Texas Group Promoting SA “Observation Wheel”

A development group is exploring plans for a new entertainment complex in downtown San Antonio. The project will be anchored by a 200-foot-tall observation wheel.

The San Antonio Business Journal reports the structure, named Grandisimo, will add a unique element to San Antonio’s skyline and feature climate-controlled gondolas providing riders views of the Alamo City spanning more than 20 miles. The development group, Icon Experiences, has been involved in similar projects in towns like the KC Wheel (photo), the St. Louis Wheel and the Capital Wheel.

Plans for the site also include a custom-crafted carousel ride and a miniature golf course. The complex will also have food and beverage offerings featuring some of the tastes of Texas.

The company did not disclose the cost of the project. Pending local permits and other approvals, construction is slated to begin in 2024 with completion expected by late 2025. In 2017, the largest Ferris Wheel in the world, 900 feet high, was proposed in San Antonio but never built.