High Rolling Around Vegas? 🎰🎲🎡

I didn't gamble when I was in Las Vegas, but I did spend money on the wheel.

The High Roller Ferris wheel that is, which officially turned 11 years old today.

"It opened to the public on March 31, 2014 as the world's tallest Ferris wheel. It is 9 ft (2.7 m) taller than the 541-foot (165 m) Singapore Flyer, which had held the record since 2008.
Since October 2021 it is the world's second tallest Ferris wheel after Ain Dubai."

I'd bought a "ride anytime" pass for me and my son for Friday the 28th of February before I left Australia, as that was going to be our first day in Las Vegas and we wanted a bird's eye view of the city, not that I knew I was going to see live flamingos and hummingbirds for the first time in my life  just before riding the wheel -

The Flamingo is The Phoenix?🔥🦩

Originally, I also had bought tickets to see Postcard from Earth in 'The Sphere' but they informed me before I had left Australia that they had cancelled that Friday night session and refunded my money because they had replaced the movie with another event.

The Sphere mocking me as
I ride the High Roller Ferris wheel

So, I bought tickets to see the Blue Man Group play at The Luxor, the hotel we were staying in -

A Weekend in Vegas at The Luxor? 🎲🎰

We tried booking tickets for 'The Sphere' for Sunday morning, as we were catching a plane to Denver Sunday afternoon, but the session was sold out, so we never got to see 'The Sphere' from the inside while we were in Vegas.

And if you think airport security is tough to get through, try getting on this wheel at security.

It looked good from the outside though and from the wheel.

It even did an impersonation of the planet Jupiter for us as we rode the wheel higher.

We picked the right time to get on the wheel as the sun set as we went round, turning the scenery from day to night before we got off.

I read on the wheel's Wikipedia page that "After preliminary testing, High Roller's lighting system was illuminated at sunset on February 28, 2014."

Which was exactly 11 years to the day that we rode the wheel:-)

What are the odds?-)

March 31st is also Eiffel Tower Day -

Today is Eiffel Tower Day?🗼

Eiffel Tower Day

The Eiffel Tower Paris Las Vegas

I had the chance to go up the replica Eiffel Tower when I was in Las Vegas but never got around to it.

You can't win 'em all, as they say in Vegas:-)