Editing Ferris wheel (section)

====Quiescent proposals====
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Incomplete, delayed, stalled, cancelled, failed, or abandoned proposals:
* {{Anchor|Moscow View}}The {{Convert|220|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Moscow View, proposed in 2011, was to have featured 48 monorail-mounted passenger capsules, each able to carry 48 passengers, travelling around a centreless non-rotating rim. At that time the timeframe for its construction was unknown and its site within [[Moscow]] had yet to be selected,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moscowview.ru/moscowview.pdf|title=Moscow View|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706165226/http://moscowview.ru/moscowview.pdf|archive-date=July 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.news.yahoo.com/moscow-plans-observation-wheel-beat-las-vegas-high-170428984.html|title=Yahoo|website=Yahoo|date=28 November 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/5862591/moscow-hopes-to-boost-tourism-with-a-giant-spokeless-ferris-wheel/gallery/1|title=Moscow Hopes To Boost Tourism With a Giant Spokeless Ferris Wheel|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313112943/http://gizmodo.com/5862591/moscow-hopes-to-boost-tourism-with-a-giant-spokeless-ferris-wheel/gallery/1|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> though candidates were said to include the [[All-Russia Exhibition Centre]], [[Gorky Park (Moscow)|Gorky Park]], [[Prospekt Vernadskogo District|Prospekt Vernadskogo]], and [[Sparrow Hills]].{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In December 2011 the project was reported to be stalled due to lack of City Hall approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/realestate/article/observation-wheel-may-tower-over-moscow/449761.html|title=Realestate|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=13 December 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|208|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Beijing Great Wheel]] was originally due to begin construction in 2007 and to open in 2008,<ref name="afpbeijing08">{{Cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3Nb2cmuC0TcyevBNd13w9GEYY_w|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705180142/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3Nb2cmuC0TcyevBNd13w9GEYY_w|url-status=dead|title=AFP: Beijing begins construction of world's biggest wheel|archive-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> but went into [[receivership]] in 2010.<ref name="finanznachrichten">{{cite web|url=http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2010-05/16787598-beijing-ferris-wheel-company-in-receivership-ifr-020.htm|title=Beijing Ferris wheel company in receivership - IFR|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> It was one of at least five [[Great Wheel Corporation]] giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010.
* {{Anchor|Baghdad Eye}}The {{Convert|198|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Baghdad Eye was proposed for [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], in August 2008. At that time, three possible locations had been identified, but no estimates of cost or completion date were given.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26425911|title=Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel|last=Yacoub|first=Sameer|agency=Associated Press|access-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iraq-Looking-To-Build-Giant-Observation-Wheel-In-Baghdad-To-Promote-Tourism/Article/200808415088474?lpos=World%2BNews_0&lid=ARTICLE_15088474_Iraq%2BLooking%2BTo%2BBuild%2BGiant%2BObservation%2BWheel%2BIn%2BBaghdad%2BTo%2BPromote%2BTourism Iraq Looking To Build Giant Observation Wheel In Baghdad To Promote Tourism] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628045749/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iraq-Looking-To-Build-Giant-Observation-Wheel-In-Baghdad-To-Promote-Tourism/Article/200808415088474?lpos=World%2BNews_0&lid=ARTICLE_15088474_Iraq%2BLooking%2BTo%2BBuild%2BGiant%2BObservation%2BWheel%2BIn%2BBaghdad%2BTo%2BPromote%2BTourism |date=June 28, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2008/08/27/2008-08-27_iraq_plans_giant_ferris_wheel_hopes_to_l-1.html|title=Iraq plans giant Ferris wheel, hopes to lure tourists to Baghdad|website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>[[n:Iraq plans 'Baghdad Eye' to draw in tourists|Wikinews: Iraq plans 'Baghdad Eye' to draw in tourists]]</ref> In October 2008, it was reported that [[Al-Zawraa Park]] was expected to be the site,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2008/10/obama_ads_attack_mccain_for_ba.php|title=Obama ad attacks McCain for Baghdad Ferris wheel project being built on land leased by a Democratic Party donor|first=Jared Jacang|last=Maher|date=October 1, 2008|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> and a {{Convert|55|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} wheel was installed there in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/21/new-ferris-wheel-attracts-leisure-starved-iraqis.html|title=New Ferris wheel attracts leisure-starved Iraqis|last=AFP|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|185|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Great Dubai Wheel proposed for [[Great Dubai Wheel|Dubailand]], [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], was granted planning permission in 2006 and expected to open in 2009,<ref name="GreatDubai">{{cite web |url=http://www.dubai-online.com/news/great-dubai-wheel-gets-the-green-light/ |title=Great Dubai Wheel Gets the Green Light |access-date=April 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224055048/http://www.dubai-online.com/news/great-dubai-wheel-gets-the-green-light/ |archive-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but it was subsequently confirmed that it would not be built.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-s-answer-london-eye-scrapped-search-on-for-stand-in-438572.html|title=Dubai's answer to London Eye scrapped, search on for stand-in |author=McGinley, Shane|work=[[Arabian Business]]|date=January 5, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> It was one of at least five [[Great Wheel Corporation]] giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010.
