Nik Wallenda walks a tightrope through the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and Times Square.
On August 16th, the self-proclaimed "King of the High Line", the self-proclaimed "King of the High Line", will walk a 400-foot-long wire between the existing tower and the new building to celebrate the second place of the FireKeepers Casino Hotel The grand opening of the tower is 200 feet away. Air.
"We are very happy to welcome Nik Wallenda to FireKeepers, and can't think of a better way to show our progress than his aerial adventure through our towers," FireKeepers Casino Hotel CEO Casey George said in a press release. "We look forward to welcoming guests to watch this awesome feat and experience a new expansion."
The free activity starts at 5 pm. Streaming options will be announced later on the Firekeepers website and social media channels.
Wallenda is the seventh generation member of the Flying Wallendas circus and aerial stunt family and holds 11 Guinness World Records. In 2020, he walked a tightrope on an active volcano in Nicaragua, and published a book "Facing Fear: Getting Out of Faith and Beyond What Is Obstructing You".
FireKeepers Casino Hotel Tower II, owned by Potawatomi’s Nottawaseppi Huron Band, will open on August 16, with 203 rooms, a high-limit gaming space and a lobby bar. It will also be the new location of the hotel restaurant Nibi.
This eight-storey hotel was designed by JCJ Architecture of Hartford, Connecticut and built by Clark Construction Company of Lansing to match the existing hotel tower, which has been designated as an AAA Four Diamond Hotel for five consecutive years .
The Tower II project was originally scheduled to open in December 2020, but it has been postponed many times due to the pandemic, namely worker shortages and supply chain issues.
With the opening of the second hotel building, the casino welcomes entertainment activities back to its activity center. On August 21st, country musician Jake Owen will perform, followed by comedian Larry the Cable Guy on September 4th. The fall schedule ends on October 2nd by Earth Wind and Fire, country musician Randy Houser on October 16th, and Chicago on November 16th. November 5 and celebrity clairvoyance media Tyler Henry November 18. The Dierks Bentley concert, originally scheduled for July 9th, was postponed, and the Golden Boys performance starring musicians Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell was postponed to March 25th, 2022.
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