3D print The Strat
A free, printable model of The Strat's observation tower and the large buildings, streets and flat lots around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About The Strat
Once called the Stratosphere, The Strat is a Las Vegas, Nevada, resort that combines a hotel, a casino, and a 350 m (1,149 ft) observation tower. The tower is the tallest observation tower in the United States, and in the Western Hemisphere only Toronto's CN Tower surpasses it. Up top are a restaurant that revolves, lounges, observation decks, and a number of thrill rides, while the hotel and casino sit at the foot of the tower. The resort lies inside Las Vegas city limits along Las Vegas Boulevard, immediately north of the Las Vegas Strip.
Bob Stupak opened the Vegas World hotel and casino in 1979 on part of the same property. He first planned a giant neon sign on the neighboring land, and the idea grew into a tower for observation that would hold a restaurant on its roof. Its architect, Ned Baldwin, had also worked on the CN Tower. Construction began in 1992, and on August 29, 1993, a fire struck the half-finished tower. Its cause was never determined, and it did no structural damage.
The tower was first proposed at 308 m (1,012 ft). In 1994, Stupak considered raising it to 556 m (1,825 ft), hoping to take the world record for tallest free-standing structure. The Federal Aviation Administration objected, and the city rejected the idea, though it allowed 350 m (1,149 ft). The tower was topped off in November 1995, and the complex, a $550 million project, opened April 30, 1996. On January 22, 2020, it was rebranded as The Strat.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 94 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 117 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 150 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A hair-thin antenna
- A very fine mast rises above the pod. Print friendly adapts it to the print scale; Full detail keeps it on a larger print. Print slowly with good cooling.
- Wide pod on a slim shaft
- The wide pod sits on a tall, slender shaft that splays into three legs at the base. A larger print size keeps the shaft sturdier, and 0.12–0.16 mm layers keep the pod crisp.
- One piece with the ground
- The Strat is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Strat takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Strat is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a The Strat STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Strat grows with the print: about 94 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