* {{Anchor|Voyager}}The {{Convert|183|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Voyager<ref>[http://www.voyager-ent.com/ Voyager Entertainment International, Inc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323222830/http://www.voyager-ent.com/ |date=March 23, 2010 }}</ref> was proposed several times for [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/voyager.htm|title=Voyager Las Vegas|first=Mark E.|last=Adams|website=www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023454/http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/voyager.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Anchor|Bangkok Eye}}The {{Convert|176|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Bangkok Eye, to be located near the [[Chao Phraya River]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], was announced by the [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] on October 13, 2010, at which time the actual site and means of funding the 30-billion [[Thai baht|baht]] project had yet to be determined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/BMA-plans-to-build-Bangkok-Eye-on-Chao-Phya-bank-30140014.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119104908/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/BMA-plans-to-build-Bangkok-Eye-on-Chao-Phya-bank-30140014.html|url-status=dead|title=BMA plans to build 'Bangkok Eye' on Chao Phya bank|archive-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Aussichtsrad-berlin 03.jpg|thumb|Artist's impression of the 175&nbsp;m [[Great Berlin Wheel]], a project originally due for completion in 2008, but which stalled after encountering financial obstacles]]
* The {{Convert|175|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Great Berlin Wheel]] was originally planned to open in 2008 but the project encountered financial obstacles.<ref name="ss4751298">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-travel-great-wheel-on-hold,0,4751298.story|title=Planned Great Wheel for I-Drive area of Orlando on hold – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  It was one of at least five [[Great Wheel Corporation]] giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010.
* {{Anchor|Jeddah Eye}}The {{Convert|150|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Jeddah Eye was proposed in 2008, as part of a development scheduled to open in 2012 in [[Saudi Arabia]]. Construction was to have begun in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2008%2FNovember%2Fmiddleeast_November104.xml&section=middleeast|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128030012/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2008%2FNovember%2Fmiddleeast_November104.xml&section=middleeast|url-status=dead|title=No Page Found|date=January 28, 2013|archive-date=January 28, 2013|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> but there were no subsequent announcements. It was one of at least five [[Great Wheel Corporation]] giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010.
* A {{Convert|137.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Ferris wheel project involving [[The Tussauds Group|Tussauds]] was considered for [[New York City]]'s [[South Street Seaport]] in 2004, but was never built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/news/ferris-wheel-to-downtown-manhattan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104202714/http://gothamist.com/2004/05/24/ferris_wheel_to_downtown_manhattan.php|url-status=dead|title=Ferris Wheel to Downtown Manhattan?|date=May 24, 2004|archive-date=January 4, 2016|website=Gothamist}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|122|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Great Orlando Wheel]] was announced in June 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/maitland/orl-bigwheel2508jun25,0,6997712.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010001956/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/maitland/orl-bigwheel2508jun25%2C0%2C6997712.story|url-status=dead|title=Developer to roll out plans for Great Orlando Wheel attraction|archive-date=October 10, 2008}}</ref> but then suspended in early 2009 after losing its funding.<ref name="ss4751298" /> It was one of at least five [[Great Wheel Corporation]] giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010.
