Riga Panorama Rats will be closed by Technical Maintenance by Thursday / Day

He noted that since Monday, the planned maintenance of the panoramic wheel, which includes both monthly inspections and the first major service maintenance needed for each large machine after the first 200 to 300 hours worked.

It is a large -scale maintenance by foreign assembly specialists and the local team, he added.

Uspensky informed that the panoramic wheel has been visited by tens of thousands of people in the last month – mainly Latvian residents. The proportion of tourists is small.

The panoramic wheel will resume in the usual mode from Friday, May 23.

It has already been reported that the panoramic wheel opened on April 17 this year is suitable for use in all seasons, as its cabs are equipped with both air conditioning and heating equipment. It can accommodate 240 passengers at a time – eight in each of the 30 cabs. One ride with a panoramic wheel takes 15 minutes.

Riga’s panoramic wheel is 65 meters high.

The right to build a panoramic wheel « RPR operator » in the autumn of 2019, as the only bidder to win at the auction organized by the Riga City Council. The bid was 22,484 euros. Prior to that, the council, led by the then, the capital’s mayor Oleg Burova (GKR), with 42 votes out of 60, had decided to organize such auction.

The agreement with the City Council provided for the construction to be completed within three years, but the construction project was delayed by the pandemic and the documents were in coordination for more than a year in the Construction Board, so the deadlines were extended.

The company « RPR operator » was registered in 2018 and its share capital is 2801 euros, according to Firmas.lv information. 55.05%of the company is owned by the RacoonStruction Holding Limited, which is owned by Rustam Gilfanov, while 44.95%is owned by Panoramica Ltd., owned by Darya Uspenska (47.93%), Dmitry Uspensky (47.89%) and Anatoly Predkel (4.18%).