The land is owned by Sahara Las Vegas Corp. and is located directly adjacent to the Sahara Hotel & Casino. VEII is working out lease terms with Sahara that would entail both companies jointly designing and developing the master-planned resort.

The Voyager attraction itself is a cylindrical vehicle that will revolve roughly 560 ft above the Strip. One rotation of the contraption will last 27 minutes and the average ticket price will be $18.

Plans for the complex include a hotel tower and a time-share tower, a casino, a large lake, and other unspecified residential components.

"Approval from the Clark County Commission for our project was a vital step towards completing and securing the necessary funding for the project," stated Richard Hannigan, President of VEII.

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