The world’s tallest Ferris wheel, the appropriately named High Roller, welcomed its first passengers on Monday in Las Vegas.

The ever-evolving Las Vegas skyline will witness another change on Wednesday with the completion of the outer shell of what will become the world’s largest Ferris wheel.

Las Vegas is about to get even more freewheeling. Sin City will roll into history Monday when workers mount the outside frame of its planned 55-story Ferris wheel.

LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas Strip is getting the world's largest Ferris wheel, dubbed the High Roller. Workers hoisted the final 60-foot piece of the 55-story outer wheel into place Tuesday. At 550 ...

The High Roller becomes the world's tallest observation wheel when it opens to the public today.

The Las Vegas Strip is about to get the world's largest Ferris wheel, as the outer wheel of the 55-storey High Roller ride was hoisted into place on Monday.

LAS VEGAS - Firefighters conducted a rescue training exercise Wednesday atop the High Roller in Las Vegas – a 550-foot-high Ferris wheel that is the tallest in North America.

Unlike George Ferris' groundbreaking attraction, the Vegas wheel's cabins are positioned on the outside of its rim, according to Eric Eberhart, the High Roller's general manager.

The 55-story High Roller Ferris wheel is under construction as part of the Linq development on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Las Vegas. Caesars Entertainment Corp. is building ...