Estimated attendance last year was 8. Last year, the Ferris wheel drew about , people, Shields said. That's a drop of about 25 percent from the 1 million people who rode it in , three years after the pier's renovation. The wheel will be a symbol of the changes Navy Pier is making in time for its centennial — from a garish tourist trap to a space that focuses on the meeting of Lake Michigan, Chicago's lakefront parks and the city's skyline.
The pier has been renovating the promenade on its southern side, once known as Dock Street, with trees, a herringbone pattern of concrete and benches. Interior spaces are also being redone. This really gives us a world-class attraction. It gives a contemporary identity to a historic wheel. Skip to content. Latest Breaking News. Amazing Chicago's Time Freak G Book Now Visit Website.
Price from 18 - 18 USD. Address E. Share Centennial Wheel. Let's stay in touch. Don't worry, though—it wasn't built with taxpayer money. The Tribune reports it was financed by a private loan to Navy Pier. The new model—titled, dully, the DW60—comes from Dutch Wheels, the same Netherlands company that built the Pier's original wheel. This Ferris wheel has swanky, high-tech gondolas —42 of them, to be exact, each of which can hold up to ten passengers, according to Navy Pier's spokesperson.
Dutch Wheels based in Vlodrop, Netherlands is the designer of the new wheel. Dutch Wheels is a global leader in standalone giant wheels. Dutch Wheels designs, manufactures, and sells wheels to leisure developments in tourist areas while working with local entrepreneurs, local authorities, real estate developers and architects. The old Ferris wheel stood at feet high and had 40 gondolas.
The new wheel is the same model as the Hong Kong Observation Wheel. The gondolas will be climate controlled and have a higher passenger capacity.
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