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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

The St. Louis Wheel lit up orange and green for the Union Station Halloween Experience.

Veterans can ride The St. Louis Wheel free for Veterans Day

November 10, 2020

The St. Louis Wheel is lighting up to honor veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and offering complimentary admission to the nation's heroes. Several of the country's giant observation wheels will join the...

The second floor of the aquarium gives visitors the opportunity to get their hands wet with touch tanks and interactive exhibits. That experience will be temporarily closed due to COVID-19.

St. Louis Aquarium and St. Louis Wheel will reopen Monday with new safety, cleaning protocols

June 2, 2020

The St. Louis Aquarium and St. Louis Wheel will reopen Monday, June 8, after receiving clearance from the city of St. Louis. The aquarium, Wheel and other retail and restaurants at Union Station will...

The second floor of the aquarium gives visitors the opportunity to get their hands wet with touch tanks and interactive exhibits. That experience will be temporarily closed due to COVID-19.

PHOTOS: Long-awaited St. Louis Aquarium will open Christmas Day

December 11, 2019

The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station will open on Christmas. Special Christmas Day hours will be from noon until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25. Timed admission tickets went on sale last week, temporarily...

Rendering of the new Union Station with the St. Louis Wheel and the St. Louis Aquarium.

St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station will open Christmas Day

December 4, 2019

The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station will open on Christmas. Special Christmas Day hours will be from noon until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, the aquarium announced Wednesday. Timed admission tickets...

Overlooking Union Station from the Wheel. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Top 10 things to know about the St. Louis Wheel

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 27, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The much-anticipated St. Louis Wheel, the 200-foot Ferris wheel next to Union Station, will open to the public for the first rides Monday. The...

‘St. Louis Wheel’ opens next week

‘St. Louis Wheel’ opens next week

September 24, 2019

The St. Louis Wheel, the Ferris wheel at Union Station that is the latest addition to the St. Louis skyline, will open to the public next week. The 200-foot-tall Wheel, carousel and mini golf will...

Pictured above: A rendering of The St. Louis Wheel, a 200-foot Ferris wheel, set to be built by the end of the month at Union Station and take its first riders by October, ahead of the possible opening of the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station at the end of the year. The $187 million family entertainment complex is under construction now.

New aquarium, Ferris wheel set to open at Union Station by the end of this year

July 17, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis skyline will be getting a new addition this month, as construction is underway on a 200-foot Ferris wheel at Union Station. The...

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