New thrill ride detailed

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004 | 11:13 a.m.

The Stratosphere hotel and casino today revealed details of its fourth thrill ride, scheduled to open early next year.

"Insanity -- The Ride" will dangle riders and spin them over the edge of the Stratosphere's observation deck more than 900 feet above the Strip, resort officials said today. The ride will hold 10 passengers in "escape proof" seats as it spins at 40 miles per hour, a centrifugal force of three Gs, and moves 64 feet past the edge of the Stratosphere tower.

The ride "is the next level in an ongoing trend of creating the most extreme thrill ride out there," Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower General Manager Bobby Ray Harris said. Harris said the property is aiming to capitalize on a "new breed of highly aggressive thrill ride to stretch the endurance and limits of thrill seekers."

"You'll have to be nuts to even think about getting on it," Harris said.

The ride comes on the heels of last fall's launch of "X Scream," a thrill ride that uses a giant teeter-totter device to dangle riders over the edge of the tower and back.

archive