Talk:The Strat

Opening comment
How can it be the tallest structure west of the Mississipi? What about the towers in LA? Battle Ape 08:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


 * What towers are you referring to? IIRC, the tallest building in L.A. is the US Bank Tower (73 stories/1018 ft), while the Strat tops out at 1149 ft.Buck O&#39;Nollege 23:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, from the article on the Bank Tower:

"The U.S. Bank Tower (Library Tower, First Interstate World Center) at 633 West Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California is... the tallest North American skyscraper west of Chicago..."

They can't both be the tallest buildings in the American West. Battle Ape 08:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It all has to do with how you are defining Skyscraper, Building, and Structure. The Stratosphere Tower is not considered a skyscraper, but it is most definitely taller than the U.S Bank Tower. And to confuse issues even further, it is not even the tallest structure in the State of Nevada. For more details, see List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_United_States,and List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_United_States.

Buck O&#39;Nollege 00:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * FREE-STANDING structure!!!!!!!!! JustN5:12 03:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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Transmission Use
Does the tower really carry no radiotechnical equipment? Why is it not also used for broadcasting and radio transmissions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.238.151 (talk) 11:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

On my visit there i could see dozen of drum type radio antennas. dozen. some where pretty small and about 2m above the walking level on the amusement park floor. others were bigger and installed higher than 5m from the amusement park floor.Gcbwiki (talk) 06:56, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

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Merge Vegas World into Section History
Wasn't Stratosphere originally just an expansion of Vegas World, and wasn't what was Vegas World renamed to Stratosphere? I think if such is the case, and being that not much is in the Vegas World article to begin with, it would be more suited as a section in this article rather than being its own. Anakin-Marc &quot;DJ AniZ&quot; Zaeger (talk) 22:32, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * While a small part of Vegas World is said to exist within the Strat, it was basically demolished to make way for the Strat. Other then having the same owner, I don't think these are related enough to combine.  It would be like saying that the Desert Inn should be combined with the Wynn Las Vegas since the old parking garage was there when the new casino was built. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:35, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If that's the case, my mistake then. I had thought that the hotel/casino was reused for the Stratosphere and did not realize a significant portion was demolished in the process. Anakin-Marc &quot;DJ AniZ&quot; Zaeger (talk) 01:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Tower is similar to Seattle's
I defined it as a space needle, but input is appreciated. VegasCasinoKid (talk) 17:24, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * A "space needle" isn't a thing, there's only the Space Needle. This is like calling any tall skyscraper "an empire state building". Toohool (talk) 18:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The Seattle tower is the only landmark to be officially known as the space needle. Are you implying any similar structure be called just a "tower"? VegasCasinoKid (talk) 12:14, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Stratosphere's actually taller than Seattle's Space needle. VegasCasinoKid (talk) 12:18, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

"Space Needle" is a registered trademark for Seattle's tower. Thus, describing it or any other tower as "a space needle" is simply incorrect usage. The generally accepted term for the building type is "observation tower" (or sometimes "communication and observation tower") which applies to the Space Needle, the Stratosphere, the CN Tower, the Tokyo Tower and countless others. Simishag (talk) 18:40, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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Name change
Shouldn't the name change to The STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod since the Stratosphere hotel got its name changed to that. They already changed the signs from Stratosphere to the STRAT. TrackerMercurial136 (talk) 19:14, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Or change it to The STRAT Las Vegas? TrackerMercurial136 (talk) 19:15, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Or change it to The STRAT Las Vegas? TrackerMercurial136 (talk) 19:15, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Recent sources also call it "The STRAT", and their Facebook page uses that name as well, so it seems to be official now. Anyway, the official title does not include a second comma. And I wonder if "STRAT" should really be written in all caps (I believe there's a guideline somewhere here that says we should usually avoid capital letters). Also, for what it's worth, it seems that the previous name, "Stratosphere Las Vegas", was never in common usage. AJFU  (talk) 17:55, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, it should be "Strat" instead of "STRAT", per MOS:TMCAPS. Toohool (talk) 00:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the link. AJFU  (talk) 15:48, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello the full name (see here) does not include a second comma (as seen here). If there are no objections, the page should be retitled The STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod. AJFU (talk) 21:57, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


 * second comma is proper grammar. SportsFan007 (talk) 01:46, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * That may be so, but it's not verifiably used in the official name, and MOS:SERIAL says that it would also be fine to omit the second comma. Although, I do wonder if we even need to use the full name. Most sources seem to just be calling it "The Strat". AJFU  (talk) 15:48, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed that "The Strat" is the common name, but considering that The STRAT is an article about a guitar, that move would probably require an RM to confirm that this article is the primary topic. I'm not sure that RM would succeed, because their aren't that many sources using the new name, simply because the name change is so recent. As for the comma, I agree that the omission of the comma by the sources (the casino itself, in this case) trumps any grammar argument. Toohool (talk) 17:57, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with Toohool about calling it The Strat, especially considering there’s no other Strat hotel. SportsFan007 (talk) 22:09, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I actually think that The Strat Las Vegas would be the best name for it. SportsFan007 (talk) 03:59, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Per Toohool's comment, maybe we should wait on "The Strat" until there are more sources. In the meantime, perhaps we could all agree on "The Strat Hotel, Casino and SkyPod"? "The Strat Las Vegas" doesn't seem to be in common usage, bringing up only six pages of unique search results on Google. AJFU  (talk) 17:04, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree. Toohool (talk) 18:09, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 31 January 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: moved (non-admin closure)  NNADI GOOD LUCK  ( Talk &#124; Contribs ) 12:55, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

– The WP:COMMONNAME for this hotel is simply "The Strat" as demonstrated by recent news articles on its renovation approaching completion:,. Even the logo has "The Strat" in large letters with subtitle of "Hotel, Casino, and SkyPod" along the bottom. Current all-caps title also fails MOS:TM. The Las Vegas complex is clearly WP:PRIMARYTOPIC over a guitar only produced for three years in the mid-1980s. Conifer (talk ) 21:04, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The STRAT Hotel, Casino, and SkyPod → The Strat
 * The STRAT → The Strat (guitar)
 * Move to The Strat (Las Vegas) and Support The Strat (guitar) In ictu oculi (talk) 08:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)


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Vegas world/straasphere Tower
Hi my name is Yvette Leon, the night the statashere opened, I waited on Mr. Bob Stupak, at the Aztec Inn Hotel& Casino. Across the street from the stat. Tower. I watched Vegas World go down. & the Strat come up. I served most of the construction workers. & and their Formans. During the whole duration. Any how was wondering if anyone has pictures of that night? Thanks Yvette leon 137.25.144.235 (talk) 09:31, 12 May 2022 (UTC)