* The {{Convert|120|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Kolkata Eye]]<ref name=indiatoday363524>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kolkata-eye-london-eye-kolkata-giant-ferris-wheel-howrah-bridge/1/363524.html|title=Like London, giant Ferris wheel to be built in Kolkata|website=India Today|date=25 May 2014 |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> was first proposed in 2011 for construction on the banks of [[Hooghly River]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Favoured by [[Mamata Banerjee]], [[Chief Minister]] of [[West Bengal]], the project was originally valued at 100 crore rupees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9269941/content/79980874-the-victor-was-the-trinamool-congress-party-of-firebrand-national-railways-minister-mamata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223143732/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9269941/content/79980874-the-victor-was-the-trinamool-congress-party-of-firebrand-national-railways-minister-mamata|url-status=dead|title=Mamata wants a Kolkata Eye on the lines of London Eye|archive-date=February 23, 2014}}</ref> This had risen to 300 crore rupees by May 2014 when Banerjee tweeted {{nowrap|"[it]}} is expected to be ready in a year's time".<ref name=indiatoday363524 /> In January 2015 ''[[The Times of India]]'' reported that the project was "still a pipe dream".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-Eye-can-wait-here-comes-Big-Ben/articleshow/45783673.cms|title=Kolkata Eye can wait, here comes 'Big Ben' |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 January 2015 |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* A {{Convert|120|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} wheel for [[Manchester]], [[England]], was proposed by [[Manchester City Council]] in 2010 as a replacement for the transportable {{Convert|60|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Wheel of Manchester]] installation, with [[Piccadilly Gardens]] the possible site and completion expected by Christmas 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-11459081|title='Monster' wheel plans confirmed|date=October 2, 2010|access-date=October 4, 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* {{Anchor|Eye on Malaysia}}{{Anchor|Malaysia Eye}}The {{Convert|101|m|ft|sigfig=3|adj=on}} [[Eye on Malaysia (Malacca Island)|Eye on Malaysia]], a Chinese-manufactured wheel with 54 passenger gondolas, was scheduled to begin operating in April 2013 at [[Malacca Island]], [[Malaysia]]. In November 2012, Chief Minister of the state of [[Malacca]] Datuk Seri [[Mohd Ali Rustam]] stated that the installation of piles had brought the RM40 million wheel to 15 per cent of completion, and that "the installation of the wheel structure will begin in February [2013]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=711625|publisher=[[Bernama]] |title='Eye On Malaysia' Wheel In Pulau Melaka To Operate In April|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> Mohd Ali Rustam had previously announced the Malaysia Eye, which conflicting reports stated would be {{Convert|85|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name=thestar2011>{{Cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2011/1/5/nation/7734324|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303030806/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F1%2F5%2Fnation%2F7734324&sec=nation|url-status=dead|title=CM: Pulau Melaka to house 85m-tall substitute giant wheel from China soon|archive-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> or {{Convert|88|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name=nstmalacca>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/20yert/Article/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628190458/http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/20yert/Article/|url-status=dead|title=Malacca to get bigger Ferris wheel|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref> tall, also to be sourced from China and located at Malacca Island, and to have 54 air-conditioned gondolas, each able to carry six people. It was scheduled to open on December 1, 2011,<ref name=nstmalacca /> but was never built.
* A {{Convert|91.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} wheel planned for [[Manchester]], [[England]], for 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6690967.stm|title=Big wheel returns to city centre|date=May 25, 2007|access-date=October 4, 2018|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> was never constructed.
