank of America Tower (Manhattan) The Bank of America Tower (BOAT) at One Bryant Park is a skyscraper in the Midtown area of Manhattan in New York City. It is located on Avenue of the Americas, between 42nd and 43rd Streets, opposite Bryant Park. The project was designed by COOKFOX Architects, and advertised to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. It is the fifth tallest building in New York City, after One World Trade Center, 432 Park Avenue, 30 Hudson Yards, and the Empire State Building, and the seventh tallest building in the"
"Citrus Center The Citrus Center, also known as the BB&T building, originally known as the CNA Tower, is a commercial office building in Orlando, Florida, United States located at 255 South Orange Avenue. Topped out in December 1970 and completed in April 1971, it was the first modern skyscraper in Orlando. It is 281 feet and 19 storeys tall, the first five storeys of which are a parking structure (four totally enclosed and the fifth open save for parapet walls,) with an entrance lobby and some tenants on the first floor. There is an upper mechanical floor of 1 1/2"
"ESRT began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, 2013. Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of and stands a total of tall, including its antenna. Its name is derived from ""Empire State"", the nickname of New York, which is of unknown origin. the building is the 5th-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States and the 28th-tallest in the world. It is also the 6th-tallest freestanding structure"
"2010 and whose roof-top helipad is 330 m (1,083 feet) high. As of March 2018, the world's tallest building with a roof-top helipad was the Guangzhou International Finance Center, which also was completed in 2010 and whose roof-top helipad is 439 m (1,439 feet) high. U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles) U.S. Bank Tower, formerly Library Tower and First Interstate Bank World Center, is a skyscraper at 633 West Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the third-tallest building in California, the second-tallest building in Los Angeles, the fifteenth-tallest in the United States, the third-tallest west of"
"artwork. Empire State Building in popular culture The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 m), and with its antenna included, it stands a total of tall. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Center's North Tower in late 1970. It has been featured in numerous films, TV shows, songs, video games, books, photographs,"
"one of the 18 'Major Cities' in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Knoxville's two tallest buildings are the 27-story First Tennessee Plaza and the 24-story Riverview Tower, both on Gay Street. Other prominent high-rises include the Tower at Morgan Hill (21 stories), the Andrew Johnson Building (18), the Knoxville Hilton (18), the General Building (15), the Holston (14), the TVA Towers (12), and Sterchi Lofts (12). The city's most iconic structure is arguably the Sunsphere, a steel truss tower built for the 1982 World's Fair and, with the Tennessee Amphitheater, one of only two structures that remain from that World's Fair."
"on the National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 9, 1994. For its first 14 years, the building had a car lift that served the first 23 floors and facilitated safe transfers for jewelry merchants. Currently, the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago is a tenant, and the showroom of architect Helmut Jahn was atop the building inside the dome, which was also once a restaurant called the Stratosphere Club, often erroneously said to be run by Al Capone.. (In reality, the Stratosphere Club opened in 1937, long after Capone was imprisoned and too"
"Wells Fargo Place Wells Fargo Place (30 East 7th Street) is an office tower in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It stands at tall, and is currently the tallest building in St. Paul. It was designed by Winsor/Faricy Architects, Inc. and WZMH Architects, and is 37 stories tall. The building opened in September 1987, a month ahead of schedule and under budget. It is a concrete and steel structure, with a facade of brown-colored granite and glass. The granite came from Finland. The building contains 156 underground parking spaces. It was formerly known as The Minnesota World Trade Center. ""Anthrosphere"","
"Miami Tower The Miami Tower is a 47-story, landmark office skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located in central Downtown. It is currently the 8th tallest building in Miami and Florida. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed it on its list of ""Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places"" as the Bank of America Tower. Built for CenTrust Bank in 1987, the 47-story building ranks in the top ten tallest skyscrapers in Miami and in Florida at a height of and is known for its elaborate night-time illuminations and its dramatic three glass tiers. Designed by"