Stratosphere Las Vegas Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Stratosphere Tower

Stratosphere Tower in 2017
General information
Status	Operating
Type	Observation tower
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Address	2000 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Groundbreaking	November 5, 1991
Construction started	February 1992
Opened	April 30, 1996
Cost	US$70 million
Owner	Golden Entertainment
Height
Antenna spire	1,149 ft (350.2 m)
Technical details
Lifts/elevators	7 (4 high speed double deck elevators, 3 local elevators in the pod)
Design and construction
Architect	Ned Baldwin
Developer	Bob Stupak
Other information
Number of rooms	2,427

The Stratosphere Las Vegas (formerly Vegas World) is a hotel, casino and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

The tower's main attraction is the 1,149 ft (350.2 m) Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.

It is the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the state of Nevada.

Images for kids

Rides at the top of the tower pod, 2005
Eighth-floor pool area in 2007
The Strat in April 2020
Roxy's Diner in 2011
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The tower pod and needle at night
Tower Shops in 2008
Overhead view of the Celestia tent
Aerial view in 2004
Neon sign on the observation tower, 2004
Main entrance in 2004
A neon sign during the day
Front of the tower
View from the ground
Stratosphere tower and hotel buildings
View from the tower pod, overlooking the Strip in 2008
Overlooking the Strip in 2008
Same view, at night
Close-up of the pod
Inside the pod