Singapore Flyer - Possible Successors

Possible Successors

Current proposals

• The 190.5 m (625 ft) New York Wheel is proposed for Harbor Commons, a retail complex to be constructed at Staten Island, New York City. First reported in June 2012 and officially announced by mayor Michael Bloomberg in September 2012, construction of the wheel is expected to begin early in 2014, with completion before the end of 2015.
• The 167.6 m (550 ft) High Roller, to be built on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, was announced in August 2011, with construction scheduled to begin the following month and completion expected in late 2013.

Wheels for which no completion date has been announced, or whose original completion date has already passed

• The 208 m (682 ft) Beijing Great Wheel, under construction since 2007 and originally due to be completed in 2008, went into receivership in 2010.
• The 185 m (607 ft) Great Dubai Wheel proposed for Dubailand, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was granted planning permission in 2006 and expected to open in 2009.
• The 183 m (600 ft) Voyager has been proposed several times for Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The 176 m (577 ft) Bangkok Eye, to be located near the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, was announced by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on 13 October 2010, at which time the actual site and means of funding the 30-billion baht project had yet to be decided.
• The 175 m (574 ft) Great Berlin Wheel was originally scheduled to open in 2008 but the project has since stalled after encountering financial obstacles.