High Roller (Stratosphere) - Defunct

[Simba]

The High Roller, at 909 feet (277 m), was the highest roller coaster in the world. It was located at the Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and manufactured by S&MC.
The High Roller sat high on top of the tower's observation pod and its track wound around the central mast. Due to these design limitations, the High Roller was neither a fast nor intense ride experience; the height alone was the primary thrill element.

History
The ride opened on April 29, 1996.
It was closed on December 30, 2005, and dismantled. When the roller coaster was removed in 2006, it was cut into small enough pieces so it could be taken down from the tower in an elevator. The ride was in need of a refurbishing that would cost over $500,000 and was the least popular of the Stratosphere rides, leading to the decision to remove it.

Onride pov

[CAscreamin]

From watching the video, it doesn't look very interesting at all. Like you said, the main thrill has to be its height, which is impressive but I don't feel like they designed it as good as try could. It could have been a really sick ride but instead it has to be taken down

[Dalek Sec]

I don't think you can do much at that hight and because it is structured on the tower itself many features would not be suitable for it.

[Thekingin64]

B&M Dive Machine down the side! That actually could be quite fun.

Otherwise, I agree they couldn't have done much more with this ride. Space and Structural limitations would have played a big role in the designing of the coaster.

[Simba]

[XYZ]

[Simba]

[Thekingin64]

Those plans do look really good. One problem though, if you look in the corner, it was going to be built by Arrow.

Another contribute to why this will never happen.

[Simba]

[Dalek Sec]