This thrill ride concept will do more than add yet another structure to the maze of architecture in New York City.
Designed by developer Brooklyn Capital Partners, this proposal will help to generate revenue for public services other than state-funded developments. The thrill ride concept, called 'The Halo,' will be 1200 feet high and will have "gondolas flying down the tracks at up to a hundred miles an hour." The company believes that the ride will attract millions of people each year and generate as much as $38 million a year to distribute among cash-strapped areas of the city.
Not only does this design proposal improve the New York City skyline, but it offers another tourist location while simultaneously funding improvements in the rest of the city.
What's Driving This Trend
- Vertical Thrill Rides
- Designing and constructing urban thrill rides to add another tourist attraction to a city.
- Revenue Generation for Urban Development
- Exploring ways to leverage tourist attraction projects to finance other infrastructure and development in cash-strapped areas of a city.
- Citywide Public Services Funding
- Finding innovative and creative ways to fund public services in metropolitan areas outside of state-funded development.
Who This Affects Most
- Tourism
- Developing unique and thrilling tourist attractions that can generate revenue and bring in more tourists.
- Construction
- Incorporating innovative designs and construction techniques in the development of urban thrill rides and other tourist attractions.
- Public Services
- Looking for alternative ways, such as creating more tourist attractions, to generate revenue and fund public services in metropolitan areas outside of state-funded development.
