Stratosphere Las Vegas | |
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Height | 350m |
Floors | 0 |
Year | 1996 |
City | Las Vegas |
The Strat Hotel, Casino and SkyPod (Previously the Stratosphere) is a Resort, casino and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
The Strat is owned and operated by Golden Entertainment, which acquired the resort and three other possessions from American Casino & Entertainment Properties for $850 million in 2017. The property's signature attraction is the 1,149 feet (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's the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the state of Nevada. The hotel is a separate building with 24 stories, 2,427 rooms and an 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) casino.Q1 Tower | |
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Height | 323m |
Floors | 78 |
Year | 2005 |
City | Surfers Paradise |
Q1 Tower (an abbreviation of Queensland Number One) is a 322.5-metre (1,058 feet ) skyscraper in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast has been the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011. As of 2020 it is the ninth-tallest residential tower in the world and is the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-tallest freestanding construction in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. The Q1 formally opened in November 2005. The landmark building was recognised as one of Queensland's icons during the state's 150th-birthday celebrations.
Source: Wikipedia