The Fastest Elevator in the World
To ride the fastest elevator in the world, you’re going to have to hop a flight to Saudi Arabia. And you’re going to have to wait four years. You may also need a Dramamine.
The $1.2 billion Kingdom Tower, the new tallest building in the world, is under construction in Saudi Arabia. But once it’s done in 2018— and it will take 5.7 million square feet of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel to complete, reports alarabiya.net— it will knock the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current tallest building, out of first place by nearly 600 feet. The Kingdom Tower in Jeddah will stand 3,280 feet, have 200 floors and overlook the Red Sea. Its elevator will travel about 32 feet per second.
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