TAMPA, Fla. - Observation wheels are in Las Vegas, Japan, Orlando, Dubai and now Tampa could get its own version in Channelside.

The backstory:

Developer Tony Miller is on a mission to bring the observation wheel to downtown Tampa, calling it "Tampa WOW!" or "Wheel Over Water."

"Every time I go up in a building, I go to the window, and I spend five minutes just gawking around at the view. I think it will be great for particularly families to have an activity to do downtown and one that I think kids are going to really love. Parents are going love," Miller said. "If you look, and you get up to 250 feet, you're going to be able to see the Hillsborough Bay, the Tampa Bay, Bayshore, you're going to be able to see Davis Island. There's the whole downtown area."

Tampa WOW! is currently a

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