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Don't look down! Skyslide to open 1,000 feet above Los Angeles

The glass slide will allow thrill seekers to slide 45 feet (14 meters) to an outdoor platform on the 69th floor

Reuters June 24, 2016 Less than a minute read

A member of the media rides the Skyslide from the 70th to 69th floor of the US Bank Tower which is attached to the OUE Skyspace LA observation deck in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

LOS ANGELES: Nearly 1,000 feet (305 meters) above the streets of downtown Los Angeles, a glass slide on the outside of the 70th floor of the city's tallest building is preparing to welcome the brave.

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The Skyslide, on the 73-floor US Bank Tower, will open to the public on Saturday and allow thrill seekers to slide 45 feet (14 meters) to an outdoor platform on the 69th floor.

The Skyslide is seen on the 69th and 70th floors of the US Bank Tower which is attached to the OUE Skyspace LA observation deck in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

According to the building's owner, Singapore-based OUE Ltd., the glass on the fully enclosed slide is only 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) thick, but can withstand hurricane-force winds and even a powerful earthquake.

Thomson Reuters leases space in the US Bank Tower.