page_title: New York Wheel
hierarchical_section_title: New York Wheel
caption_attribution_description: English: The future site of the New York Wheel, adjacent to Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George, Staten Island.
context_page_description: The New York Wheel is a proposed 630-foot Ferris wheel to be located at St. George in Staten Island, New York City, next to the proposed Empire Outlets retail complex.
  The project was announced in 2012 as part of an initiative to make St. George into a tourist attraction. It was canceled by investors in September 2018 due in large part to lack of support from the New York City government, as well as a lack of funding. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio refused to endorse bonds citing it as too risky, and a speculative project which was supposed to be entirely privately funded.
  Proposals to build a smaller New York Wheel were being discussed in May 2019.
context_section_description: The New York Wheel is a proposed 630-foot  (190 m) Ferris wheel to be located at St. George in Staten Island, New York City, next to the proposed Empire Outlets retail complex. 
  The project was announced in 2012 as part of an initiative to make St. George into a tourist attraction. It was canceled by investors in September 2018 due in large part to lack of support from the New York City government, as well as a lack of funding. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio refused to endorse bonds citing it as too risky, and a speculative project which was supposed to be entirely privately funded. 
  Proposals to build a smaller New York Wheel were being discussed in May 2019.
caption: Site of the New York Wheel, seen in June 2018
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