Dive summary:
- It was a construction surprise that kept the 20-story SkyView Ferris wheel from opening as part of Atlanta's Fourth of July celebration.
- The attraction – sort of a Southern equivalent to the London Eye wheel that has been used in Paris, Bern, Switzerland – has six anchoring concrete pads, and one was slated to be installed exactly where workers found Georgia Power electrical ducts.
- The ducts supply power to a neighboring concert venue and couldn't be relocated, so the whole ride was raised 1 foot to accommodate a different pad placement, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, had to be redesigned, and the opening was pushed back a dozen days to July 16.
From the article:
Located at the South end of Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta, the SkyView Ferris wheel is equipped with 42 gondolas that will be able to hold up to six people. ...