Who Owns The Space Needle

Wright also is ceo and co owner of seattle hospitality group a large event planning and group management operator in the pacific northwest and.
Who owns the space needle. Built in 1962 as part of the seattle world s fair the space needle features an observation deck the skycity revolving restaurant meeting and banquet facilities and the spacebase retail shop. Pacific car and foundry fabricates steel for seattle s iconic space needle built for the 1962 world s fair. 1960 paccar forms joint venture with gustavo vildosola castro in mexico to form kenworth mexicana. Space needle corporation looms large over seattle.
The space needle stands at 605 feet tall. Built in 1962 as. Wright the venerable seattle construction firm that built the space needle has been sold to a texas unit. Technically it s owned by the space needle corporation but i believe the howard s.
The strat is owned and operated by golden entertainment which acquired the resort and three other properties from american casino entertainment properties for 850 million in 2017. The needle was privately financed and built by the pentagram corporation consisting of bagley wright contractor howard s. Wright architect john graham ned skinner and norton clapp. Space needle corporation looms large over seattle.
Space race for the space needle s 50th anniversary it sponsored space race 2012 a contest that selected one lucky individual to win an actual flight into orbit. The space needle is the only private property on the seattle center s 74 acre campus. Wright is a stockholder in the space needle corp. The construction company founded in 1885 built the space needle 50 years ago.
In comparison the space needle was built in for about 4 5 million dollars in 1962. Wright family hsw construction co is the sole shareholder of the space needle corporation. The space needle is privately owned by the wright family and sits on a 120 foot by 120 foot private parcel of land on the seattle center campus.