Canyon Blaster
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Canyon Blaster
Adventuredome (Circus Circus) · US · Arrow Dynamics Custom Looping Coaster
“Beyond the casino lamps, Arrow bent a canyon inside the dome.”
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Fast facts
- Canyon Blaster is an operating indoor steel roller coaster at Adventuredome in Las Vegas, Nevada. coasterpedia.net
- The coaster opened on August 23, 1993. coasterpedia.net
- Arrow Dynamics manufactured the ride as a Custom Looping Coaster. coasterpedia.net
- Its listed height is 94 feet, or 28.7 metres, and its top speed is 66 kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- The layout carries visitors through four inversions: back-to-back vertical loops and a double corkscrew. coasterpedia.net
- Its published capacity is 1,400 riders per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- The reported construction cost was $6 million. en.wikipedia.org
The story of Canyon Blaster
When the indoor park opened in 1993 under its original Grand Slam Canyon name, Canyon Blaster opened with it. For a visitor stepping in from Las Vegas Boulevard, the promise was unusual and rather splendid: a full Arrow looping coaster kept under glass in the Nevada desert. coasterpedia.net· ktnv.com
Arrow Dynamics supplied the steel work for the ride, and Coasterpedia records it as a Custom Looping Coaster. Its track and supports were engineered by Ride Centerline, an achievement fitted into a building rather than spread across an open hillside. coasterpedia.net
The course begins with a chain climb to ninety-four feet, then sends the train through paired loops, a double corkscrew, tunnels, and a helix within the artificial mountain. It is a compact Nevada procession, with the machinery and canyon scenery sharing the same enclosed room. coasterpedia.net
The ride remains part of Adventuredome’s present coaster line-up at Circus Circus. The park’s own page still presents Canyon Blaster as an indoor double-loop, double-corkscrew coaster beneath the dome, keeping one of the resort’s original grand gestures in service for today’s traveller. circuscircus.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- ktnv.com Acceptable source
- circuscircus.com Acceptable source