12/4/11 - The Stratosphere was originally conceived to have a giant ape that would carry riders up and down one of the tower’s columns. (Pulse of Vegas Blog)

7/24/11 - Over 43,000 people have jumped off the 108th floor of the Stratosphere tower and fall 855 ft to the ground since the SkyJump attraction opened in April 2010.  Our co-host Mark and his wife, Keren, are two of those people.  Here is the video of Keren's jump from out YouTube channel.