Great Wheel of China

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Statistics

• Height: 680 feet / 207 meters
• Cost: $99 million
• Type: Ferris Wheel
• Address: Chaoyang Park, Beijing, China

Timeline

• Summer, 2008: Original anticipated opening date, to coincide with the 2008 Olympic Games. It has since been pushed back to an undetermined date.

Trivia

• Architecture firm: Hollandia, of The Netherlands
• Developer: Great Wheel Corporation, based in Singapore.
• The wheel will have 48 passenger pods
• The wheel will have a capacity of 1,920 passengers