Editing Eiffel Tower (section)

==Replicas==
{{Main|List of Eiffel Tower replicas}}
[[File:Paris hotel (Las Vegas)1.JPG|thumb|right|Replica at the [[Paris Las Vegas]] Hotel, Nevada, United States]]

As one of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of many replicas and similar towers. An early example is [[Blackpool Tower]] in England. The mayor of Blackpool, Sir John Bickerstaffe, was so impressed on seeing the Eiffel Tower at the 1889 exposition that he commissioned a similar tower to be built in his town.<!--Blackpool is not a city.--> It opened in 1894 and is {{convert|158.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Blackpool Tower|url=http://www.historyextra.com/blackpool|publisher=History Extra|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> [[Tokyo Tower]] in Japan, built as a communications tower in 1958, was also inspired by the Eiffel Tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klm.com/destinations/pl/pl/article/the-red-and-white-eiffel-tower-of-tokyo|title=The red and white Eiffel Tower of Tokyo|publisher=KLM|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> Well known is the [[Petřín Lookout Tower]] in [[Prague]] too.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.radio.cz/petrin-tower-open-visitors-again-8060021 | title=Petrin tower open for visitors again | date=25 March 2002 }}</ref>

There are various scale models of the tower in the United States, including a half-scale version at the [[Paris Las Vegas]], Nevada, one in Paris, Texas built in 1993, and two 1:3 scale models at [[Kings Island]], located in [[Mason, Ohio]], and [[Kings Dominion]], [[Virginia]], amusement parks opened in 1972 and 1975 respectively. Two 1:3 scale models can be found in China, one in [[Durango, Durango|Durango, Mexico]] that was donated by the local French community, and several across Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/replicas-eiffel-tower_n_3721294.html|title=The most legit Eiffel Tower replicas you didn't know existed|date=19 August 2013|publisher=Huffpost Travel|author=Todd van Luling|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2011, the TV show ''Pricing the Priceless'' on the [[National Geographic Channel]] speculated that a full-size replica of the tower would cost approximately US$480&nbsp;million to build.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Eiffel Tower|series=Pricing the Priceless|station=National Geographic Channel (Australia)|date=9 May 2011|season=1|number=3}}</ref> This would be more than ten times the cost of the original (nearly 8 million in 1890 francs; around US$40&nbsp;million in 2018 dollars).