Stratosphere Plans New Ride
- LAS VEGAS - The Stratosphere hotel-casino on June 18th
released an image of its "Project X Sky," a
new floorless teeter-totter thrill ride planned at the
resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The
previously reported ride, 866 feet above ground, will
send riders some 27 feet over the edge of the Stratosphere
Tower's Outdoor Observation Deck, giving them an unobstructed
view of the strip before flinging them back toward the
hotel. The Stratosphere and partner Interactive Rides
of Logan, Utah, plan to open the ride by early this fall.
Boston, New York Flights
to Las Vegas Planned
- LAS VEGAS - Delta Air Lines' new low-fare subsidiary
Song Airlines will offer daily nonstop service between
Las Vegas and Boston and between Las Vegas and New York
beginning in the fall.
Song plans one round trip a day between
Boston's Logan International Airport and McCarran International
Airport and one round trip a day from New York's John
F. Kennedy International Airport and McCarran starting
Oct. 1.
Song, which will debut in Las Vegas on
July 21 with round trips linking Las Vegas with Orlando,
Fla., and will add round trips to and from Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., beginning Aug. 25, will compete on the Boston route
with America West Airlines and American Airlines.
On the New York route, Song will compete
with America West and JetBlue Airways. Song's flights
will leave Boston daily at 6:15 p.m., arriving at 9:03
p.m., and return at 9:55 p.m., arriving at 5:48 a.m. the
next day. The New York flight will leave JFK airport at
9:15 p.m., arriving at McCarran at 11:45 p.m., and return
at 12:35 a.m., arriving in New York at 8:15 a.m.
The
airline will use twin-engine Boeing 757 jets configured
to hold 199 passengers.