It holds the Guinness World Record for highest commercial decelerator descent with an official height of 829 ft (253 m).

[1] As part of its grand opening event, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman presented a written proclamation deeming April 20, 2010 as SkyJump Day in Las Vegas.

[2] SkyJump Las Vegas is a controlled decelerator descent.

The rider is then connected to a patented highspeed “descender” machine and led to the edge of a small platform where they will leap out and descend the Strat SkyPod.

Just prior to reaching the rapidly approaching ground, the machine slows the rider down, bringing them to a controlled landing.