Space Needle: What you didn't know

SPACE NEEDLE: WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW Height: 605 Feet Designed to withstand a wind velocity of 200 miles per hour. Completed in December 1961 and opened April 21, 1962 for the World Fair. The Space Needle had the second revolving restaurant in the world. The original nickname of the space needle was "The Space Cage" 99 Since its inception in 1982, the Space Needle's annual New Year's Eve celebration has grown to be the West Coast's premier New Year's Eve event. In May 1996, the Space Needle welcomed the Olympic Torch Relay with a special fıreworks show as it passed through Seattle on its way to Atlanta for the Summer Games. Kuskies The Space Needle has saluted the success of Seattle's sports teams over the years by painting the white roof with logos and congratulatory messages. These paintings have included the logos of the University of Washington Huskies football team, the Seattle Mariners, and the Seattle Supersonics. In 1988, Tim Firnstahl and Mick McHugh divided up their $16 million Seattle restaurant empire with a coin toss from the Space Needle. The Space Needle is approximately 1,320 Milky Way candy bars (605 feet) tall. 1,320 BARS MilkyWay During the Miss USA Pageant, Miss Washington, Stina McLynne, wore a Space Needle-shaped hat during the costume portion of the pageant. SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR There were more than 200 copyrights for souvenir items during the World's Fair of which many have become collectibles. 200 COPYRIGHTS FOR SOUVENIR ITEMS $75 One of the best sellers during the fair was a Needle-shaped gold charm with a light in it, selling for about $75 in 1962. Another was a 9-inch high chrome lighter in the shape of the Needle. in 1962 Plans to build a storks nest atop the Needle were canceled when it was learned that storks could not live in Seattle's climate and would migrate to warmer climates. The city of Fife, Washington, offered $1 million to move the Space Needle to = $1M its downtown. %3D The Committee Hoping for Extra-Terrestrial Encounters to Save the Earth (CHEESE) dlaims to have plans from the 1962 World's Fair that show the Space Needle was constructed to send transmissions to advanced beings in other solar systems. During the fair, private planes that flew near the Needle were reported to the authorities only if they were so close their wing numbers could be read. There have been six parachute jumps from the Needle; two were unauthorized and the other four were part of a promotion. April As an April Fools joke a local television station aired a phony report that the Space Needle had fallen over. Emergency phone lines were swamped with calls. The Space Saturday 2. Needle received more than 700 calls, even though there was a flashing alert during the entire report telling the audience that it was a joke. One Spokane man even jumped in his car and began driving to Seattle because his daughter worked at the Space Needle. Thursday Nednesday 8. N The Space Needle moved 312 feet SW in June 1987. The move was only on paper, 345 15 330 however. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began a 10-year project of re-mapping the earth by satellite. Major structures, such as the Space Needle, were used as landmarks. 312 FEET SOUTH WEST PUGET SOUND MOVING ww w.psmoving.com Source: www.spaceneedle.com/discover/funfacts.html TM W SPACE NEEDLE: WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW Height: 605 Feet Designed to withstand a wind velocity of 200 miles per hour. Completed in December 1961 and opened April 21, 1962 for the World Fair. The Space Needle had the second revolving restaurant in the world. The original nickname of the space needle was "The Space Cage" 99 Since its inception in 1982, the Space Needle's annual New Year's Eve celebration has grown to be the West Coast's premier New Year's Eve event. In May 1996, the Space Needle welcomed the Olympic Torch Relay with a special fıreworks show as it passed through Seattle on its way to Atlanta for the Summer Games. Kuskies The Space Needle has saluted the success of Seattle's sports teams over the years by painting the white roof with logos and congratulatory messages. These paintings have included the logos of the University of Washington Huskies football team, the Seattle Mariners, and the Seattle Supersonics. In 1988, Tim Firnstahl and Mick McHugh divided up their $16 million Seattle restaurant empire with a coin toss from the Space Needle. The Space Needle is approximately 1,320 Milky Way candy bars (605 feet) tall. 1,320 BARS MilkyWay During the Miss USA Pageant, Miss Washington, Stina McLynne, wore a Space Needle-shaped hat during the costume portion of the pageant. SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR There were more than 200 copyrights for souvenir items during the World's Fair of which many have become collectibles. 200 COPYRIGHTS FOR SOUVENIR ITEMS $75 One of the best sellers during the fair was a Needle-shaped gold charm with a light in it, selling for about $75 in 1962. Another was a 9-inch high chrome lighter in the shape of the Needle. in 1962 Plans to build a storks nest atop the Needle were canceled when it was learned that storks could not live in Seattle's climate and would migrate to warmer climates. The city of Fife, Washington, offered $1 million to move the Space Needle to = $1M its downtown. %3D The Committee Hoping for Extra-Terrestrial Encounters to Save the Earth (CHEESE) dlaims to have plans from the 1962 World's Fair that show the Space Needle was constructed to send transmissions to advanced beings in other solar systems. During the fair, private planes that flew near the Needle were reported to the authorities only if they were so close their wing numbers could be read. There have been six parachute jumps from the Needle; two were unauthorized and the other four were part of a promotion. April As an April Fools joke a local television station aired a phony report that the Space Needle had fallen over. Emergency phone lines were swamped with calls. The Space Saturday 2. Needle received more than 700 calls, even though there was a flashing alert during the entire report telling the audience that it was a joke. One Spokane man even jumped in his car and began driving to Seattle because his daughter worked at the Space Needle. Thursday Nednesday 8. N The Space Needle moved 312 feet SW in June 1987. The move was only on paper, 345 15 330 however. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began a 10-year project of re-mapping the earth by satellite. Major structures, such as the Space Needle, were used as landmarks. 312 FEET SOUTH WEST PUGET SOUND MOVING ww w.psmoving.com Source: www.spaceneedle.com/discover/funfacts.html TM W