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It's less than half as big as the London Eye, and barely a third as tall as the one in Singapore, but it's something. It has excitement and interest.
As long as it doesn't crack and have to be taken down like the one in Melbourne!
Or even Christmas Bowl tix (Go Huskies!)
Well, isn't that precisely what the Wrights are already proposing we do?
As for the wheel, it's a fairground. Ferris wheels have the potential to be quite charming.
Needs more Native NW items, though. Those are what bring in tourists. Even if they're fake.
Or that it costs $10-15 (more than a Chihuly exhibition ticket, and basically a buck a minute).
Or that there was not a Request for Proposals and a public process.
Or that this has no green space.
Good thing the wheel won't cost Seattle Center much, if anything; GTA will be shouldering the costs of shipping the wheel to Seattle, as well as construction, installation, and operation costs.
Oh wait, so does Chihuly.
Stranger writers are so stupid.
Read: hastily assembled by Carnies. Slap that puppy in the middle of Volunteer Park and you might actually have something.
The Stranger just can't get pissy unless they can shower it on a local with a fat wallet. Goddamn clockwork.
Why force the Fun Forest to sell their ferris wheel and merry go round just to replace it with something that costs five times more the following year? huh?
Has anyone done a survey of parents? Because its going to suck for parents to have to tell kids who want to ride it that they can't shell out $30 plus for a 15 min. ride.
Bring back the old ferris wheel, the merry go round, the water log ride and that cool swinging ship.
It might have something to do with the fact the wheel would only be there for 18 months, as opposed to a minimum of five years for the Chihuly museum; it covers a considerably smaller footprint on the Center grounds than would the museum, meaning people can easily walk around or even directly beneath it, if this image is accurate; it's structure appears to be very open, meaning it won't significantly block views or cast unsightly shadows; and perhaps most importantly, nobody is getting below-market real-estate or a huge tax write-off in exchange for installing this.
Does that help answer your question?