{"id":232373,"date":"2026-07-01T01:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232373\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:18:06","slug":"ferris-wheel-to-support-veterans-spinning-wednesday-through-sunday-on-pittsburghs-north-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232373\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferris wheel to support veterans spinning Wednesday through Sunday on Pittsburgh\u2019s North Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh officials are partnering with a nonprofit to provide a unique way to thank veterans for their service while getting a grand look at the Steel City.<\/p>\n<p>A 90-foot Ferris wheel dubbed the Salute to Service Wheel will be spinning on the North Shore from Wednesday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s provided by Piatt Companies and Piatt Sotheby\u2019s International Realt,y with half of ticket sale proceeds going to Veterans Leadership Program.<\/p>\n<p>First launched in 1982, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veteransleadershipprogram.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VLP<\/a> helps veterans navigate life\u2019s transitions. Efforts include wellness services, housing, career development and various support programs.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor, parks and recreation director Eric Sloan, Piat Companies CEO Lucas Piatt and representatives from the Veterans Leadership Program are expected to host a grand opening celebration Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. at North Shore Drive and Art Rooney Avenue and take the first rides.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of Pittsburgh\u2019s Independence Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now and cost $11.20, including a $1.20 service fee. They can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpa.gov\/Recreation-Events\/Special-Events\/Pittsburghs-4th-of-July-2026\/Ferris-Wheel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pittsburghpa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bookings are in hour intervals from 2-9 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday and from 2-8 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Riders smaller than 48 inches tall must be accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh officials are partnering with a nonprofit to provide a unique way to thank veterans for their service&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-232373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}