But when the fair gates closed, Ferris became immersed in a tangle of wheel-related lawsuits about debts he owed suppliers and that the fair owed him. In 1896, bankrupt and suffering from typhoid ...

We're in the midst of our spring campaign, and we have until April 27 to raise $7,500. These funds directly support the ...

The giant tire was created for the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair, not as the 80-foot-tall billboard it is now, but as a Ferris wheel. It was originally part of a static design that featured a ...

The 2025 Fair will be full of experiences to entice all the artistic senses. The Fair is partnering with several Los Angeles County art institutions – the Music Center, The Getty Museum, the Center ...

On Monday, the 80-foot-tall tire, built as a Ferris wheel for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, turned 60. Critics of the new, 8-foot tall D-E-T-R-O-I-T sign, which recently went up, note the tire ...

It isn't difficult to pick out the La Grande Wheel XL amid the glowing, rainbow-colored spectacle of the Arizona State Fair's midway when ... the biggest and best Ferris wheel in town.