* The {{Convert|87|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} Pepsi Globe was proposed for the planned [[Pepsi Globe (Ferris wheel)|Meadowlands complex]] in [[New Jersey]] in February 2008 and originally due to open in 2009, then put on hold until 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/xanadu_pepsi_globe_ferris_whee.html|title=Opening delayed for Pepsi Globe Ferris wheel at Meadowlands Xanadu|access-date=October 4, 2018|date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> It has since been further delayed, and construction of the host complex, originally due to be completed in 2007, has been stalled since 2009 due to financing problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/panel_will_advise_gov_christie.html|title=Panel will advise Gov. Christie on four potential suitors in Xanadu redevelopment|access-date=October 4, 2018|date=November 21, 2010}}</ref>
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{{Anchor|Nippon Moon}}Nippon Moon, described as a "giant observation wheel" by its designers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unstudio.com/projects/gow-nippon-moon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105124645/http://www.unstudio.com/projects/gow-nippon-moon|url-status=dead|title=UNStudio – GOW Nippon Moon|archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> was reported in September 2013 to be "currently in development". At that time, its height was "currently undisclosed", but "almost twice the scale of the wheel in London". Its location, an unspecified Japanese city, was "currently under wraps", and its funding had "yet to be entirely secured". Commissioned by Ferris Wheel Investment Co., Ltd., and designed by UNStudio in collaboration with Arup, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Experientia, it was expected to have 32 individually themed capsules and take 40 minutes to rotate once.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/03/nippon-moon-giant-wheel|title=Giant Japanese ferris wheel 'Nippon Moon' to be among largest in world|magazine=[[Wired UK]]|first=Kadhim|last=Shubber|access-date=October 4, 2018|date=September 3, 2013}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Shanghai Star}}{{Anchor|Shanghai Kiss}}The Shanghai Star, initially planned as a {{Convert|200|m|ft|0|adj=on}} tall wheel to be built by 2005, was revised to {{Convert|170|m|ft|0}}, with a completion date set in 2007, but then cancelled in 2006 due to "political incorrectness".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IF13Cb02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614200318/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IF13Cb02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=June 14, 2007|title=China's ill-conceived image projects|website=[[Asia Times]]|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> An earlier proposal for a {{Convert|250|m|ft|0|adj=on}} structure, the Shanghai Kiss, with capsules ascending and descending a pair of towers which met at their peaks instead of a wheel, was deemed too expensive at £100m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/news/developer-spurns-alsop%E2%80%99s-%C2%A3100m-shanghai-kiss/3052909.article|title=Developer spurns Alsop's £100m Shanghai Kiss|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Rus-3000}}Rus-3000, a {{Convert|170|m|ft|0|adj=on}} wheel planned to open in 2004 in [[Moscow]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0403/p07s01-woeu.html|title=Project has Muscovites going 'round and 'round|date=April 3, 2002|access-date=October 4, 2018|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> has since been reported cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=138686|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604210637/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=138686|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 4, 2011|title=Moscow Ferris Wheel, Moscow - 138686 - EMPORIS|first=Emporis|last=GmbH|website=[[Emporis]]|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> Subsequently, an approximately {{Convert|180|m|ft|0|adj=on}}<ref>[http://www.mnweekly.ru/local/20090326/55371610.html Moscow News – Local – Bringing back the big wheel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724112032/http://www.mnweekly.ru/local/20090326/55371610.html |date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> wheel was considered for [[Gorky Park (Moscow)|Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gzt.ru/megapolis/228737.html |title=Кризис закруглится в ЦПКиО - Мегаполис - GZT.ru |access-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328053113/http://www.gzt.ru/megapolis/228737.html |archive-date=March 28, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2009/03/20/wheel/|title=Для Парка Горького выберут новое колесо обозрения|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> and a {{Convert|150|m|ft|0|adj=on}} wheel proposed for location near [[Sparrow Hills]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bn.ru/gazeta/news/35498/|title="Чертово колесо" разберут в московском ЦПКиО - Эксплуатация недвижимости - газета BN.ru|website=Бюллетень недвижимости}}</ref> Another giant wheel planned for [[Prospekt Vernadskogo District|Prospekt Vernadskogo]] for 2002 was also never built.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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