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10.21
Big D's Wheel of Fortune
So, your relatives are in town to see you and the fam. Naturally, they want to get all kissy-face and catch up on what's new in your life. After those five minutes wear thin, it's time to go out on the town.
If your parents are like mine, it's off to the mall, antiquing and catch the tourist attractions.
And if the Dallas County Commissioners have their way in 2012, the sights and sounds of the Sixth Floor Museum, Big Red, Fair Park, Reunion Tower and West End will be joined by a 20-story friggin' ferris wheel. Yes, way!
Evidently, this is Dallas' way to get more Euro and establish a centerpiece for the Dallas CVB to tout. If you ask anyone else in town, it's arguably Dallas' to fix the gaping hole in its pockets left by not having Jerryworld and nothing to fill the Cotton Bowl but the scent of month-old Fletchers corny dogs.
Dave Krupinski, Tourism director for the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, has been quoted to say that the Dallas Wheel would be taller than the Texas Star at Fair Park. Passengers would ride high above downtown in about 50 gondolas.
Each gondola will hold six to eight people. They'll be in air conditioned comfort. They'll give city tours in about eight different languages as the wheel makes each rotation. The total journey takes about 15 minutes and it's about three rotations.Tickets will cost 10 to 15 dollars, and the county would share in some of that revenue.
Forget coming to Dallas to see 'Who Shot J.R.' Get on one these airborne buckets and you can see who shot that guy... and that guy... and so on... and, well, you get the picture.
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